Biofuels Webinar Series

Part 1 Community Impacts of Biofuels Production can be viewed by clicking this link http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p33649116/

Part 2 Biofuels as related to Climate and Carbon is coming up September 11th see details below

Part 3 Biofuels Building Facilities in the Future is coming up September 28th with details to follow soon


Biofuels as related to Climate Change, Carbon Emissions and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard

September 11, 2009 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST


Program Summary:
Original goals of the biofuel industry were to raise agricultural commodity prices and enhance economic opportunity in rural America. Now, climate change, global warming, and the carbon emission reduction are primary drivers. This webinar will update Extension educators on the many ramifications of this federal policy change. Discussion will delineate implications of the low carbon fuel standard, land use change, and opportunities for existing corn ethanol plants to transition to new California and Dept. of Energy proposed regulations.

Presenter:
Dr. Gustafson received his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois. His M.S. degree in Agricultural Economics is from the University of Minnesota. He grew up on a crop livestock farm near Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Gustafson is currently a professor and Biofuels Economist in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University. In addition he is co-director of NDSU’s Bioenergy and Product Innovation Center (BioEPIC). Dr. Gustafson teaches two classes, Elements of Economics and Macroeconomics which are entirely on-line. He has won department, college and national teaching awards for his efforts. His research responsibilities include development of financial risk management strategies for farms,

How To Connect: On September 11, start connecting 5 minutes prior to the start time of 11:00 CST. You need to have a computer with Internet access with speakers. At the meeting time, copy and paste this URL into your browser to enter the meeting: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/unl/

At that URL you will find a login page. Click on “Click to Enter” under the “Enter as a Guest” heading. You will then be prompted for your name. Enter your name and click “Enter” to enter the meeting space. The audio portion of the meeting will be come through your computer speakers.

Anytime before the meeting you can visit the following URL to confirm your ability to connect to the Breeze server: http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

F. John Hay
Extension Educator
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Biological Systems Engineering
250 L.W. Chase Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0726
PH (402) 472-0408
Fax (402) 472-6338

Thank you!
Dennis Kaan

Wind Energy Economics Webinar

This webinar addresses the challenges of financing winf energy developments as Wall Street melts down! This webinar will be broadcast at several GPA Extension offices. Contact us to find out if an office near you will offering these webinars.

http://goldenplains.colostate.edu/renewable_energy.html

Dennis Kaan

Wind & Renewable Energy Webinars

This series of webinars addresses many of the challenges to developing wind energy resources. These webinars will be broadcast at several GPA Extension offices. Contact us to find out if an office near you will offering these webinars.

http://goldenplains.colostate.edu/renewable_energy.html

Dennis Kaan

Wind Lease Contracts Conference

This is a recording (Audio & Video) of a conference sponsored by the High Plains CRD Energy Team (held 11/21/2008). This conference discussed various aspects to consider before entering into a wind lease contract.

Note: You will need Adobe Flash Player installed on your browser in order to view & listen to this conference. The video is about an hour and a half long.

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p48538028/

Community Based Wind Development Workshop (May 7 & 8, 2008)

Learn from wind developers, public policy leaders and technical experts. Learn how you can take advantage of wind resources and develop a wind project that benefits you and your community.

The workshops will be in Lamar, Colorado on May 7, 2008 and in Wray, Colorado on May 8, 2008.

Use the link below to access the program flyer in PDF format:

http://goldenplains.colostate.edu/pdfdocs/2008_community_wind_flyer.pdf

Perry

Wray Wind Energy Workshop Presentations

We have posted the presentations from the recent Wray (Colorado) Wind Energy Workshop. All the presentations are available in Adobe PDF format as well as their original PowerPoint format.

Please be aware that some of these files are quite large and will tax a dial-up Internet connection. Use the link below to access the GPA Renewable Energy web site.

http://goldenplains.colostate.edu/renewable_energy.html

GPA Energy Blog!

Welcome to the Golden Plains Area Extension, Renewable Energy Blog! We are proud to be able to present this tool to our customers. We will be using the Energy Blog to post information and items of interest to our readers.

In addition we will be posting listings of workshops related to Renewable Energy. Please check back regularly or subscribe to the Posts (Atom) feed to automatically get notification of new postings to this blog.

This blog is related to the Golden Plains Area Renewable Energy web site. Use the link below to access this site as well as the GPA Web Site in General.

http://goldenplains.colostate.edu/renewable_energy.html

Thank you for visiting!