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JUNE 2007
Executive Q&A: Judy Ziewacz, Director, Governor's Office of Energy Independence - Wisconsin farmers growing fuel for the tank (Wisconsin State Journal 06/11/07)
Diverse Group Launches 50-year Energy Roadmap Public, Private Leaders Reach First-ever Consensus on Energy Roadmap for Upper Midwest Read More
Seeking Host: USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has asked our office to help identify U.S. universities willing to host agricultural scientists from Poland. Two Polish Borlaug Fellows have been selected and their topics of research/study are focused on biofuels. The expected time frame for their five week program is August-October, 2007. As indicated below, please respond directly to FAS by June 22, 2007 if you're interested in hosting these Borlaug Fellows Read More
MAY 2007
UW is Frontrunner for $125 Million Energy Grant Story and Video from Madison Channel WKOW 27
State on the Cusp of Energy Leadership Jeff Richgels The Capital Times 05/03/07
UW is Finalist for Biofuel Grant. UW-Madison is on the short list for a major federal grant to study new strategies for generating biofuels.The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to invest $125 million over five years at each of two or possibly three new bioenergy research centers, starting as early as this year. By HEATHER LaROI Wisconsin State Journal 05/02/07
APRIL 2007
Make Wisconsin a Biobelt Leader A Wisconsin State Journal editorial 04/23/07
With Big Money Flowing to Biofuels Research, Universities Vie to Harvest Energy From Crops. By JEFFREY BRAINARD The Chronicle of Higher Education 04/12/07
State Ready for Energy Research Lab: The Madison area, with its access to resources from nearby UW-Madison and other campuses around the UW System, would make an ideal venue for a federal energy research laboratory. Stevens Point Journal 04/04/07
MARCH 2007
Gene sequencing advance bolsters biofuels potential 03/06/07
U.S. and Brazil Seek to Promote Ethanol in West New York Times 03/03/07
FEBRUARY 2007
Growing bioeconomy could be boon for dying rural towns The Country Today 02/18/07
Working on ethanol - Forest Products Lab's idea would turn wood products into the fuel Wisconsin State Journal 02/18/07
Professor looks to biofuels Stevens Point Journal 02/11/07
UW-Madison dean predicts bio-economy will fuel Wisconsin Wisconsin Technology Network 02/14/07
CAN ETHANOL GET A TICKET TO RIDE? Wall Street Journal 02/01/07
IMPORTS OF ETHANOL ARE RISING Wall Street Journal 02/01/07
CQ TODAY ENERGY Biofuel Initiative May Need Billions in Farm Bill
UW Researchers Looking Toward Future Of Ethanol (from channel3000.com) View Video
Kevin Shinners wants farmers to put less energy into harvesting and handling biofuel crops – less fuel, less time and less labor.
Can dairy cows and ethanol plants work together? (pdf document)
Sticky Business - Glue from ethanol-plant residue could be valuable byproduct.
How much energy could we get from Wisconsin's forests? (pdf document)
How do the economics of BioGas look? (pdf document)
Fuel and Feed - Forage specialists apply their expertise to bioenergy research.
What are Wisconsin's opportunities for BioProducts and Bioenergy?
Everything you every wanted to know about BioGas.
Should we put wind farms in the Lake?
What's Happening in the Upper Midwest?
How will Bio-Energy sources connect to the GRID?
Why Termite Guts Could Bring Better Biofuels: Sequencing the genomes of microbial ecosystems could lead to better biological machines.
Harnessing the Power of Bacteria - Tim Donahue
UW-Oshkosh already produces 11 percent of its energy from alternative energy sources, and is well on its way to being energy independent by 2012. Full story
NCBEC Consortium meeting,Washington D.C., February 10, 2007
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