Cow Power – Turning Organic Waste into Vehicle Fuel
April 23 @ 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Cow Power: Turning Organic Waste into Vehicle Fuel for Vermont
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A Workshop by Energy Vision, Vermont Clean Cities and The UVM-TRC
April 23, 2014 – 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.;
Billings Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Agenda
§ 8:30-9:00 Registration and Refreshments
§ 9:00-9:10 Workshop Introduction: Moving Toward a Sustainable Transportation Future – Joanna D. Underwood, President, Energy Vision & Michelle McCutcheon-Schour, Director, VTCCC
§ 9:10-9:30 Welcoming Address
§ 9:30-10:50 Separated Organics and Anaerobic Digestion
Guy Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Avatar Energy
The Big Value Proposition in Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes
Mike Raker, Agricultural Energy Consultants, LLC (tentative)
Making an Anaerobic Digestion Project Work in Vermont
Dan Smith, President, Integrated Energy Systems
From Dairy Manure to Renewable Natural Gas: A Case Study
§ 10:50-11:05 Coffee and Networking
§ 11:05-12:20 Panel 2: The Intersection of Biogas and the Vehicle Market
Owen Brady, Key Accounts, Vermont Gas
Tapping the Natural Gas Vehicle Market via Pipeline
Nathan Carr, Biomass Account Executive, quasar energy group (tentative)
Recovering and Converting Food Waste to Vehicle Fuel
Peter Vanderhoof, Director of Fleet Operations, Casella Waste
Fleet Conversion from Diesel to CNG and the Growing RNG Option
§ 12:20-1:20pm Lunch and Networking
§ 1:20-2:45pm Panel 3: Exploring the Economic/Policy Landscape
Alex DePillis, Senior Development Coordinator, Vermont Agency of Ag, Food and Markets
Asa S. Hopkins, Ph.D., Director of Energy Policy and Planning, Vermont Department of Public Service
Patrick Wood, President, Ag Methane Advisors
§ 2:45-3:00pm Final Questions and Path Forward
Courtesy of Michelle McCutcheon-Schour, Coordinator of Vermont Clean Cities Coalition