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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h3>Bioenergy road show comes to Auburn<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Posted: Oct 09, 2013 2:15 PM PST Updated: Oct 09, 2013 2:15 PM PST </span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By Phil Scoggins - <a href="http://www.wrbl.com/story/21235706/phil-scoggins" target="_blank" title="">bio</a><span class=addthisseparator> | </span><a href="mailto:pscoggins@wrbl.com?body=http://www.wrbl.com/story/23650364/bioenergy-road-show-comes-to-auburn" target="_self" title="">email</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AUBURN UNIVERSITY - <o:p></o:p></p><p> An exhibit featuring Auburn University's biomass gasifier will be on display Saturday, October 12 at Ag Heritage Park from 9:00 a.m. until noon. The exhibit is part of a two-week, tri-state road show which is part of this year's Ag Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture.<o:p></o:p></p><p> The AU gasifier converts wood chips and other plant-based materials into biofuels and energy. The electricity generated from the biomass will be used to power big-screen TVs.<o:p></o:p></p><p> The mobile tour is sponsored by the Southeast Partnership for Integrated Biomass Supply Systems. IBSS is a research partnership involving Auburn University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Georgia, North Carolina State University and private industry. The goal of the collaboration is to develop economically and environmentally sustainable production and conversion of biomass to biofuel in the Southeast.<o:p></o:p></p><p> Steve Taylor, the head of the Department of Biosystems and the director of the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts at Auburn, says the university's primary role in IBSS is to develop safe, sustainable and efficient feedstock logistics and advance thermochemical conversion technologies to transform energy crops and other biomass into reliable, affordable fuels.<o:p></o:p></p><p> The road show has made stops in Birmingham and Oak Ridge, Tennessee and at the University of Tennessee and the University of Georgia. The mission for the road show is to make young people aware of the science involved in developing biofuels and the potential benefits of biofuels to society. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>