[Stoves] NW Biochar Working Group Conference Jan 28

[Tom Miles]

Join us on Monday, January 28th at the Oregon State University Conference
Center to keep the momentum as we build a vibrant Northwest biochar
industry. This meeting will build on our November launch of Building
Northwest Biochar Markets in Olympia. We hope you can attend. Please RSVP to
<mailto:nwbiocharwg at gmail.com> nwbiocharwg at gmail.com

 

Our meeting will be held concurrent with the Harvesting Clean Energy
Conference. Conference organizers hope that you'll see the value in staying
for the whole conference. Sessions will cover the whole range of rural
renewable and efficiency opportunities. You will hear from on the ground
practitioners and policy leaders.

Full conference details and registration information at
<http://harvestcleanenergy.org/events/conference>
http://harvestcleanenergy.org/events/conference.

 

See you in Corvallis!
Moderators/Coordinators: Tom Miles  <mailto:tmiles at trmiles.com>
tmiles at trmiles.com and Marcus Kauffman  <mailto:marcus.kauffman at state.or.us>
marcus.kauffman at state.or.us

 

 

Pacific Northwest Biochar Working Group Conference

Monday January 28th, 2013 from 1:30 - 5:00 pm
Concurrent with the Harvesting Clean Energy Conference
<http://harvestcleanenergy.org/events/conference> 

Oregon State University Conference Center, Corvallis OR

 

Purposes: 

1. Educational - what is biochar, what are biochar products, how are they
used, what is their value 

2. Project Development in key markets - planning projects to create and
demonstrate markets 

 

Posters of Biochar Projects will be displayed in meeting room

 

1:30-2:00 Welcome and Introduction: Marcus Kauffman-Oregon Dept. of Forestry


Biochar Market Overview: Tom Miles-TR Miles Technical Consultants 

. Session overview and expectations-Marcus 

. Biochar products, qualities, characteristics, specific biochar qualities
for specific uses-Tom 

 

2:00-2:30 Biochar in Retail Garden and Nursery Markets: Renel
Anderson-Biochar Supreme and Tom Grissom-International Tech Corporation
(ITC) 

. Renel will describe Biochar Supreme's success in using biochar to grow
flowers and vegetables as well as their efforts to market biochar for the
retail garden and commercial horticulture markets. She will also outline
needs for marketing and support in these markets. 

. Tom will describe ITC's experience marketing biochar in the retail garden
market and identify ideas for future growth in that market segment. 

 

2:30-3:15 Biochar Integrated with Heat and Power-Jerry Whitfield-Whitfield
Biochar, John Meidema-BioLogical Carbon and Dean Foor-EC Oregon, and Neil
Walgren-Cool Planet Energy Systems 

. Jerry will describe his technology and applications for integrated
production of char, heat, and energy. 

. John and Dean will review the integration of biochar production at the
Green Lane Energy anaerobic digestion facility in Junction City, Oregon. 

. Neil will describe their business model and ongoing biochar related
research underway at Cool Planet. 

. All speakers will address the salient challenges and opportunities for
advancing the biochar market. 

 

3:14-3:45 Networking and Poster Session Break 

. Mingling, conversation, and poster review 

 

3:45-4:30 Biochar Application in Stormwater, Commercial Landscaping and
Erosion Control: 

Robin Cook-Permamatrix, Jeff Hart-Kennedy Jenks, Tom Miles-TR Miles
Consultants, and Jim Archuleta-USDA Forest Service 

. Robin will describe their recent experience using biochar for road bank
stabilization, industrial roof and parking lot drains. 

. Jeff will address the opportunities and challenges of using biochar as
media in specific stormwater markets. 

. Tom will review the WSU Demonstration Biochar in bioretention facilities
for stormwater runoff. 

. Jim provide an update on efforts to coat native seed with biochar to
improve germination and plant survivability in burned areas. He will also
cover the cooperative research efforts underway with USDA and multiple
partners. 

. All speakers will address the salient challenges and opportunities for
advancing the biochar market. 

 

4:30-5:00 The Pathway Forward-Facilitated Discussion: Marcus Kauffman-ODF 

. Status of current market development efforts (notes/summary from Olympia) 

. Feedback on the day's presentations 

. Market development pathway 

. Key demonstration projects 

. Ideas for moving forward 

 

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