Fwd: Advanced Biofuels USA Receives USDA Rural Business Development Grant for Feasibility Study of Eastern Shore Energy Beet-to-Jetfuel Project

[Erich Knight]

I'm sure that if this project included Chicken litter gasification to serve the Energy Beets high P-Char the Chesapeake Bay could get Phosphorous free even faster & Jet travel Carbon negative.

Cheers,

Erich

Erich J. Knight
Shenandoah Gardens
1047 Dave Berry Rd. McGaheysville, VA. 22840
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USBI 2016 Presentation; http://usbi2016.org/schedule/

"The Civilization of Soil",  
Hall Marks of The Unintended & Intended Anthropocene,
(no slides but the full text & citations are on my LinkedIn page);
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Policy & Community Chairman
2013 North American Biochar Symposium
Harvesting Hope: The Science & Synergies of Biochar
October 13-16, 2013 at UMASS Amherst
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Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:01 AM
Subject: Advanced Biofuels USA Receives USDA Rural Business Development Grant for Feasibility Study of Eastern Shore Energy Beet-to-Jetfuel Project 
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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Advanced Biofuels USA 507 North Bentz Street Frederick, MD  21701 Advanced Biofuels USA Receives USDA Rural Business Development Grant for Feasibility Study of Eastern Shore Energy Beet-to-Jetfuel Project For Immediate Release, September 7, 2016:  Frederick, Maryland -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided $16,893 to Advanced Biofuels USA, a Maryland based  501(c) 3 nonprofit educational organization, for a feasibility study of producing bio-jetfuel from energy beets grown on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The study will look at the technical and economic aspects of a project being developed by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Purdue University, and Maryland small businesses. Also of importance to the economic feasibility of this project are co-products that can provide economic opportunities to rural communities on the Eastern Shore when jetfuel prices are low due to fluctuating petroleum markets.   In addition, UMES will explore the uptake of Eastern Shore legacy phosphates by the energy beets. If this can be demonstrated, the beets-to-bio-jetfuel project could be a cost-effective approach to reducing Chesapeake Bay nutrient runoff from the long-term use of poultry litter as fertilizer. Also, UMES will be looking at using the proteins from the biomass as potential high value poultry feed or other animal feed.   Unique Maryland-based innovations of the bio-jetfuel project include non-food, low nutrient input energy beets developed by Plant Sensory Systems, LLC of Baltimore and a proprietary enzyme conversion system that utilizes the entire biomass of the energy beet root, including biomass ignored during conventional sugar production. This process has been developed by Atlantic Biomass, LLC and Hood College, both located in Frederick, Maryland.   The objective of the Advanced Biofuels USA study is to determine if the 1st stage data produced from the UMES energy beet pilot crop and commercial simulation processing shows that the crop and supply-chain have enough yield and production advantages that investments should be made to overcome hurdles identified in the feasibility analysis in order to take the project to commercialization.   In addition, the energy beet feasibility study will look at priorities identified in the White House’s National Science and Technology Council's report Federal Alternative Jet Fuels Research and Development Strategy. The funding of this feasibility study by the Maryland/Delaware USDA Office of Rural Development is part of the action plan USDA, the Departments of Energy, Transportation, and the US Navy are following to develop sustainable bio-based jetfuel to replace fossil fuel without the need to modify aircraft engines and fuel distribution infrastructures. Priorities included for analysis by this study will include:   Does this approach to advanced biofuel production have the basic elements to improve the rural economic conditions of the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland? Can this process be optimized to improve job creation and profit opportunities? Can the project reduce the cost of meeting Maryland Chesapeake Bay nutrient remediation costs?   Advanced Biofuels USA, a nonprofit educational organization advocates for the adoption of advanced biofuels as an energy security, military flexibility, economic development and climate change mitigation/pollution control solution.  Our key tool is our web site, www.AdvancedBiofuelsUSA.org, a resource for everyone from opinion-leaders, decision-makers and legislators to industry professionals, investors, feedstock growers and researchers; as well as journalists, teachers and students.  In addition, we prepare technology and policy assessments, brief government staff, participate in conferences, lecture, and provide general assistance to those interested in advanced biofuels. Technology neutral and feedstock and product agnostic, Advanced Biofuels USA’s work is respected around the world.  For more information:  Joanne Ivancic, Executive Director  301-644-1395  Cell: (301) 524-6841  Email:  info @ advancedbiofuelsusa.org Photos of first harvest at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, August 18, 2016. Plant Sensory Systems' Steve Lipsack (left) and University of Maryland Eastern Shore students, Babatunde Carter (center) and Stanley Meli, identify and categorize beets as they are harvested at UMES field. Example of energy beet held by Robert Kozak, President, Atlantic Biomass. UMES students Nancy Chepueter (standing left), Beatrice Chebet (seated), and Even Reeves (in hoodie) and Plant Sensory Systems scientists, Kathleen Turano (standing at scale) and Jeffrey Shipp (in background at juicer) work in field lab weighing, measuring and analyzing a dozen varieties of energy beets grown at UMES. On the chopping block- example of energy beet harvested at UMES test plot. Photos: J. Ivancic The full press release is at http://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/advanced-biofuels-usa-receives-usda-rural-business-development-grant-for-feasibility-study-of-eastern-shore-energy-beet-to-jetfuel-project/  You have received this press release because you indicated an interest in advanced biofuels or Advanced Biofuels USA.  We hope you find it useful.  If you want to stop receiving emails from Advanced Biofuels USA, just follow the instructions below.  You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or expressed an interest to us in joining our email list. Unsubscribe erichj...@gmail.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile Our mailing address is: Advanced Biofuels USA 507 North Bentz Street Frederick, MD 21701 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2016 Advanced Biofuels USA All rights reserved.