DOE Ethanol Workshop Series

Wisconsin Ethanol Workshop
An Ethanol Production Plant: A Doorway of Opportunity in Wisconsin

September 25, 2000
9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Best Western Inn on the Park
22 South Carroll Street
Madison, Wisconsin

SPONSORS

US Department of Energy

Great Lakes Regional Biomass Energy Program

Wisconsin Department of Administration

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection

Wisconsin Alternative Fuels Task Force and
the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Center for Alternative Fuels

The purpose of the workshop is to present opportunities for ethanol production in Wisconsin using agricultural and forestry resources.
Persons interested in building an ethanol plant are encouraged to attend. Industry developments, ethanol production opportunities, incentive programs, fuel markets and infrastructure, financing, environmental and economic policy issues will be discussed.

Ethanol producers, agricultural and forestry representatives, petroleum marketers, public officials, policy makers, stakeholders and the general public are invited to attend.

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Kim Kujoth
University of WI-Milwaukee
Center for Alternative Fuels
PH: 414/229-3881
FAX: 414/229-6958
kkujoth@uwm.edu

	Agenda
	8:30 AM - 9:00 AM		Registration/Continental Breakfast
	9:00 AM - 9:15 AM		Welcome and Introduction -Jeff Knight - Director, Bureau of Transportation, Wisconsin Dept. of Administration Synopsis of the 1999 DOE Wisconsin Ethanol Workshop "Development of an Ethanol Industry in the New Millennium"
	9:15 AM - 9:45 AM		WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT -Wisconsin's first large-scale ethanol production facility, Badger State Ethanol in Monroe, Wisconsin - Joe Tregoning, Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) -John Malchine, Badger State Ethanol -Nate Klassy, Director of Public Works, City of Monroe -Anna Schramke, Economic Development Director, City of Monroe -Steve Peterson, Alliant Energy
	9:45 AM - 10:15 AM		LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ETHANOL INDUSTRY -Bob Dinneen - Renewable Fuels Assoc. National legislative up-date and MTBE Phase-out, Reformulate Gasoline Phase II
	10:15 AM - 10:30 AM		Refreshment Break
	10:30 AM - 10:45 AM		INTEGRATING ETHANOL INTO THE FUEL SYSTEM To Be Determined
	10:45 AM - 11:00 AM		FEDERAL BIOENERGY INITIATIVE -Gerson Santos-Leon - Program Manager, Office of Fuels Development, US Department of Energy
	11:00 AM - 11:30 AM		GREAT LAKES REGIONAL BIOMASS PROGRAM -Fred Kuzel, Council of Great Lakes Governors, Great Lakes Regional Biomass Energy Program -Dave Loos, Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Ethanol use in diesel fuel - EDiesel (Invited)
	11:30 AM - 12:30 PM		Lunch
	12:30 PM - 1:30 PM		DOORWAY OF OPPORTUNITY IN WISCONSIN - WHAT WISCONSIN HAS TO OFFER Wisconsin Feedstock Assessment - Angela Graf, Senior Associate, BBI Economic and Industrial Development - Hampton Rothwell, Wisconsin Department of Commerce (Invited) Wisconsin Ethanol Producers Credit - Review of Legislation Joe Tregoning, Deputy Secretary, DATCP Ethanol Production Development - Spring Green, Plover and sludge to ethanol feasibility - Don Wichert, Wisconsin Energy Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Administration Ethanol Infrastructure Development - Milwaukee/SE Wisconsin Dr. Kenneth Neusen, Director, University of WI-Milwaukee Center for Alternative Fuels
	1:30 PM - 1:45 PM		REFRESHMENT BREAK
	1:45 PM - 3:00 PM		PANEL: AN ETHANOL PLANT IN WISCONSIN - GUIDANCE ON HOW TO INITIATE ACTION Ethanol Plant Development - Kathy Bryan, BBI How to Secure Ethanol Plant Financing How to Build a Farmers Cooperative Ethanol Production Technologies using Distillers Grains and Cellulosic Feedstocks
	3:00 PM - 3:30 PM		DISCUSSION FORUM
	3:30 PM		Adjournment