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World Biofuels
Symposium
November 13-15, 2005
Beijing, China
2nd Annual Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit
December 13-15, 2005
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by:
Candadian Renewable Fuels
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National Biodiesel
Conference & Expo 2006
February 5-8, 2006
San Diego, California
Organizer:
National Biodiesel Board
11th Annual
National Ethanol Conference: "Policy & Marketing"
February 20-22, 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sponsored by:
Renewable Fuels Association
22nd
Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo
June 20-23, 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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September 18, 2001Co. Seeks to Make Ethanol From Coal Rather than corn or barley, North Dakota's newest ethanol project might rely on coal.
Dakota Gasification Co., which runs the Great Plains synthetic fuels plant near Beulah, N.D., has applied for state research money to study whether lignite, a type of coal, can be used profitably to make ethanol.
The process would use bacteria to convert lignite to ethanol, a widely used fuel additive. Ethanol increases the energy value of gasoline and helps it to burn more cleanly.
Ted Aulich, a process chemist at the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota, said coal-to-ethanol research has been going on for years.
``Just going by what I've seen in some of the technical literature, it sounds like these guys are pretty convinced it is commercially viable,'' Aulich said. ``I don't see any reason why it can't be.''
Most U.S. ethanol plants process corn or other agricultural products. None of the nation's 57 ethanol plants rely on coal, according to the Renewable Fuels Association, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that promotes ethanol.
The method for converting coal to ethanol relies on technology developed by Bioengineering Resources Inc. of Fayetteville, Ark. The company has licensed the technology to an Ohio firm that hopes to work with Dakota Gas in the project.
``The idea is there. The potential is there,'' said Daryl Hill, a Dakota Gas spokesman. ``Now what we have to do is see if it's going to work.''
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