Advanced Biofuels USA's presentations are available for public use for educational purposes. Please note the source, especially the slides that may have come from other presentations.
Some PowerPoint presentations can be opened with Google Slides. This allows access to the lecture notes and source links.
Also, check out our recorded presentations. For a quick 3-5 minute video, look at our "Just A Minute" Series. Often the script for the video along with links to specific resources and references is available.
For a longer presentation, get the latest version of "Biofuels 101" in our 30/30 series. 30 minute recorded presentations come with a package of supporting materials for 30 minute directed discussions or self-study. The first installment, a “Biofuels 101” course, presents an overview of renewable fuels “from seed to wheel”, “from waste to fuel” and “from thin air to engine.” The package is designed to address a lack of information about renewable fuels for non-experts; to provide in one place an easy-to-access online mini course. The supplementary materials include all of the slides along with the text of the narration, background information and links to extensive online resources.
"Biofuels 101"
Because most audiences are not well acquainted with some biofuels basics, some presentations linked below begin with a "Biofuels 101" section. This asks and answers the questions: What Are Advanced Biofuels? Why Are They Important? What Are They Used For? How Are They Made? Can We Buy Them NOW?
Many presentations also include, in the core presentation or in additional slides at the end, a class/group activity to develop a deeper understanding of the concept of sustainability from economic, environmental and social perspectives. After the exercise and a review of some elements pertinent to each of those legs of the sustainability analysis stool, the presentation goes into deeper discussions of the make-up of plant cells, explanations of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.
Some presentations also include a slide with a list of jobs related to advanced biofuels, for example: agricultural/forestry; logistics; conversion technologies; biorefinery operations; policy, communications and public relations.
These PowerPoint presentations can serve as a primers for use by teachers, students, campus groups, civic or church organizations. They describe, step by step,
- what advanced biofuels are,
- why they are important,
- what key laws and regulations have been passed and implemented to encourage and promote the development of advanced biofuels,
- summaries of processes used to convert biomass to advanced biofuels, and
- the challenges and issues that must be overcome and resolved if this world can have successful, useful advanced biofuels production.
They also include some pages of
- questions and thoughts;
- class or student projects; and
- advanced research suggestions.
A companion publication (teacher's edition, if you will) that provides depth and background for this presentation is presented in Biofuels Basics, also part of the Biofuels Basics section of this web site.
For those interested in using this presentation for potential investors, or for those thinking of participating in any level of the value chain involved in biofuels and advanced biofuels, the materials in the About Advanced Biofuels for Growers and Investors may prove useful.
Fall 2020 presentations for microbiology students at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA at the request of Dr. Scott Gygax and at the Biotechnology Department, Chandigarh University in Punjab, India in collaboration with Dr. Gunjan Mukherjee on October 12, 2020. An update of the Spring 2020 presentation, this includes "Biofuels 101" review of feedstocks, conversion technologies (with emphasis on the challenge of biomass recalcitrance), examples of use of renewable fuels today and in the future. Suggestions of jobs related to all aspects of the renewable fuels value chain are listed.
Spring 2020 presentation for students in the Biotechnology Department, Chandigarh University at the request of Dr Gunjan Mukherjee. This includes "Biofuels 101," a brief review of feedstocks, conversion technologies and examples of use of renewable fuels yesterday, today and tomorrow. It also includes lists of jobs related to various elements of the value chain as well as those related to distribution, use and policy issues. In addition, it highlights how biotechnology can address biomass recalcitrance related to conversion of biomass to sugars as building blocks of bio-based chemicals, fuels and products.
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Winter 2020 presentation for Indenpendence, Ohio, Middle School "Lunch and Learn" at the request of students interested in renewable fuels. (See article)
This presentation includes "Biofuels 101," a brief review of feedstocks, conversion technologies and examples of use of renewable fuels yesterday, today and tomorrow. It also includes lists of jobs related to various elements of the value chain as well as those related to distribution, use and policy issues.
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Summer 2019 presentation "Biofuels 101" plus "A First Step to Financing: Writing a Useful Economic
Feasibility Study Using Advanced Biofuels Examples"
This presentation was for EnergyPath 2019 and includes, in addition to "Biofuels 101," information about financing biofuels projects with links to a series of resources from Lee Enterprises Consulting.
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Summer 2019 presentation for high school career day
This presentation includes abbreviated Biofuels 101 slides with examples of job/career opportunities listed for each element of the biofuels value chain from feedstock to biomass conversion or carbon recycling to distribution/delivery and policy development and implementation.
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Spring 2019 presentation focused on clean cook stoves
This presentation includes Biofuels 101 including emphasis on state (California Low Carbon Fuel Standard) and U.S. federal (Renewable Fuel Standard) policies; and includes information on clean cook stoves.
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Earth Day 2019 presentation, “Biofuels on the Path to “NetZero”
This presentation includes Biofuels 101 and adds a focus on biogas, renewable natural gas, and the potential negative carbon intensity values based on California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard calculations. It was prepared for University of Maryland's Engineering Sustainability Day – “Towards Zero Emissions and Beyond” for April 22, 2019, in College Park, MD.
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Winter 2019 presentation with focus on ChemE, green jobs, energy storage
This presentation on bio-based and renewable fuels was prepared for the University of Rhode Island AIChE student organization and highlights green jobs with a ChemE focus as well as slides on energy storage potentials related to renewable fuels.
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Winter 2019 presentation to Ukraine delegation
Invited by the U.S. Ukraine Foundation as part of its Open World Leadership program, Advanced Biofuels USA’s executive director, Joanne Ivancic, met with a delegation of “emerging leaders” from Ukraine to discuss biofuels, feedstock, logistics, conversion technologies and the role renewable fuels can have in addressing environmental problems from climate change and pollution control to energy security.
The presentation included a "Biofuels 101" section with sections on biofuel as heating oil/fuel, Renewable Fuel Standard, Low Carbon Fuel Standard and energy beet conversion project.
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Summer 2018 presentation "Biofuels 101" plus sustainability and tax policy issues
This presentation was prepared for a National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project at the US Department of Energy. It includes a "Biofuels 101" section, materials for group discussions of sustainability issues and slides about 2018 US tax policy questions.
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Summer 2018 presentation "Biofuels 101" plus energy storage; extra slides about engines
This presentation was given at EnergyPath 2018 and includes, in addition to "Biofuels 101," information about renewable energy storage in liquid medium that can be used for transportation fuel. Download PowerPoint presentation (includes extra slides about sustainability, engines/fuel properties and optimization)
Fall 2017 Energy Crops as Part of Nutrient Management Tradeable Credit Programs
Based on data derived from energy beet field tests on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 2016, Joanne Ivancic gave this presentation to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Trading and Offsets Work Group in September 2017 as part of conversations about eligibility of crop-based programs for nutrient management tradeable credits.
Outline for Energy Beet as P Remediation Presentation by Advanced Biofuels USA to EPA TOWG Sept 2017
EPA TOWG Presentation EnergyBeetsonEasternShore Delmarva Mid-Atlantic Coast 092017 v4
Summer 2016 National Energy Education Summit Presentation
This version of the presentation was prepared to illustrate and explain the philosophy of these introductory presentations at the National Energy Education Summit — June 7, 2016 — Washington, DC. The notes pages include useful links that provide background information for presenters, students and audiences of all kinds.
Advanced Biofuels USA Presentation for National Energy Education Conference 2016
Fall 2014 VIDEO of presentation
Watch presentation November 7, 2014 at Villanova University, Philadelpha, PA.
Download a version of the presentation that focuses on jobs related to all elements of the advanced biofuels value chain. June 2014 revisions
2012 Advanced Biofuels: Meeting Challenges in Fuel Supplies and Energy Efficiency, Engine/Fuel Optimization
Advanced Biofuels: Meeting Challenges in Fuel Supplies and Energy Efficiency This presentation was prepared for career tech/automotive classes. It begins with a summary of challenges to getting advanced ethanols and drop-in biomass-based fuels into production and to the marketplace. The second part discusses the types of motors being designed and used that optimize the characteristics of ethanol in order to achieve the similar optimized mileage, regardless of ethanol/gasoline blends used. Companion pieces for teachers or discussion leaders are the Biofuels Basics page referenced above and a paper, New Engine Technologies Could Produce Similar Mileage for All Ethanol Fuel Mixtures, (updated in August 2012) by Robert E. Kozak.
Green Gasoline: A Renewable Petroleum Alternative From Plants
By Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation Graphic of pathways to green gasoline and other biofuels:
For more information go to www.nsf.gov/greengasoline
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