Momentum Builds after Second Annual Civic and Small-Xcale Biofuels Convening

(Biofuels Center of North Carolina) The Biofuels Center received incredibly positive feedback from its 13 December 2012 event, Civic and Small-scale Biofuels Statewide: A Second Annual Convening of Civic, Production, and Agency Parties. The event, held at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, assembled a range of leaders from the biofuels community who shared experiences and triggered ideas for developing successful biomass and biofuels production projects that are smaller in scale. The second yearly gathering attracted more than 80 participants—nearly double last year's attendance—ranging from biodiesel producers to municipal wastewater treatment facility managers.

...A number of different approaches were presented, outlining practical solutions to make small-scale biofuels both efficient and effective. Use of marginal land, local crushing operations, and effective ways to collect and recycle waste oil locally were some of the solutions presented by panelists actively practicing these approaches. READ MORE