Current Project Description

• Final Report
• Project Partners
• Project Reports to Xcel Renewable Development Fund
• 2011 Workshop

Original Project Description

• Project Partners
• Cooperating Ethanol Plants
• Project Reports to Xcel Renewable Development Fund
• Final Report
• 2008 Workshop

Background Information

• Ethanol Industry
• Ethanol Coproducts
• Ethanol Energy Balance
• Ethanol Economics

Biomass for Electricity and Process Heat

• Combined Heat and Power
• Biomass Fuel Properties
• Distributed Generation

Biomass Densification and Logistics

• University of Minnesota Biomass Densification
• Purdue Biomass Group
• Biomass Energy Basics (NREL)
• U.S. Department of Energy Biomass Program
• SunGrant Initiative
• North Central SunGrant Center
• Institure for Briquetting and Agglomeration
• UTK Biomass Processing

About the Project

The current project RD3(23) builds on a previous project, also funded by the Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund, which evaluated alternatives for using biomass fuels to generate electricity and process heat at ethanol plants. Read more...

Project Updates

Final Report

Select Project Publications