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CURRENT BERA CONSULTANT and SPEAKER BUREAU*
Stephen F. Anderson,
Evergreen Energy
8590 SW Miami St.
Wilsonville, OR 97070
USA Office: (503)297-8263
Home: (503)682-3731
Fax: (503)682-1656
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Economic valuation and future projections for biomass, biodiesel and biogas projects. Preconstruction development; sales and acquisition work; operations troubleshooting
Don Augenstein, PhD.
4277 Pomona Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
USA Office: (650)856-2850
Fax: (650)856-2850
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Biogas/landfill gas, energy potential and climate effects.
Irvin Barash
President
Vencon Management, Inc.
65 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
USA Office: (212)581-8787
USA Fax: (208) 955-5165
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.venconinc.com
Subjects: Venture capital in renewable energy
W. Bruce Crain
President
Crain Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 16783
Jackson, MS 39236
US Office: (601)957-3493
Cell: (601)613-2294
Fax: (601)914-5871
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Sources of Funding for Renewable Energy; History of Renewable Energy and Biobased Products; Policy Recommendations for Renewable Energy Funding
Rosalie Green, PhD
Senior Recycling Specialist
2800 Crystal Drive
Arlington VA 22202
US Office: (703)308-7268
Home: (703)368-2956
Fax: (703)308-8686
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Greening the environment, Wastewater runoff
James Hettenhaus
President and CEO
Chief Executive Assistance, Inc.
3211 Trefoil Drive
Charlotte, NC 28226
USA Office: (704)541-9508
Home: (704)541-9500
Fax: (704)541-4764
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Commercialization of emerging biotech applications.
Evan Hughes
Consultant, Biomass Energy
30 Rondo Way
Menlo Park, CA 94025
US Office:(650)329-8698
Fax: (650)855-8957
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: biomass energy, geothermal, wind, solar, greenhouse gases, energy & environment
Alberto J.L. Macario, MD
Professor, Research Physician
New York State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza
PO Box 509
Albany, NY 12201-0509
USA Office: (518)474-2781
Home: (518)439-0685
Fax: (518)474-1213; 8590
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Methane, methanogens, stress, stress genes anti-stress mechanisms in biofuel production.
Robert Massengill
President
Pellet Systems Consulting
2524 118 Lane NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
USA Office: (763) 755-6841
USA Fax: (763) 755-3713
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Pellitizing biomass, fuel pellets
Ron Mensch
Consultant
7624 Wilohorse Lane
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
USA Office: (208) 267-5251
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Planning, design, cost estimates, cost/benefit analysis, construction management of log yards, consulting on management and marketing of products from log yard debris
Michael J. Morin
Owner
Hramor Nursery
515 9th St.
Manistee, MI 49660
USA Office: (616)723-4846
Home: (616)723-4846
Fax: (616)723-5580
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Establishing biomass plantations with hybrid poplar. Nursery management of hybrid poplar.
Mark A. Paisley
Vice President Technology
FERCO Enterprises, Inc.
3625 Cumberland Parkway
Suite 650
Atlanta GA 30339
Office: (770)690-2450
Home: (614) 451-0899
Fax: (614) 459-8579
Em:
Subjects: Biomass conversion, gasification, catalysis, gas conditioning, energy and environmental technologies, economic evaluations, process evaluation
James R. Paterek, PhD
Consultant
228 Tupelo Drive
naperville, IL 60540
US Office: (630)917-3328
Subjects: Anaerobic digestion. Methane and hydrogen production. Biofilm technology. Microbiology. Fermentation. Modeling and ecological studies.
Thomas Reed, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board
Director of Research
The Biomass Energy Foundation
554 Orchard Road
Golden, CO 80401
USA Office: (303)279-3707
Fax: (303)278-0560
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Biomass, gasification, biodiesel
Hervey Scudder
PO Box 158
Brattleboro, VT 05302
USA Office: (802)254-3645
Fax: (802)254-3645
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Microturbines and their application to converting biomass and methane fuels into energy.
Satish Sharma
President
SKS Engineers, LLC
230 Dunbar Dr.
Stafford, VA 22556
USA Office: (540)752-1226
Cellular: (540)845-4602
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Energy overview, defense deptartment policy, world energy perspectives
Lewis L. Smith
Consultant and Economist
Condesa de Mar201
Ave, Isla Verde 3103
Carolina PR 00979-4943
USA Office: (787) 286-0425
USA Fax: (787) 747-4371
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Biomass economics and project appraisal
Alan Teel
Consulatnt
BME Consulting, LLC
1409 Teresa Drive
Atlantic, IA 50022
US Office: (712)243-9835
Home: (712)243-9835
Fax: (712)243-9835
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Production, harvesting, handling, and utilization of herbaceous crops for biomass energy uses. Pellet fuel production and utilization in heating appliances.
Michael Theroux
Principal
Theroux Environmental
4229 Northgate Blvd.,
Suite 6B, PO Box 340099
Sacramento, CA 95834-0099
USA Office: (916)641-9603
Fax: (916)641-6142
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Distributed waste-to-energy, small-scale - focus on biomass utilization. Serving: waste management, energy, forest, and agricultural industries. Distributed energy - biomass-fueled, emerging tech assistance.
Anthony Turhollow, PhD
Staff Economist
1511 East 2050 North
North Logan UT 84341-8804
US Office: (435) 753-7185
Home: (435) 753-7287
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Biomass production / handling
Jane Turnbull
Principal
Penninsula Energy Partners
64 Los Altos Square
Los Altos, CA 94022
USA Office (650) 559-1766
Home: (650) 948-1753
Fax: (650) 559-1763
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Integrated biomass systems development, feasibility studies, anaerobic digestion options and systems.
Lawrence E. Wilkinson, PE
Consulting Chemical Engineer
Box 19192
Thorne Bay, AK 99919
USA Office: (907) 723-4507
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Energy futures, the need for petroleum conservation and greater biomass utilization.
Jeff Wright, PhD
Manager, Business Development
ArborGen
PO Box 840001
Summerville SC 29484
US Office: (843)851-5079
Home: (843)991-2911
Fax: (843)832-2164
Subjects: Forest and clonal plantations. Pulp and paper. Carbon sequestration. International forestry (43 countries)
John I. Zerbe, PhD
Consultant
Forest Products Laboratory
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison WI 53705-2398
USA Office: (608) 231-9353
USA Home: (608) 274-0714
Fax: (608) 231-9508
Email: [email protected]
Subjects: Gasification, ethanol, densified wood, charcoal, biomas for harvesting, power generation, pyrolysis
Fred Zoepfl, Ph.D.
President
Phoenix Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1998
Ashburn, VA 21046-1998
USA Off: (703)729-8669
Fax: (703)729-8669
Em: [email protected]
Subjects: Combined phytoremediation and biomass energy production.
Phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils, biomass energy economics.
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