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Fifth AgSTAR National Conference

Hotel Sierra/KI Convention Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin
April 27-28, 2010

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• Exhibitors
• Proceedings

We would like to thank the following sponsors and exhibitors for their support of the Fifth National AgSTAR Conference:

Sponsors

Exhibitors

American Biogas Council Applied Technologies, Inc. BACKHUS North America Inc. Biocycle BioPower Technologies Inc. Bioprocess Control AB BioSAFE Engineering, Inc. Bose Research & Development Inc. Carbon Solutions America CH Four Biogas Inc. Climate Action Reserve Cornerstone Environmental Group, LLC DODA USA INC. Electrigaz Technologies Inc. Emerson Climate Technologies/Vilter Manufacturing Energy Cube LLC

Engineered Storage Products entec biogas USA Environmental Credit Corp. Environmental Fabrics FABCO Power Systems FEECO International, Inc. First Capitol Risk Management Flotech Services NA Focus on Energy GE Energy, Jenbacher gas engines Germane Environmental Consulting, LLC GHD, Inc. Guild Associates, Inc. Kraft Power Corporation Martin Machinery Organic Waste Systems, Inc. (OWS)

Parkson Corporation quasar energy group RCM International LLC SUMA America Inc. Tank Connection Affiliate Group TerraPass U.S. EPA AgSTAR Program USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA, Rural Development Vaughan Company, Inc. Vogelsang USA Walker Process Equipment Xebec Adsorption Yunker Plastics, Inc.

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Proceedings

Monday, April 26, 2010

1:00 PM

Optional Farm Tours (1) Green Valley Dairy and (2) Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy Information on the sites visited can be found in the case studies listed in the Wisconsin Agricultural Biogas Casebook (93 pp, 2.5MB)

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

8:30 AM	Status, Opportunities, and Barriers in the U.S. Agricultural Digester Market (8 pp, 166K) Kurt Roos, Director-Ag Methane Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
8:40 AM	Keynote Address – USDA Initiatives to Accelerate Adoption of Anaerobic Digesters Doug McKalip, Confidential Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
9:45 AM	Outlook for Growth in the Anaerobic Digester (AD) Industry Moderator: Chris Voell, AgSTAR Panel Discussion Why GE is Bullish on AD, Shonodeep Modak, GE Energy Global Marketing (9 pp, 596K) Gaining Industry Support to Move AD Forward - Dairy Power Initiative, Mark Stoermann, Fair Oaks Dairy, and Curt Gooch, Cornell University Swine Sector AD Opportunities and Challenges, Dr. Robert Burns, Iowa State University (15 pp, 1.7MB)
11:00 AM	Financial Mechanisms to Advance Digesters Moderator: Allison Hogge, AgSTAR US Federal Financial Incentive Overview, AgSTAR (11 pp, 178K) Applying for a USDA Rural Energy for America Program Grant, Brenda Heinen, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development-Wisconsin (30 pp, 264K) Mechanics of Monetizing Methane Destruction Offsets, Peter Weisberg, The Climate Trust (16 pp, 627K)
12:00 PM	State Partner Recognition Ceremony The following organizations were recognized for their efforts as AgSTAR State Partners: Energy Center of Wisconsin Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa State University The Nebraska Methane Working Group Oregon Dairy Farmers Association Oregon State University, Animal Sciences Department Sustainable Conservation Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
1:15 PM	Experiences with AD Systems Moderator: Nora Goldstein, Biocycle Lessons Learned from an AD System Developer, Melissa Van Ornum, GHD, Inc. (9 pp, 210K) Farm Experiences with Biogas Use: A Panel Discussion Wayne Peters, Chaseburg Organic Dairy Guy Selsmeyer, Green Valley Dairy John Pagel, Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy Gary Boyke, Vir-Clar Farms
2:15 PM	Options for Biogas Use Moderator: Norma McDonald, Organic Waste Systems Commercial Operational Experience with Various Gas Uses, Marcus Martin, Martin Machinery (10 pp, 1.3MB) Options for Upgrading Digester Biogas to Pipeline Quality, Sean Mezei (Flotech Services NA), American Biogas Council (15 pp, 574K) Biogas to Vehicle Fuel Demonstration Project: Dane County, WI, Mark Torresani, Cornerstone Environmental Group (11 pp, 1.3MB)
4:00 PM	AD in the Swine Sector Moderator: Garth Boyd, Camco Lagoon Covers on Hog Farms in North Carolina: Project Experience to Date, Scott Tudman, Environmental Credit Corp. (12 pp, 3.1MB) A Case Study: EPA Region 4 Collaboration with the Swine Industry and Local Citizens to Support Environmental Protection in North Carolina, Denise Tennessee, USEPA - Region 4 (10 pp, 182K)
4:30 PM	Co-Digestion: Opportunity and Risk Moderator: Jack Martin, Hall Associates Planning for Codigestion, Dennis Totzke, Applied Technologies (20 pp, 441K) Using Biochemical Methane Potential and Anaerobic Toxicity Assays, Lara Moody, PE, Iowa State University (37 pp, 1.2MB) Co-Digestion: Opportunity and Risk - A Washington State Perspective, Craig Frear, Washington State University (13 pp, 741K)
5:50 PM	State Activities to Advance AD Market Moderator: Allan Goldberg, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Wisconsin's Farm Biogas Market Business Program Integration, Joe Schultz, Wisconsin Focus on Energy (20 pp, 1.6MB) Michigan On-Farm AD Operator Certification Program, M. Charles Gould, Michigan State University and Michelle Crook, Michigan Department of Agriculture (11 pp, 535K)

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

7:30 AM	State Partner Meeting
7:30 AM	American Biogas Council Meeting
8:30 AM	Standards & Tools Update Moderator: Jack Martin, Hall Associates The Development of New Livestock Manure Excretion Rates, Wendy Powers, Michigan State University, Department of Animal Science/Biosystems Engineering (10 pp, 127K) USDA-NRCS Standards and Tools Update, Darren Hickman, National Environmental Engineer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (8 pp, 167K) Standards for Natural Gas Pipeline Injection, Diane Saber
9:30 AM	Project Development with Lack of Federal Energy Policy Moderator: Amanda Bilek, Great Plains Institute Current Utility Climate in New York State, Geoff Teigen, RCM International, LLC (13 pp, 116K) Emerging Policy Opportunities for the Biogas Sector, Peter Taglia, Clean Wisconsin (22 pp, 809K) Vermont's Success with Carrots not Sticks, David Dunn, CVPS (14 pp, 804K) Dairy Digester Opportunities in SMUD's Service Territory, Valentino Tiangco, SMUD (28 pp, 1.3MB)
11:30 AM	Status of Community Digesters Moderator: Bob Joblin, AgPower Group/Cenergy USA Community Manure Digester: Dane County, John Welch, Dane County Public Works (23 pp, 296K) Community Digesters - A Different Perspective, Douglas Carruthers, Organic Resource Management (43 pp, 3.9MB)
1:15 PM	AD Project Performance Moderator: Jack Martin, Hall Associates AD Performance on a Sand Bedded Farm, Dana Kirk, Michigan State University (18 pp, 1MB) Community Anaerobic Digester: Fate of Bacteria, J.H. Harrison, Washington State University(27 pp, 3.4MB) Design for Low Cost Plug Flow Digesters, Don Sherman, AECOM (26 pp, 14MB)
2:30 PM	Carbon Credits and Offsets – Opportunities for AD Moderator: Peter Weisberg, The Climate Trust Carbon Offset Protocols for Anaerobic Digestion Projects, Max DuBuisson, Climate Action Reserve(26 pp, 1.7MB) Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Due to Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure: Results from Seven New York State Dairy Farms, Jennifer Pronto, Cornell University (20 pp, 930K) Methane Capture and Destruction vs. Capital Investment Costs, Angie McAliece, RCM International, LLC (26 pp, 1.3MB)
3:50 PM	The Future of the US Digester Industry (11 pp, 913K)
4:00 PM	Adjourn

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