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USDA Invests in Research to Convert Beetle-Killed Trees into Renewable
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today
announced it has awarded nearly $10 million to a consortium of academic,
industry and government organizations led by Colorado State University (CSU)
and their partners to research using insect-killed trees in the Rockies as a
sustainable feedstock for bioenergy. The award, provided under the
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), is part of USDA's effort to
develop modern solutions for climate challenges in agriculture and natural
resource management. AFRI is provided under the Farm Bill, and Secretary
Vilsack highlighted the need for passage of a comprehensive, long-term Food,
Farm and Jobs Bill to continue groundbreaking agricultural research across
the nation.

"Infestations of pine and spruce bark beetles have impacted over 42 million
acres of U.S. forests since 1996, and a changing climate threatens to expand
the threat from bark beetle on our forest lands," said Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack. "As we take steps to fight the bark beetle, this innovative
research will help take the biomass that results from bark beetle
infestation and create clean, renewable energy that holds potential for job
creation and promises a cleaner future for America. This is yet another
reminder of the critical investments provided by the Farm Bill for
agricultural research, and I urge Congress to achieve passage of a new, long
term Food, Farm and Jobs Bill as soon as possible."

Vilsack noted that the funding for this research is provided by the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food
Research Initiative (AFRI) - a 2008 Farm Bill program - and reiterated the
critical need for passage of a new Food, Farm and Jobs Bill that adequately
invests in groundbreaking agricultural research.

There are many benefits to using beetle-killed wood for renewable fuel
production. It requires no cultivation, circumvents food-versus-fuel
concerns and likely has a highly favorable carbon balance. However, there
are some challenges that have been a barrier to its widespread use. The wood
is typically located far from urban industrial centers, often in relatively
inaccessible areas with challenging topography, which increases harvest and
transportation costs. In addition to technical barriers, environmental
impacts, social issues and local policy constraints to using beetle-killed
wood and other forest residues remain largely unexplored.

CSU researchers, together with other scientists from universities,
government and private industry in the region, created the Bioenergy
Alliance Network of the Rockies (BANR) to address these challenges. The
project will undertake comprehensive economic, environmental and
social/policy assessment, and integrate research results into a web-based,
user-friendly decision support system. CSU will collaborate with partners
across four states to complete the project. Partners include: University of
Idaho, University of Montana, Montana State University and the University of
Wyoming, U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, National
Renewable Energy Lab and Cool Planet Energy Systems. More information is
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Specifically, the team will explore recent advances in scalable
thermochemical conversion technologies, which enable the production of
advanced liquid biofuel and co-products on-site. The project is working with
Cool Planet Energy Systems, which is based out of Greenwood Village,
Colorado. The company's prototype pyrolysis system can be tailored to the
amount of feedstock available and thus can be deployed in close proximity to
stands of beetle-killed timber. This localized production leads to
significantly lower costs related to wood harvest and transportation. Their
distributed scalable biorefinery approach is a key element in making the use
of insect-damaged trees as feedstock plausible.

As a NIFA Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP), this grant brings together
teams of researchers that represent various geographic areas to support
discovery, applications and promote communication leading to innovative,
science-based solutions to critical and emerging national priorities and
needs. This year's awards broaden NIFA's CAP bioenergy portfolio, which
includes six projects awarded since 2010 focusing on woody biomass,
switchgrass and perennial grasses, energy cane and sorghum.

NIFA made the awards through The AFRI Sustainable Bioenergy challenge area,
which targets the development of regional systems for the sustainable
production of bioenergy and biobased products that contribute significantly
to reducing dependence on foreign oil; have net positive social,
environmental, and rural economic impacts; and are compatible with existing
agricultural and forest production systems. All grants are awarded over a
period of five years, with continued funding contingent on annual project
success.

AFRI is NIFA's flagship competitive grant program and was established under
the 2008 Farm Bill. AFRI supports work in six priority areas: 1) plant
health and production and plant products; 2) animal health and production
and animal products; 3) food safety, nutrition and health; 4) renewable
energy, natural resources and environment; 5) agriculture systems and
technology; and 6) agriculture economics and rural communities.

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