Join us live on
October 5, 2009
via telephone or webinar.
The biomass industry
is the largest renewable energy industry in the
country, accounting for 3.9 quadrillion BTU of
energy in 2009 – 53% of the total renewable
energy produced iin the United States. The
industry has great promise and opportunity to
grow, but has slowed down considerably by the
recent downturn in the economy. As a result,
the industry has developed a strong interest in
Federal financing alternatives which are
available from a variety of agencies including
the Departments of Treasury, Energy, and
Agriculture.
To assist the biomass industry in applying for
available grants and loans, the Biomass
Coordinating Council at the American Council on
Renewable Energy (ACORE) and the Office of
Energy and Environmental Industries at the
Department of Commerce are teaming up to produce
a webinar on federal funding opportunities for
biomass projects. Participants on the webinar
will receive first-hand information from the
Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee
Office, the Department of Agriculture's
Farm Service Agency, and the Department of
Treasury’s Loan Guarantee Office.
Three experts
representing these federal agencies will
respond to
questions and concerns regarding loans guarantee
and the grant-making process in the federal
government. If your company is interested in
receiving funding from these federal programs,
please consider joining this webinar.
Call Times:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Eastern
2:00 pm - 1:30 pm Central
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Mountain
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Pacific
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Alaskan
Introduction:
Bill Holmberg, Chairman, Biomass
Coordinating Council
Co-Moderators:
Roger Feldman, Andrews Kurth, a Director of
ACORE
Catherine Vial, Team Lead, Office of Energy
and Environmental Industries, U.S. Department of
Commerce
Speakers:
Daniel Tobin,
Senior Investment Officer, Loan Guarantee
Program Office, Department of Energy
Ellen Neubauer,
Program Grants Manager, Department of Treasury
Shawn Bucholtz, Chief Program Analysis
Branch, Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Farm
Service Agency, USDA
Q & A Submission:
Q & A session during the webinar will follow the
speakers' presentations. Please use the ask
questions button on your webinar screen to
submit your questions.
How to participate in this webinar
To participate in this webinar, please register
online. The webinar instructions will be emailed
to you. There is a $30.00 administrative fee to
participate. This webinar is free to government
and academic participants.
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This webinar
is presented by the BCC in
collaboration with ACORE and
the Office of Energy and Environmental
Industries at the Department of Commerce
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