International Biomass Conference & Expo: Panelists talk policy priorities

Biomass Magazine
May 2010
By Lisa Gibson
Posted May 6, 2010, at 2:45 p.m. CST

Biomass Magazine’s International Biomass Conference & Expo drew about 1,700 people and nearly 300 exhibitors to the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis May 4-6.

On May 5, BBI International Vice President Tom Bryan welcomed everyone to the conference and introduced the keynote speaker Jack Oswald, founder and CEO of Syngest Inc , who told the audience about his companies’ project to turn biomass into anhydrous ammonia.

Following the keynote was a panel discussion about biomass policy objectives and how all the different biomass organizations can work together to educate and influence lawmakers in Washington.

Most representatives on Capitol Hill don’t care about biomass, focusing instead on energy independence in general, according to Bob Cleaves, president and CEO of the Biomass Power Association. But without biomass, the country will not reach its renewable goals.

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