Bioenergy Links
Resources: State • Regional • National • Energy Generation Technologies • For Educators
State
Illinois
The Council of Great Lakes Governors: Great Lakes Biomass State-Regional Partnership
http://www.cglg.org/biomass/index.asp
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity - Biofuels
http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Energy_Recycling/Energy/Renewable+Fuels/
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research
http://www.bioenergy.uiuc.edu/about/vision.html
see also:
http://www.bioenergy.uiuc.edu/news/otheruniversities.html#illinoisstate
Indiana
Indiana Biomass Energy Working Group
http://www.extension.purdue.edu/renewable-energy/indiana-biomass-working-group.shtml
Integrative Center for Biotechnology and Engineering
http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/%7Elorre/16/overview/overview_bioenergy.shtml
Iowa
The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
http://www.agmrc.org/renewable_energy/
BIOWA
http://biowa.us/
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association
http://www.iowarfa.org/
The Iowa Energy Center
http://www.energy.iastate.edu/becon/
Iowa Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation
http://www.calt.iastate.edu
Kansas
Kansas Bioscience Authority
http://www.kansasbioauthority.org/areas_of_expertise/Bioenergy.aspx
Michigan
Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
http://www.michigan.gov/dleg/0,1607,7-154-25676_25753---,00.html
Michigan State University - Bioenergy
http://bioenergy.anr.msu.edu/index.shtml
The Michigan State University Office of Bio-based Technology
http://www.bioeconomy.msu.edu/default.aspx
Minnesota
Clean Energy Resource Teams
http://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/about
The Great Plains Institute
http://www.gpisd.net/
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
http://www.iatp.org/
http://www.iatp.org/enviroag/
http://www.agobservatory.org/
The Minnesota Project
http://www.mnproject.org/index.html
The North Central Bioeconomy Consortium
http://www.ncbioconsortium.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={70C945E6-A13F-4A40-8C89-B708996177E2}
The University of Minnesota Biotechnology Institute
http://www.bti.umn.edu/biofuelsworkshop/index.html
The University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment
http://environment.umn.edu/iree/
Missouri
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/renewables/index.html
Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Biological Systems Engineering Dept: Bioenergy, Renewable Alternatives
http://bioenergy.unl.edu/index.shtml
North Dakota
North Dakota State University Bioenergy and Product Innovation Center
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/bioopportunities/
University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Resource Center
http://www.undeerc.org/programareas/
Ohio
Green Energy Ohio
http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageId=49
Office of the Ohio Consumers' Council
http://www.pickocc.org/smartenergy/renewables/bioenergy.shtml
The Ohio Department of Development - Office of Energy Efficiency
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/cdd/oee/default.htm
The Ohio State University Extension - South Centers - Bioenergy
http://southcenters.osu.edu/bioenergy/
South Dakota
(In Development)
Wisconsin
National Facilitation Project of the National Water Program: Energy Independence, Bioenergy Generation and Environmental Sustainability
http://clean-water.uwex.edu/nfpbioenergy/
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy
http://www.cows.org/
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
http://www.greatlakesbioenergy.org/
The Office of Energy Independence
http://power.wisconsin.gov/section.asp?linkid=1124&locid=131
The University of Wisconsin's Bioenergy & Bioeconomy Team
http://bio.uwex.edu/index.cfm
The Wisconsin Bioenergy Institute
http://www.wbi.wisc.edu/
Wisconsin's Bioenergy Forum
www.bioenergyforum.com
Wisconsin Bio-Industry Alliance
http://www.wisconsinbioindustry.com/about/
Wisconsin's Focus on Energy
http://www.focusonenergy.com/
Regional
Midwest Rural Energy Council
National
Farmers Legal Action Group
http://www.flaginc.org
National Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
http://www.agmrc.org/renewable_energy/
U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/
Energy Generation Technologies
Biomass for Electricity Generation
USDA/FSA Biomass Crop Assistance Program
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=ener&topic=bcap
Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/analysispaper/biomass/
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biomass.html
The Minnesota Project - Agriculture and Energy
http://www.mnproject.org/e-agricultureandenergy.html
Focus on Energy
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Renewable/Biomass/
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Information-Center/Renewables/Fact-Sheets-Case-Studies/Biomass.aspx
Biomass for Heating
USDA/FSA Biomass Crop Assistance Program
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=ener&topic=bcap
Biomass for Transportation Fuel
USDA/FSA Biomass Crop Assistance Program
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=ener&topic=bcap
US DOE Biomass Program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biofuels.html
Manure for Electricity Generation
Midwest Rural Energy Council
http://www.mrec.org/anaerobicdigestion.html
Anaerobic Digester
http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com/html/on-farm-anaerobic-digestion-an.php
The Minnesota Project - Biogas/Methane Digesters
http://www.mnproject.org/e-biogas.html
Focus on Energy
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Renewable/Biogas/
Wind
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org/faq/
Focus on Energy
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Renewable/Wind/
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Information-Center/Renewables/Fact-Sheets-Case-Studies/Wind.aspx
Midwest Rural Energy Council
http://www.mrec.org/WindEnergy.htm
The Minnesota Project - Community Wind
http://www.mnproject.org/e-communitywind.html
Montana State University
http://www.msuextension.org/energy/wind
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_wind.html
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
http://attra.ncat.org/farm_energy/wind.html
Windustry
http://www.windustry.org/resources
Wind Powering America
http://www.windpoweringamerica.org
Solar
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_solar.html
Focus on Energy
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Renewable/Solar-Electric/
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Renewable/Solar-HotWater/
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Information-Center/Renewables/Fact-Sheets-Case-Studies/Solar.aspx
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Information-Center/Renewables/Fact-Sheets-Case-Studies/Solar-Water.aspx
Geothermal
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_geothermal.html
Focus on Energy
http://www.focusonenergy.com/Information-Center/Renewables/Fact-Sheets-Case-Studies/Geothermal.aspx
For Educators
House Plans and More: A Kid's Guide to Solar Power in the Home
http://www.houseplansandmore.com/a-kids-guide-to-solar-power-in-the-home.html
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
http://glbrc.org/education
The Water Footprint Network
http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home
Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals
http://anrep.org/tools
