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U.S. Ag Secretary joins kickoff of the Biofuels Company Accelerator in Granville County
Story Date: 5/1/2012
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Source: BIOFUELS CENTER OF N.C., 5/1/12
Note - this event was originally posted to occur on 4 May. It had to be moved to 3 May to accommodate the speaker's calendars. We hope you will still join us. The itinerary below has been updated and is correct.
Growing Renewable Biofuels: Smart Resources Support Our VisionInitiation of the Biofuels Company Accelerator, the Biodiesel Plant, and North Carolina’s Biofuels Campus
3 May 2012 ~ 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
North Carolina's Biofuels Campus, Oxford
A new sector and a new technology, biofuels necessarily requires places for discovery, interaction, and assistance to new companies and projects. Newly upfitted in spaces and equipment, the Biofuels Company Accelerator provides the labs, support resources, intelligence, and connections required to move ideas and research from promise to outcome.
The Accelerator is the first project of North Carolina’s Biofuels Campus, a partnership between the Center and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS). Over the next decade, the Campus will take shape as the nation's only large-acreage site for biofuels trial-growing, company incubation and partnerships, demonstration and pilot facilities, and public education.
The Campus also contains a newly constructed biodiesel plant capable of converting virgin or recycled fats and oils into 35,000 gallons per year of high-quality biodiesel. The NCDA&CS Oxford Tobacco Research Station will operate the plant to produce a significant portion of its annual diesel fuel needs, using recycled cooking oil from the North Carolina State Fair. The facility has 15,000 gallons of storage capacity in a 1,200 square-foot tank farm. In addition to being a working biodiesel plant, the facility will serve as an educational resource to farmers and the public.
Schedule2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Speakers
A range of regional and state policy, corporate, agricultural, agency, and environmental leaders will address these useful Campus facilities as well as state and national framework for the growing biofuels sector. Speakers will include:
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of AgricultureCongressman G.K. Butterfield, U.S. House of Representatives, First DistrictRepresentative Jim Crawford, N.C. General AssemblySteve Troxler, Commissioner, N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesAdam Monroe, President, Novozymes North AmericaW. Steven Burke, President and CEO, Biofuels Center of North Carolina
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tours and Information
Tours of the Biofuels Company Accelerator, trial feedstock-growing plots, and the biodiesel plant will be provided. In addition, presentations will be given on the 10-year Campus Master Plan.
RSVP - Susan Caldwellscaldwell@biofuelscenter.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For information Wil Glenn
Director, Communications and Public Affairs
919-693-3000 ext. 276
wglenn@biofuelscenter.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For more information, go to http://www.biofuelscenter.org/.
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