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Full Committee Hearing

Biomass Use in Energy Production:
New Opportunities for Agriculture

Date:
Time: 10:00am
Location: SD-106, Senate Dirksen Office Building

Biomass is the generic term for any living matter that can be converted into usable energy through biological or chemical processes.


It encompasses feedstocks such as agricultural crops and their residues, animal wastes, wood, wood residues and grasses, and municipal wastes.

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Panel 1

  • The Honorable Mark E. Rey

    Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
    United States Department of Agriculture
    Washington, DC
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  • The Honorable David Garman

    Acting Under Secretary of Energy, Science and Environment
    United States Department of Energy
    Washington, DC
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  • The Honorable Thomas Ewing

    Chairman
    Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee
    Pontiac, Illinois
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Panel 2

Panel 3

  • Dr. Mark Zappi

    Director, DOE Mississippi Research Consortium for the Utilization of Biomass
    Mississippi State University
    Mississippi State, Mississippi
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  • Dr. Tom Richard

    Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
    Iowa State University
    Ames, Iowa
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  • Dr. Lee R. Lynd

    Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences
    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
    Hanover, NH
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  • Dr. Samuel B. McLaughlin

    Researcher
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Oak Ridge, Tennessee