Bioenergy

Tribal partnerships fuel sustainable aviation

Alaska Airlines will conduct a demonstration flight in 2016 using 1,000 gallons of jet fuel made from forest scraps.

Bioenergy, Bioproducts Education Program builds student confidence, equips educators

Being an educator is in Morina Ricablanca’s blood. Growing up in a family of teachers in the Philippines, she knew she would someday pursue a career in education. Ricablanca participated in an outreach program assisting troubled youth while attending Manuel L. Quezon University Law School in Manila. She realized then it was time to join the family business of teaching.

Transferring dead trees from source of wildfire fuel to biofuel

NIFA supports the Sustainable Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies to bring together scientists, educators, and extension specialists to work with industry partners to address utilization of insect-killed trees for production of biofuels and biochar.