The National Wildlife Federation released a free pdf publication entitled “Growing a Green Energy Future: A Primer and Vision for Sustainable Biomass Energy” (March 2010). This full color 40 page publication is an excellent introduction to the Biomass Energy initiatives and industry. It would be an excellent referral publication for board members, venture capitalists, and other investors who are new to the biomass energy industry.
It is appears to be a very honest survey of the industry including an exploration of what I call the “ethanol experiment,” where massive investment and legislation fueled a strong emergence of an alternative fuel source before analysis of the overall economic impact could be assessed.
The publication explains biodiesel (from corn and soybeans), “first generation” biofuels, biomass energy sources including forest or woody biomass, crop biomass, and waste biomass. The publication also proposes sustainable management strategies that include newly developed assessments of overall greenhouse gas costs in producing biomass energy. Read “Growing a Green Energy Future: A Primer and Vision for Sustainable Biomass Energy” by the National Wildlife Federation.
Author: Allison Frederick
Allison Frederick is an Intellectual Property Educator and Innovation Marketing Consultant for GRIPS - GReen Idea Protection & Sales. She offers risk management assessments for renewable energy and green energy technology companies and her company also provides technology companies effective, affordable marketing strategies to produce attractive requests for proposals, investor materials, product manuals, and product promotion materials.
