Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 am Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome and Workshop Objectives (Dr. Serpil Guran, Director, Rutgers EcoComplex)
9:10 – 9:20 am Welcome from Rutgers University (Dr. Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, Associate VP)
9:20 – 9:45 am NJ EMP: The Role of Biomass (Joseph Fiordaliso, Commissioner, NJBPU)
9:45 – 10:00 am Creating Biomass Pathways within NJDEP (Robert Marshall, Assist. Commr., NJDEP)
10:00 – 10:15 am Role of Agriculture (Jeff Beach, Policy Advisor, NJ Dept. of Agriculture)
10:15 – 10:25 am NJCAT Technology Verification Program (Dr. Dick Magee, NJCAT)
10:25 – 10:45 am Break

10:45 – 12:30 pm Technology Presentations – this section of the program will have commercial companies presenting information on their bioenergy technology (Moderator – Dr. Dick Magee)

The presenting companies are;
• BioMacht, Inc. – Wood gasification to Organic Rankin Cycle CHP system
• Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. – Biomethane powered Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells with capacity for renewable hydrogen production
• Organic Diversion, Inc. – High Solids Anaerobic Digestion of food waste for power production • Power House Energy, Inc. - Waste/biomass-to-energy Gasification combined with CHP
12:30 – 1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 – 3:00 pm Panel Discussion – Opportunities and Challenges for Biopower Projects in NJ (Moderator – David Specca)
• Paula Durand – NJ EDA, Senior Venture Officer, Clean Technology
• Robert Kettig – NJ DEP, Division of Air Quality
• Gearoid Foley – US DOE, Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Application Center

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Route 206 S. to first light - follow signs for I-295S.
First RIGHT (at light) onto Old York Road
QUICK RIGHT (at stop sign & sign for I-295) onto Rising Sun Road
Proceed less than 1 mile
LEFT onto I-295 South
Follow below

From I-295:
Exit 52A (Columbus)
EcoComplex is large green building on RIGHT just past the first light.

From Route 206 Northbound:
Route 206 North past Columbus Farmer's Market
Exit for the town of Columbus approx. one mile north of market
At traffic light make LEFT onto Rt. 543 West (also called Main St.)
EcoComplex is large green building on LEFT, before the second light

From PA Turnpike:
Go over PA-NJ Turnpike Bridge
Take the first exit for US Route 130N
RIGHT on the first light onto 656E (Florence-Columbus Rd.)
After approximately 3 miles there is an overpass for I-295
Go through next light
EcoComplex is large green building on RIGHT

From the Riverline Florence Station (bike path):

Take John Galt Way to Route 130 (stop light)
Go North (left) on 130 (currently need to go south and do a U-turn) to Cedar Lane (0.6 miles)
Turn right on Cedar Lane to Burlington Bustleton Road (stop sign) (0.9 miles)
Turn left on Burl. Bustleton Rd. to Old York Road (0.3 miles)
Turn right on Old York Road to Route 543 (flashing light) (0.6 miles)
Turn left on Route 543 to the EcoComplex facility (2.7 miles)

This is the best route to use should you be biking from the station to the complex (5.1 miles).