Renewable and Alternative Energy Fact Sheets
- Alternative Energy Credits and the Renewable Energy Marketplace in Pennsylvania
- An Introduction to Biomass Heating
- Characteristics of Biomass as a Heating Fuel
- Co-firing Biomass With Coal
- Commercial-Scale Biomass Combustion Equipment
- Manufacturing Fuel Pellets from Biomass
- Using Biodiesel Fuel in Your Engine
- What's So Different about Biodiesel Fuel?
Additional Penn State Fact Sheets and Documents
- Biodiesel: A Renewable, Domestic Energy Resource
- Biogas Digesters - Engine Lubricating Oil for Your Digester's Engine-Generator
- Burning Shelled Corn - A Renewable Fuel Source
- Canola or Rapeseed Production in Pennsylvania
- Evaluation of Fodder Beets as a Feestock for PA Ethanol Production
- Evaluation of Winter Canola Varieties in Pennsylvania
- Making Your Own Biodiesel: Brief Procedures and Safety Precautions
- Small Scale Biodiesel Production Manual: Safety and Best Management Practices
- Warm-season grasses
Conference and shortcourse archived presentations
- Biomass Combined Heat and Power Systems Shortcourse (November 17-18, 2010)
- Cellulosic Supply Chains for Bioenergy Shortcourse (November 11, 2010)
- Emissions and Health Impacts of Biomass Combustion (May 20, 2010)
- Northeast Renewable Energy Conference Presentations (Held August 26-28, 2008)
- CrossOver 2007 Conference Archived Presentations (Held September 4-5, 2007)
Funding Resources
- Ben Franklin Technology Partners Corp.
- National Wildlife Federation (For Graduate & Undergraduate Students)
- NSF Energy for Sustainability
- Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA)
- PA DEP Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant
- PA DEP Energy Harvest
- PA DEP Office of Energy & Technology Deployment
- USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
- USDA Rural Development Pennsylvania
More Resources
- Alternative Fuels Data Center
- Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network
- Bioenergy Wiki
- Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC)
- Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation
- Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology
- Energy Information Administration
- European Bioenergy Network
- Illinois Biofuel Ecophysiological Traits and Yields Database
- International Energy Agency - Bioenergy
- Iowa State University Bioeconomy Institute
- Northeast Regional Sun Grant Center
- The Carbohydrate Economy Clearinghouse
- US DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Biomass Program
- US DOE Office of Science
- USDA 2007 Agricultural Outlook Forum "Agriculture at the Crossroads: Energy, Farm & Rural Policy"
- Worldwatch Biofuels Project