Proceedings - Biomass South 2008
Steven Rhines, Vice President, General Councel and Director of Public Affairs, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Steven Rhines serves as Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Public Affairs for The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Prior to his current position, Rhines was a patent attorney with Sidley Austin, LLP in Dallas. Rhines received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma and a juris doctorate from Southern Methodist University. The Noble Foundation is a nonprofit institution conducting agriculture consultation and educational programs as well as agricultural and plant science research to enhance agriculture regionally, nationally and worldwide.
Oklahoma's Bioenergy Future: The Oklahoma Bioenergy Center
Oklahoma Bioenergy Center (www.okbioenergycenter.org) is a publicly-funded initiative by the State of Oklahoma. Through the collaboration of its contributing institutions, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, the OBC intends to deliver practical outcomes to enable the competitive and sustainable production of liquid biofuels in Oklahoma, and contribute to the national research effort to enable the United States to achieve prescribed levels of petroleum independence.
Notes:
- Oklahoma Bioenergy Center formed in 2007
- Aim competitive and sustainable production of biofuels
- Crop development & production, need to learn how best to grow and how to implement it
- Integration of energy crops with livestock, CANNOT be a replacement
- Center planted the world's first 1,000 acres dedicated to biofuels production
- Demonstration field sites enable real-world research and economic data collection
- Demonstration field sties used existing, modified planting equipment
Summary
- Overview of projects of the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center
Thanks to Sarah Ashton, Rachel Cook, Lindsey Hannum, James Jeuck, Liwei Lin, James McCarter, Susan McIntyre, and Mark Megalos for providing notes and summaries for presentations.
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