2019 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium Presentations

Documents related to the 2019 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium featuring a special workshop designed to help people understand and improve the permitting process for organics projects in California. Additional sessions addressing financial on-ramps for organics projects, incentives for certain bioresources technologies and products, distributed bioresources projects and community composting, and use of bioresources for energy and GHG reduction.

Agenda and Speaker Biographies

• Agenda: 2019 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium (pdf) (414.36 KB, October 29, 2019)
  Agenda for the 14th Annual California Bioresources Alliance 2019 Symposium held November 14-15, 2019.
• Panelist and Speaker Biographies: 2019 California Bioresources Alliance Symposium (pdf) (170.32 KB, November 2019)
  Biographies of Panelists and Speakers at the 14th Annual California Bioresources Alliance Symposium.
• Mark Linder - Aequion Water (pdf) (325.27 KB, November 15, 2019)
  Solutions for Methane Emissions from Dairy Lagoons: Aerobic process for treating manures.

Presentations

Workshop Part 1 - November 14

• Introduction (PowerPoint) (pptx) (4.59 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Intro to CBA 2019: Opening remarks by Workshop co-organizer Dan Noble on purpose of permitting workshop.
• State Air, Water, Land Primer (PowerPoint) (pptx) (2.34 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Roles of CARB, local air districts, SWRCB, Regional Water Boards, CalRecycle, and County LEAs.
• Local Primer: Roles of Local Agencies in Permitting (PowerPoint) (pptx) (4.3 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Organic Waste Diversion: Local Government Perspectives.

Flash Presentations, November 14

• Bear Kaufmann: ALL Power (PowerPoint) (pptx) (509.9 KB, November 14, 2019)
  Carbon Negative Power and Products: Portable units to produce electricity and heat from biomass.
• Bernard Brown: Aries Clean Energy (PowerPoint) (pptx) (20.14 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Gasification Experience with Biosolids: Gasification technology and permitting requirements.
• Timonie Hood, US EPA Region 9 and Nicole Tai, Greenlynx (PowerPoint) (pptx) (1.67 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Potential for Wood Reuse: Deconstruction ordinances and use of municipal woodwaste.

Advanced Tech and Bioproducts, November 14

• Chuck White: Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips (PowerPoint) (pptx) (1.32 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Is California ready for the “conversion” of residual solid waste to energy, fuels, and chemicals?
• Carlos Ramos, NOWON USA, and Pedro Lorenzo, Econward (PowerPoint) (pptx) (3.67 MB, November 14, 2019)
  NOWON/Econoward’s Thermohydrolysis pretreatment process.
• Meredith Roberts: Sierra Energy (PowerPoint) (pptx) (10.14 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Converting Waste to Energy with Gasification Technology in California: Gasification projects and permitting requirements.
• Charles Smith: Gold Seal Industries (PowerPoint) (pptx) (30.6 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Making the World a Better Place by Converting Negatives into Positives: Electromagnetic induction heating.

Market Logic and Facility Rightsizing, November 14

• Elinor Crescenzi: LA Compost (PowerPoint) (pptx) (19.69 MB, November 14, 2019)
  On the Ground, in the Community: Community projects as social and environmental justice solutions.
• Geertje Grootenhuis: San Diego Food System Alliance (PowerPoint) (pptx) (46.72 MB, November 14, 2019)
  How Community Composting was Incorporated into San Diego’s Existing Franchise System.
• Bob Horowitz: CalRecycle (PowerPoint) (pptx) (4.12 MB, November 14, 2019)
  Bob Horowitz, CalRecycle: Building Local Resilience through Community Composting - CalRecycle programs for promoting community composting.

Flash Presentations, November 15

• Mark Linder - Aequion Water (PDF)(1 pg, 333 K, November 15, 2019)
  Solutions for Methane Emissions from Dairy Lagoons: Aerobic process for treating manures.
• Knud Balslev: Mercurius (PowerPoint) (pptx) (600.83 KB, November 15, 2019)
  Liquid Phase Catalytic: Liquid phase treatment.
• Emily Cowen: Recyclist (PowerPoint) (pptx) (3.52 MB, November 15, 2019)
  Recyclist program tracker for compliance with California legislation.

Enabling Anaerobic Digestion Deployment for Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy, November 15

• Corinne Scown, Chelsea Preble, and Sarah Smith: Lawrence Berkeley Labs (PowerPoint) (pptx) (56.8 MB, November 15, 2019)
  Studies on emissions from dry anaerobic treatment process and composting.

Project Finance and Venture Strategies, November 15

• Mike Paparian: Climate Bonds Initiative (PowerPoint) (pptx) (10.92 MB, November 15, 2019)
  Green Bonds for Bioresources: Bonds available for projects with environmental or climate impact.
• Debbie Notkin: California Public Banking Alliance (PowerPoint) (pptx) (130.22 KB, November 14, 2019)
  Funding Bioresource Projects: Funding from banks owned by municipalities / counties.
• Chad White: BAAQMD (PowerPoint) (pptx) (268.94 KB, November 15, 2019)
  Climate Tech Finance: Accelerating adoption of lower carbon technology.
• Zach Knight: Blue Forest Conservation (PowerPoint) (pptx) (17.07 MB, November 15, 2019)
  Forest Resilience Bond: Connecting investor capital to conservation.
• Reneé Webster-Hawkins: California Pollution Control Financing Authority (PowerPoint) (pptx) (7.06 MB, November 15, 2019)
  Meeting the Demand for Bio-Resource Recovery in California: Accelerating and DeRisking Private Capital.