[Terrapreta] Your input needed: "Soil health" at Roundtable onSustainable Biofuels

[Lloyd Helferty]

Dynamotive is actually a Canadian company:
Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation

 230 - 1700 - 75th Ave W. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, V6P 6G2 
  	
 	 Telephone: (604) 267-6000 	
 	 Toll Free Phone: 1(877) 863-2268 	
 	 Fax: (604) 276-6005 	
 	 Email: info at dynamotive.com 	
 	 Website URL: http://www.dynamotive.com 

 Richard Lin 	
 	 Title:   Chairman 	
 	 Area of Responsibility:   Management Executive 	
 	 Telephone:   (604) 267-6000 	
 	 Fax:   (604) 267-6005 	
 	 Email:   richard.lin at dynamotive.com

	
 	
Andrew Kingston 	
 	 Title:   CEO & President 	
 	 Telephone:   (604) 267-6000 	
  	
  	
Nathan Neumer 	
 	 Title:   Corporate Communications 	
 	 Telephone:   (604) 267-6009

 	
Mrs. Laura Santos 	
 	 Title:   Manager 	
 	 Email:   laura.santos at dynamotive.com 

 	
Brian Richardson 	
 	 Title:   Chief Financial Officer 	
 	 Area of Responsibility:   Finance/Accounting 	
 		Email:   brian.richardson at dynamotive.com

 
They also have a flagship "200 tonnes per day" plant located in Guelph,
Ontario.
 
    Lloyd Helferty
    Thornhill
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From: terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org
[mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Michael Bailes
Sent: May 1, 2008 9:48 AM
To: Laurens Rademakers
Cc: Adriana Downie; Stephen Joseph; terra pretta group
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Your input needed: "Soil health" at Roundtable
onSustainable Biofuels



Hi Laurens
That is not a problem
You should probably get in touch with Dynamotive in USA who are producing
pyrolysis based biofuels
To my knowledge BEST energies, at least in Australia, is looking at
electricity production from waste .
I will cc a copy of this email to Adraina Downie and Stephen joseph from
BEST here. They would no doubt be interested in what you are doing; if they
have time may be able to supply some research info for you.
Also check out the Hypography science sites on plants for biofuels and Terra
preta.

Good luck with the conference/meeting.
Warmest wishes

-- 
Michael Bailes
"Politicians will never solve The Problem;
because they don't realise they are the problem.
-Robert ( Bob ) Parsons 1995.

CC Adriana and Stephen
Can you help?
Michael

2008/5/1 Laurens Rademakers <lrademakers at biopact.com>:


Hi,
I'm part of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (at the Ecole
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's Energy Center), which is developing
social, environmental and other sustainability criteria for biofuels. It
does so in a set of discussion groups. 
 
The upcoming discussion (number 8 of the Working Group on the Environment)
will address criteria for soils. It will basically conclude: biofuels should
*improve* soil health and maintain soil ecosystem services. 
 
Please have a look at the background document in attachment, which will be
the starting text for the negotiations.
 
I will obviously introduce a discussion about biochar coupled to biofuel
production. No doubt many participants at the roundtable will be surprised
to hear about terra preta's potentially great effects on soil health.
 
However, I would very much appreciate your input and advice on how to
present the issue. I think this roundtable presents an excellent opportunity
to get news of the existence of biochar / terra preta out. 
 
The roundtable is extremely stringent in designing its sustainability
criteria, so I would love to hear some strong arguments in favor of coupling
biochar to biofuels production. 
 
The meeting on soils is planned for next week, May 7th (apologies for this
short notice).
 
Kind regards,
Lorenzo
 
 
 
 

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