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Community Fuels to Present at the UC Davis Bioenergy Work Group Meeting
May 27, 2008

Dr. Chris Guay will be featured speaker on biodiesel sustainability at the Bioenergy Work Group meeting at University of California, Davis.

Encinitas, California, May 23, 2008— The University of California, Davis Bioenergy Research Group seeks to advance the development of bioenergy – heat, power, and biofuels from biomass – and is connecting researchers to enhance communication and the sharing of ideas. The Bioenergy Work Group meeting will be held at The University of California, Davis on May 27, 2008 and will focus on sustainability standards for biofuel feedstock production and use. This meeting is a prelude to the Joint Forum on Bioenergy Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis, an international meeting to discuss sustainability standards to guide California’s expanding regulatory requirements for greenhouse gas reductions.

Dr. Chris Guay, Director of Research and Development for Community Fuels, will be a featured speaker at the Work Group meeting. His presentation will focus on current and emerging feedstocks for biodiesel production. He also will review sustainability considerations and provide general recommendations for lifecycle emission assessments for biodiesel.

An intense interest in biofuels has developed as a result of high petroleum prices, concerns about the future viability of petroleum resources, and an increasing awareness of the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuel combustion. The need for viable alternative feedstocks (e.g., algae, non-conventional crops, waste fats and greases, etc.) is an especially pertinent topic currently facing the biodiesel industry in light of increasing awareness and concerns about the sustainability of biofuels produced from conventional feedstocks derived from food crops (soybean, canola, palm, etc.). The future growth of the biodiesel industry will depend primarily on the development of low-cost alternative sources of fats and oils that can be produced without diverting limited existing agricultural resources away from food production or requiring further conversion of undisturbed lands to croplands.

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