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		<title>The 4th Annual Energy Efficiency Finance Forum to be held in Chicago, May 20-21, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and Financial Research Associates (FRA) will be holding a conference, &#8220;Financing, Capital, &#038; Deal Sourcing for Energy Efficiency,&#8221; May 20-21, 2010, at The Standard Club, Chicago, IL.
If you&#8217;re looking for financing, new deal structuring ideas or brand-new investment opportunities in the energy efficiency landscape, this event will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2010/03/the-4th-annual-energy-efficiency-finance-forum-to-be-held-in-chicago-may-20-21-2010/</link>
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		<title>Tomah, WI Business Receives $200,000 to Develop Small Scale Anaerobic Digesters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TOMAH, WI (March 19, 2010) &#8212; Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (WDATCP) Secretary Rod Nilsestuen commended Tomah, WI-based USEMCO for receiving $200,000 in state agricultural development grants to promote farm-based clean energy technology through the development and demonstration of an anaerobic digester for small farms. Nilsestuen announced the award on behalf of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2010/03/tomah-wi-business-receives-200000-to-develop-small-scale-anaerobic-digesters/</link>
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		<title>Wisconsin Agricultural Biogas Casebook (2009)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This updated November 2009 report offers excellent and concise overviews (along with some history) of the 21 operating anaerobic digester (AD) systems in Wisconsin (at the time this report was published). The 93-page report offers good background on how these AD systems are working in Wisconsin.
In addition, the digester owners have generously shared experiences, ideas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2010/01/wisconsin-agricultural-biogas-casebook-2009/</link>
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		<title>ACORE-EPRI paper identifies R&amp;D requirements for expansion of renewable energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC — The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have collaborated to identify research, development, demonstration and deployment (RDD&#038;D) requirements that would enable broad expansion of renewable energy.
The paper, titled &#8220;Reinventing Renewable Energy: Toward a Technology Strategy for Improving Security, Creating Jobs &#038; Reducing Emissions&#8221;, was released [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2010/01/acore-epri-paper-identifies-rd-requirements-for-expansion-of-renewable-energy/</link>
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		<title>Forum on Energy Efficiency in Agriculture to be held in Madison, Wis., Feb. 7-9, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has extended the early bird registration for the 2010 Forum on Energy Efficiency in Agriculture, February 7-9, 2010, and the Economics of Sustainability and the Dairy Industry, February 10, 2010, Monona Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin.
Early bird registration has been extended for the 2010 Ag Forum and associated events [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2009/12/forum-on-energy-efficiency-in-agriculture-to-be-held-in-madison-wis-feb-7-9-2010/</link>
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		<title>Myriant Technologies LLC Selected for $50 Million Award for Succinic Acid Biorefinery Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quincy, Massachusetts &#8211; December 7, 2009 &#8211; Myriant Technologies LLC (as successor to BioEnergy International), a leading biotech developer and manufacturer of renewable biochemicals, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $50 million for its planned biobased Succinic Acid facility in Louisiana. Notably, among the 19 integrated biorefinery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2009/12/myriant-technologies-llc-selected-for-50-million-award-for-succinic-acid-biorefinery-project/</link>
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		<title>New Publication Examines On-Farm Energy Use</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AMES, Iowa &#8212; Equipment used in modern agriculture reduces labor, but consumes fuel and energy. So how much energy are Iowa’s agricultural producers using? A new Iowa State University Extension publication answers that question.
Click here to link to download page: “Farm Energy: How Much Energy Is Being Used on Your Farm?” (PM 2089A). The publication [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2009/12/new-publication-examines-on-farm-energy-use/</link>
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		<title>View the Fall 2009 issue of AgSTAR Digest on line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To view the Fall 2009 issue of the AgSTAR Digest, click here to go to the AgSTAR Web site.
Also, AgSTAR is planning its next conference for spring of 2010 at a Midwest location. AgSTAR will notify folks via email when the date and location are selected. To be added to AgSTAR’s distribution list, please fill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2009/12/view-the-fall-2009-issue-of-agstar-digest-on-line/</link>
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		<title>Wisconsinites back biofuel development, but disagree on how it should be promoted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although almost two-thirds of Wisconsinites support the use and production of biofuels, less than half think the government should subsidize their development, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. Read more. . .
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		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2009/12/wisconsinites-back-biofuel-development-but-disagree-on-how-it-should-be-promoted/</link>
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		<title>South Carolina&#8217;s Energy Future: Minding its Efficiency Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This November 2009 report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) examines the potential electricity and water efficiency savings that could be realized in South Carolina through the implementation of a suite of eleven electric and five water efficiency policies, and quantifies the growth in gross state product and employment that would result [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://farmenergynews.com/blogfen/2009/11/south-carolinas-energy-future-minding-its-efficiency-resources/</link>
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