Welcome to the first module of MEC 3040: Bioenergy!
Quick user's guide: Each module is divided into discrete topics (1-9 below) and each is linked to a short PowerPoint slide set. This left-hand column also provides links to other resources, not mandatory but certainly helpful. The page's right-hand column presents mandatory assignments. Due dates will be posted on Canvas. Module 1: Introduction to bioenergy [Slide sets for each topic are linked below.] 1.1: What is bioenergy? 1.2: Current & projected energy use 1.3: Forms of bioenergy 1.4: Bioenergy feedstock materials 1.5: Bioenergy co- & by-products 1.6: Drivers of bioenergy use & development 1.7: Bioenergy debate 1.8: Is bioenergy sustainable? 1.9: Bioenergy vs. food debate Module 1 curricular materials:
> Complete module 1 lecture (topics 1.1 - 1.9) as PDF > Module 1 topics list and overview > Lab readings and links: > Forest Health Monitoring Update for Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP: 2006 - 2018 > A National Park like no other. Managing the legacy forests at a birthplace of conservation (Margolis, Northern Woodlands, Autumn 2009) > Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Green Inside/Out Program (MBR National Park) > Driving directions to the Prospect parking lot of Marsh-Billings Links and other items of interest:
> UCLA study encourages the US to maximize benefits of waste-derived fuels (Biofuels International, 2 Aug 2019) > Opponents to biomass plant ask Dartmouth to consider other options (Allee, NHPR, 1 Aug 2019) > Biomass can heat, cool, power, and transport EU-28 for 43 days (Sherrard, Bioenergy International, 20 Aug 2018) > Vermont's 2016 Comprehensive Energy Plan > VIDEO: Renewable energies: the return of biomass (Mathais Fyferling, 2015) > 'Outlook for Bioenergy 2015', Renewable Energy World > Brazil and China scramble for agricultural influence in Africa (Tran, The Guardian, 27 Aug 2013) > Vermont's Biomass Energy Working Group, 2012 report > Bioenergy and REDD+: opportunities and challenges (UN WCMC, 2011) > Vermont's 2011 Comprehensive Energy Plan > Biomass Busted (Bromage, SevenDays, 22 Dec 2010) > The other inconvenient truth: the crisis in global land use (Foley, Yale Environment 360, 5 Oct 2009) > Bioenergy (International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)) > U.S. Energy Information Administration (US EIA) > World Bioenergy Association Available in Hartness Library:
Thorow, R. & Kilman, S. (2009) Enough: why the world’s poorest starve in an age of plenty, Public Affairs, NY, NY Rosillo-Calle, F, Johnson, F.X., eds (2010) Food versus fuel: an informed introduction to biofuels. Zod Books, London & New York |
*Assignments:
> DUE in class 29 Aug: Marsh-Billings field trip prep (see directions to the left) > DUE 5 Sep: Module 1 HW > DUE 5 Sep: Module 1 take-home quiz |