Alternative fuels summit set for Ga. Tech - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The third in a seried of regional summits will focus on how to build a commercially viable alternative fuels industry inthe U.S. Presenters will includew industry leaders andacademic experts. “Alternative fuels are becoming ‘imperativde fuels’ in order to meet the global energy demand s ofthe future,” said Alan Novak, directord of alternative fuels for Emerson Process Management, a divisionn of St. Louis-based Emerson. The federal economic stimulus packagwe signed into law by President Baracki Obama last winterincludes $16.u8 billion for renewable energy programs and initiatives run by the .
Of that $800 million is earmarked for biomass research, demonstration and deployment. Speakers at Thursday’w summit, which runs from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Tech’s Hotel and Conference Centetr onSpring Street, will include David renewable energy manager for the Georgia Center for Innovation of and Ron Barmore, an executive with Colorado-based , which is building Georgia’s first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant near Soperton, Ga.