Collaborators

GCEP Bioenergy Working Group: Biochar investigation

Working with Prof. Chris Field and Prof. Chris Edwards on quantifying the potential of biochar as a moderate timescale global carbon sequestration mechanism.

Process modeling

Using state of the art chemical engineering and thermodynamic models to quantify the effect of feedstocks, residence times, and temperatures.

Indirect impacts

Quantification of the potential indirect effects of biochar in tropical soils.

 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Geothermal Competition

Investigative $10,000 grant into the potential for industrial Geothermal use of the Rio Grande Rift Valley geologic area. Awarded to team Lena Perkins, Sarah Pistone, Matthew Ganser, John Murphy, and Pablo in January 2011.

American Public Power Association

Feasibility assessment of integrating copra oil, wind, solar, and waste to energy systems into the electrical grid of the joined islands of Ofu-Olosega in Amercian Samoa. Professor Gil Masters, along with researchers Eric Stoutentburg and Lena Perkins awarded $22,500 grant from American Public Power Association and American Samoa Power Authority in March of 2010.