Defense Daily biofuels and DOD Webinar

Biofuels and DoD - A Defense Daily Webinar

Date: December 4, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

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The Defense Department’s biofuels initiative is one of the most expensive, and most controversial, endeavors it has undertaken. The Navy has dedicated $510 million over three years to develop alternatives to conventional fuels. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has called for the Navy and Marine Corps to receive half of their energy from non-fossil fuels by 2020.

The Navy, along with the Energy and Agriculture departments, announced in July that $30 million in federal funding is available to match private investments in commercial-scale advanced drop-in biofuels, which are biofuels similar to commonly used gasoline, diesel or jet fuels that are derived from plant and animal feedstocks that don’t compete with food uses.

The Air Force has a biofuels initiative of its own with a 2016 goal of cost-competitively acquiring 50 percent of its domestic aviation fuel requirement via alternative fuel blends.

The Pentagon, overall, accounts for 80 percent of the federal government’s energy use and has energy bills in the tens of billions of dollars. Naval use of petroleum-based fuels represents 25 percent of Pentagon energy consumption while aviation fuel represents about 42 percent of the Navy’s fuel consumption.

You can see how important biofuels are to the Pentagon. Find out what the future has in store for DoD’s biofuels initiative by learning from industry experts in a Defense Daily webinar.

The (date) webinar will feature a panel of professionals and experts from the energy industry, the military and advocacy groups. Join a timely discussion that will shape debate about biofuels in the military.

Register here.