No country has more citizens living without power than India, where more than 400 million people have no electricity.

Edward Frank, of Argonne National Laboratory discussed his group’s efforts to create the evaluation tools necessary to perform that analysis for algae derived biofuels, be they biodiesel or other refined fuels.

Carlos Claros of MWH Americas presented a succinct summary of the benefits of anaerobic treatment for high strength COD/BOD (organic) loaded wastewater streams. In industry, about 65% of the successful applications have been in the food, food and animal processing, agricultural, and beverage industries.

The plant giant miscanthus (GM), a grass of Japanese origins, is proving to be a viable contender for a land-efficient biomass source of biofuels. A patented hybrid has been developed that can yield 25 tons/acre (5 times more that switchgrass), and produces a bio-oil that can be used as boiler fuel, further processed into other fuels or value added products, or reformed to generate hydrogen.

Whether getting in or getting out, successful business level transactions are dependent upon an accurate and insightful valuation of the business, its assets, income capabilities, and the business's place in the market. On Tuesday, Clinton Bogart, VP of the Industrial Valuation and Advisory Services group at CB Richard Ellis, presented the tools and techniques that have brought him and his company to a leadership position in the field.

For more than forty years,