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Wayne Keith, a partner in Renewable Energy Systems LLC (RES), has developed gasification technology that enables regular vehicles which are normally fueled with gasoline, to be powered with a wide range of solid biomass materials, like wood, switchgrass, crop residues and broiler litter. Auburn University is partnering with RES in a Coast-to-Coast and Back tour in such a vehicle. The biomass powered pickup (the Bio-Truck) will be used to attract media attention, and will be powered on a wide range of solid fuels during the course of the tour.

The tour will start in Charleston, SC, on the east coast and take a southern route to San Diego, then north to Los Angeles, and San Francisco, stopping at different renewable energy installations en route to get the media to highlight these projects, companies and technologies. The Bio-Truck will then participate in a road race for vehicles powered by non-commercially available fuels from Berkeley, CA to Las Vegas, NV, in a 3-day event (October 11-13; Following completion of this race, the Bio-Truck will race the clock back to the east coast. The entire project will run from Monday, September 29 to Friday, October 17. In addition, a similar promotional project will be conducted within the state of Alabama during the week of August 4-8.

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