Sec. 50D.023. PURPOSES AND DUTY OF RESEARCH COMMITTEE. (a) The research committee is a research consortium among academic and technical research leadership, with active involvement by all sectors of the economy interested in bioenergy development.
(b) The research committee shall:
(1) identify and research appropriate and desirable biomass feedstock for each geographic region of this state;
(2) investigate logistical challenges to the planting, harvesting, and transporting of large volumes of biomass and provide recommendations to the policy council that will aid in overcoming barriers to the transportation, distribution, and marketing of bioenergy;
(3) identify strategies for and obstacles to the potential transition of the agriculture industry in western regions of this state to dryland bioenergy crops that are not dependent on groundwater resources;
(4) explore regions of this state, including coastal areas, that may contain available marginal land for use in growing bioenergy feedstocks;
(5) study the potential for producing oil from algae;
(6) study the potential for the advancement of thermochemical process technologies to produce alternative chemical feedstocks;
(7) study the potential for producing pipeline-quality natural gas from renewable sources; and
(8) perform other research duties as requested by the commissioner relating to the responsible development of bioenergy resources in this state.
(c) The research committee shall meet at the call of the commissioner.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 4.03, eff. September 1, 2009.
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