The Maryland Clean Energy Center (MCEC), Annapolis, Md., USA, this week announced the addition of Joanne Ivancic , executive director, Advanced Biofuels USA,  to the MCEC 2016-17 Advisory Council.

Advanced Biofuels USA, a nonprofit educational organization headquartered in Frederick, Md., advocates for the adoption of advanced biofuels as an energy security, economic development, military flexibility, and climate change/pollution control solution.  Technology neutral and feedstock agnostic, it serves as a resource for everyone from opinion-leaders, decision-makers, and legislators to industry professionals, investors, researchers, educators, and journalists via its website http://www.AdvancedBiofuelsUSA.org, technology assessments, government staff briefings, conference participation, lectures, and general assistance to those interested in advanced biofuels.

"I'm eager to contribute to the understanding, development, and use of biofuels in Maryland," noted Ivancic.  "And  MCEC provides a great forum for reaching leaders in the state who are interested in clean energy of all kinds." 

MCEC is an instrumentality of the state, created with an economic development mission to advance the adoption of clean energy along with energy efficiency products, services, and technologies. MCEC works to leverage private sector capital to implement public sector energy goals as well as to help homeowners and businesses save money on their energy bills.

The Advisory Council is selected annually by the MCEC executive director in consultation and with the approval of the board of directors. Members provide strategic guidance and counsel, represent the views of their sector, and help to mobilize and energize partners in their industries and communities on behalf of promoting clean energy.

The Advisory Council represents a broad range of energy and technology experts, financial and legal professionals, and community leaders – all of them clean energy advocates and champions eager to make Clean Energy a powerful economic force in Maryland.

 

More information about Advanced Biofuels USA is available online. More information about the Maryland Clean Energy Center is also available online