Bioenergy electronic information, e-mail and bulletin board systems

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:135715

Stanton, T ^[1]; Gronbeck, C ^[2]; Witham, L ^[3]

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1. Energy and Regulatory Matters Information Service, Lansing, MI (United States)
2. Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, Washington, DC (United States)
3. Energy Ideas Clearinghouse Bulletin Board System, Olympia, WA (United States); and others

Email, bulletin board systems, and electronic information retrieval are taking the world by storm. Thousands of new users go online every day. Anyone interested in bioenergy can take advantage of online systems to increase the frequency, quality, and speed of information retrieval and communications with colleagues, while simultaneously significantly decreasing communications costs. In particular, three free systems provide bioenergy online services. They include: (1) ERMIS, the Energy & Regulatory Matters Information Service operated by the Michigan Public Service Commission; (2) CREST, the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology; and (3) EICBBS, the Energy Ideas Clearinghouse BBS operated by the Washington State Energy Office. In addition, new online bioenergy services will soon be offered by the U.S. Department of Energy. And, new or existing bioenergy email and bbs services are also invited to join and integrate with EICBBS and ERMIS, in order to allow broader, free access to their information resources.

• OSTI ID: 135715
• Report Number(s): CONF-9410176--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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