A Wisconsin paper company researcher has been chosen to head the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI), a public-private partnership formed to make the state a leader in developing clean, renewable energy.
Troy Runge, research director at Kimberly-Clark Corp., was announced as the director of WBI on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Energy selected UW-Madison in 2008 as the site of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, so the WBI is expected to be a catalyst in getting public and private ideas to move forward on clean energy.