BIOMASS: Green in Every Sense of the Word.
Sustain healthy forests, the environment, and your bottom line. Now you can help improve forest health and make money by turning forest "waste" into carbon-neutral fuel. Biomass harvesting is an eco-friendly system that removes residual slash from the forest floor and efficiently processes it into energy bundles that can be sold as fuel in the increasingly robust green-energy market.
READ THE LATEST: Click here to read the latest BLOG by Andrew Bonde, John Deere Marketing Manager - Forestry, entitled "Woody Biomass Issues Heating Up." And...Join the STRAIGHFORWARD Blog (Your Source for Economic Recovery)...
JOHN DEERE BIOMASS HARVESTING SYSTEMS - Deere's Biomass Homepage
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"Biomass Harvesting Systems" - Click for a 16 page brochure on biomass harvesting systems...The John Deere biomass harvesting system meets the need for fuels reduction and disease control in the forest, and allows loggers to get ahead at the same time. The John Deere Advanced Harvesting System has the potential to dramatically alter energy production — especially as non-renewable fuels like oil and gas become more costly.
Some BIOMASS Links:
- US Forest Services - Woody Biomass Utilization
- Heat Transfer International (HTI) - Industry Links including Biomass Energy Foundation, Phase 3 Renewables, Biomass Magazine, and much more...
- Virginia Department of Forestry Bioenergy and Biofuel Resources
- The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) - A comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy.
- U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Biomass Program
- Dominion Virginia Power - "We are increasing our use of wood waste at a station in Alta Vista, and have plans to use it at a new generating station in Southwest Virginia."
- Article: "Stories from the Woods - Biomass Hits the Masses"
- Quick Facts on Biomass Energy
- NORTH CAROLINA Biomass Trader - NC's marketplace for biomass, bio-based feedstocks, and bio-based energy products and fuels. This exchange service is designed to provide a marketplace for biomass materials that can be used in bio-based manufacturing, converted to energy, or used in energy generating processes or technologies.
- VIRGINIA Biomass Endergy Group - Virginia Biomass Energy Group (VBEG) is an association of people from various fields who are actively involved in bioenergy in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Using their links, you can access PDFs, documents, blogs, and forums boards to explore the bioenergy potential of Virginia.
"Biomass bundles are an ideal renewable fuel. The advantage of this type of energy is that it is considered a waste in our economy...and has a negative impact on the environment by burning it in the slash pile - we are changing these perceptions."
- Gary Callihan, Vice President, Business Development for Envio Energi, Troy, Montana
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