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The Woody Biomass Utilization Database is a project of the Western Governors' Association designed to increase awareness of the use of biomass resources for economic development and environmental sustainability. Program objectives highlighted include biomass energy and heating activities, education programs, and projects and technologies involving biomass residue resulting from forest health treatments to reduce wildfire hazard risk.

Display an Index of the Woody Biomass Utilization Database by choosing Program Type or State

Arkansas

• Forest Energy Corporation

Arizona

• American West Structures
• AZ - Pathway to Building Arizona's Renewable Energy and Forestry Industries of the Future
• Reidhead Brothers Lumber Mills Inc.
• White Mountain Stewardship Contract

California

• California Energy Commission - Alcohol Fuels From Biomass - An Assessment of Production Technologies
• CDFA, California - Feasibility of Biomass Energy Production to Support Local Water Self-Sufficiency
• Lake Tahoe, CA/NV - Reno/Tahoe Biomass Supply and Demand Study

Colorado

• Canon City, CO - Biomass Co-Firing Demonstration Project and Study
• Colorado Biomass Education Programs
• Colorado Biomass Supply Study
• Estes Park, CO -- Biomass Boiler at High Point Camp
• Lake County, CO - School and Pool Biomass Heating Feasibility Study
• Strategic Assessment of Bioenergy Development in the West
• Summit County, CO - Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
• Transportation Fuels for the Future Initiative

District of Columbia

• Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels: Conference and Workshop

Idaho

• Forest Biomass Supply Analysis for Western States by County
• SW Idaho -- Woody Biomass Utilization Partnership

Montana

• MT - Combined Heat and Power Feasibility Study
• Western Montana CHP Feasibility Study

North Dakota

• Bismarck, ND - Waste Wood Used to Heat New Facility

Nebraska

• Nebraska Biomass Utilization and Chadron State College
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Life-Cycle Bioenergy and Environmental Impact Simulator (BESS)

New Mexico

• New Mexico Biomass Feasibility Study - P&M Plastics

Nevada

• Nevada Biomass Workshops

Oregon

• Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council - COPWRR
• Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council – Coordinated Resource Offering Protocol
• Conventional Wisdoms of Woody Biomass Utilization
• Dodge Logging, Inc.
• Warm Springs Forest Products Industries

South Dakota

• Black Hills South Dakota Woody Biomass Feasibility Studies

Utah

• Utah - Fuels for Schools

Wyoming

• Biomass Boiler Project, WY - Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp
• Wyoming Biomass Energy Awareness Program