Forest power: woodchips to electricity
Mackenzie Castruita the Business Manager for West Biofuels explains some of the innerworkings at the Hat Creek Bioenergy facility in Burney, California and how public lands and partners are coming together to power a community. (Forest Service video by Andrew Avitt)Editor’s note: In 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service awarded $80 million in Wood Innovation Grants to support…
#Biofuel, #Biomass, #WoodInnovations, #Technology
Picking up sticks: Fire Resilient Landscapes and the public good
Editor's note: The Innovative Finance for National Forests grant program supports partner organizations developing out of the box financial solutions to some of forest management’s most vexing challenges. One partner, Wisewood Energy is focused on reducing small woody materials on the forest floor and how it could mitigate extreme wildfires, improve forest health and provide benefits to…
#PrescribedFire, #Biomass, #MechanicalThinning, #Energy
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