Northeast Biomass Conference & Expo
Butler-Consultants attended the Northeast BIOMASS Conference & Expo program which included more than 60 speakers, including technical presentations on topics ranging from anaerobic digestion and gasification to combined heat and power and large-scale biomass combustion, within the structured framework of general session panels and four customized tracks:
TRACK 1: Electricity Generation
TRACK 2: Industrial Process Heat and Power
TRACK 3: Biorefining
TRACK 4: Biomass Project Development and Finance
The Northeast BIOMASS Conference & Expo was designed to help biomass industry stakeholders – identify and evaluate solutions that fit your operation. It's time to improve your operational efficiencies and tap into the revenue generating potential of sustainable biomass resources in the region.
Butler-Consultants also took part in the field tours:
New England Wood Pellet – Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Converting nearly 150,000 dry and green tons of wood, the New England Wood Pellet facility in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, is able to produce nearly 84,000 tons of high quality wood fuel pellets annually. Built in 1999, the Jaffrey facility provides a market for wood waste and low-grade timber resources in the area and employs 25 people. Wood pellets are available bagged and bulk loaded and are sold to industrial and residential customers. The facility tour will include a tour of the wood yard, material handling infrastructure, pellet production, and load-out operations. Additionally, tour guests will visit a 20,000 square foot research and development facility that is responsible for some of the pellet industry’s most recent innovations.
Mount Wachusett Community College District Heating System – Gardner, Massachusetts
Mount Wachusett Community College in northern Massachusetts installed a biomass fired district heating system in 2002. The college converted its all-electrically heated campus to a hydronic biomass district heating system to mitigate rising energy costs and control greenhouse gas emissions. Powered by a Messersmith wood chip combustion boiler, the installed system heats the college’s entire campus, some 500,000 square feet of classrooms, libraries, and laboratories. Already, the system has reduced the college’s CO2 emissions by 23 percent and has saved the college $300,000 annually in fuel costs. Mount Wachusett Community College continues to receive national attention for its work towards sustainable higher education campuses.
