About the IBWG
The Illinois Biomass Working Group is comprised of farmers, businesses, universities, and public agencies that meet to share information and collaborate to advance biomass energy in Illinois. The group helps link farmers and businesses of many types to form complete biomass supply chains and to promote collaborative efforts among the private sector, public researchers, and regulators.
Biomass Events
- Growing Prairie for Forage, Bioenergy, & Conservation - Field Day
- June-29, 2013,
- Decatur, IL
- Agricultural Watershed Institute
Presentations will include two case studies of growing prairie grasses and forbs for conservation and biomass heating, and discussion of Illinois research and on-farm demonstrations of prairie grasses. Information will be provided about technical assistance and financial incentives available to landowners for planting prairie plants for multiple benefits. The day will end with a tour of the “Prairie for Bioenergy” demonstration plots managed by the Agricultural Watershed Institute on land owned by Caterpillar Inc. in Decatur.
RSVP by June 26 to tmcmahon@agwatershed.org or 217-877-5640.
- Pellet Fuels Institute Annual Conference
- July-28, 2013 to July-30, 2013,
- Asheville, NC
- Pellet Fuels Institute
- Biomass 2013: How the Advanced Bioindustry is Reshaping American Energy
- July-31, 2013 to August-1, 2013,
- Washington, DC
- USDOE Bioenergy Technologies Office & Advanced Biofuels USA
- EBI Feedstock Symposium
- August-21, 2013 to August-22, 2013,
- Champaign, IL
- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- tcbiomass2013: The International Conference on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Science
- September-3, 2013 to September-6, 2013,
- Chicago, IL
- Gas Technology Institute
- Natural Gas-Biomass to Liquids Workshop
- September-3, 2013,
- Chicago, IL
- USDOE Bioenergy Technologies Office
Pre-conference event in conjunction with tcbiomass2013.
- National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo
- September-10, 2013 to September-12, 2013,
- Omaha, NE
- BBI International
- Heat is Power Annual Meeting
- October-21, 2013 to October-23, 2013,
- Oak Brook, IL
- The Heat is Power Association
A two-day meeting to educate members, potential members, collaborators and other stakeholders about The Heat is Power Association’s efforts, learn about opportunities in the waste heat to power industry, and network with leading waste heat to power experts, project developers, technology manufacturers, component manufacturers, waste heat producers, and other stakeholders.
- International Biomass Conference & Expo
- March-24, 2014 to March-26, 2014,
- Orlando, FL
- BBI International
Recent Articles
- State of Illinois offers no-charge registration to IL organizations & businesses for BIO World Congress
- Meeting Recap: Kick-Starting Biomass Energy in Southern Illinois
- Iutzi presentation slides from August 2, 2012 IBWG meeting at Dixon Springs Ag Center
- Heating the Midwest Newsletter
- "Opportunity in the Midwest": Wrap-up of inaugural Heating the Midwest conference
- Wisconsin biomass feedstock sustainability guidelines released
- 2010 Biomass Conversion to Heat & Electricity Workship
- USDOE releases Billion-Ton Update report on biomass feedstock supply
- Coalition forms to study near-term uses for biomass in Illinois
- Dr. Altman's Slides from June 17 IBWG Meeting
- Energy Requirement for Comminution of Biomass in Relation to Particle Physical Properties
- BTEC Webinar on Biomass Policy - Recording Available
- Biomass Thermal Energy Council introduces "BTEC B-Talk" Podcast Series
- Biomass Terminology Standard Revision offers new definitions.
