Articles and Resources
State of Illinois offers no-charge registration to IL organizations & businesses for BIO World Congress
April-2, 2013
Meeting Recap: Kick-Starting Biomass Energy in Southern Illinois
August-17, 2012
Iutzi presentation slides from August 2, 2012 IBWG meeting at Dixon Springs Ag Center
August-13, 2012
Heating the Midwest Newsletter
August-3, 2012
This is the first newsletter from Heating the Midwest. If you would like to continue to receive the newsletter, please follow the instructions in the newsletter.
"Opportunity in the Midwest": Wrap-up of inaugural Heating the Midwest conference
May-22, 2012
The inaugural Heating the Midwest with Renewable Biomass Conference & Expo, April 25-27 in Eau Claire, WI was a major success, and is summarized in this Biomass Power & Thermal article. IBWG was a conference sponsor, and Illinois was the third best represented state at the event.
Wisconsin biomass feedstock sustainability guidelines released
November-15, 2011
The State of Wisconsin has released the final draft of its voluntary sustainable planting and harvesting guidelines for production of nonforest biomass feedstocks -- a category that includes perennial grasses, crop residues, and nonforest woody biomass such as short rotation coppice tree crops and scrubland.
2010 Biomass Conversion to Heat & Electricity Workship
April-21, 2010
Presentations and videos from the March 11-12, 2010 event, "Biomass Conversion to Heat & Electricity Workshop: Molding Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Bioenergy Feedstock Supply Chain."
USDOE releases Billion-Ton Update report on biomass feedstock supply
August-9, 2011
USDOE has just released the long-awaited U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry report. Many of you are familiar with the widely used Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply study published in 2005. The new
report updates the information per the events of the last six years,
and goes considerably beyond it by providing a county-by-county
inventory of feedstocks and providing a supply curve for each individual
feedstock.
The main way to access the new report, supporting
materials, and data is through the Bioenergy KDF (Knowledge Discovery
Framework) site: https://www.bioenergykdf.net/content/billiontonupdate
Coalition forms to study near-term uses for biomass in Illinois
July-28, 2011
Dr. Altman's Slides from June 17 IBWG Meeting
June-17, 2011
Energy Requirement for Comminution of Biomass in Relation to Particle Physical Properties
January-5, 2011
The energy requirement for biomass comminution and the resulting particle physical properties are important factors to study logistic components, select equipment, and assess the overall efficiency of feedstock supply–conversion chain.
BTEC Webinar on Biomass Policy - Recording Available
March-15, 2011
Thursday, January 27, titled "Biomass Energy - A Policy Outlook: Programs, Legislation and the new Congress." BTEC would like to thank the webinar presenters, Jesse Dickerman, Steve Marshall, and Patrick Rita for their contributions to the event.
Biomass Thermal Energy Council introduces "BTEC B-Talk" Podcast Series
March-15, 2011
In January, BTEC officially launched its Podcast series with interviews of key players in the biomass thermal industry.
In the first interview, Christiane Egger talked about the Austrian example of heating with biomass. She elaborates on Austria's biomass policies, industry, sustainability and health issues.
Biomass Terminology Standard Revision offers new definitions.
March-7, 2011
Terminology and Definitions for Biomass Production, Harvesting and Collection, Storage, Processing, Conversion and Utilization, has been revised based on user feedback, government interest, and mandates regarding production of bioenergy, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass.
