Biomass
Biomass is any plant plant-derived material that can be converted to valuable fuels, chemicals, materials and power. West Virginia has promising potential in biomass with great amounts of wood residue from logging operations and mill waste and also as a site for growing plants that can be converted to fuels such as switch grass. IOF-WV is working with the forest products industry in the state to convert wood waste into biofuels. IOF-WV is also working to develop a program to grow crops such as switchgrass that have the potential to be converted into biofuels.
Links to Participating Companies
Projects:
- WOOD RESIDUE AS AN INDUSTRIAL FUEL SOURCE
- DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOBASED MATERIALS CENTER
- WOOD RESIDUE SURVEY 2007
- WOOD RESIDUE SURVEY 2006
- BTUS FROM THE FOREST: EDUCATION CONFERENCE ON USE OF WOOD FIBER AS AN ENERGY SOURCE
- WOOD RESIDUE SURVEY 2005
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY 2004: WOOD RESIDUE, WORKING GROUP AND CONSTRUCTION
- PROMOTION OF BIOMASS ENERGY IN WEST VIRGINIA
- BORATE PALLET TREATMENT AND WEB BASED WOOD RESIDUE
Contacts:
- Joe McNeel
West Virginia University
Forestry Division
(304) 293-2941 Ext. 2451
jmcneel@wvu.edu - Ed Crowe
WVU National Research Center for Coal & Energy
(304) 293-2867 ext. 5435
Ed.Crowe@mail.wvu.edu