Biomass Technology in Service of Community and Environment
Why Biomass?
Healthy Forests
Right-sized biomass technologies provide meaningful renewable energy systems that complement existing fuel reduction treatments, FireWise® and FireSAFE® wildfire mitigation efforts, and traditional forest stewardship.
Growing Restoration Economies
We need energy to power our communities. Instead of relying on imported fossil fuels that are subject to a global market, communities in the West can use an abundant regional resource – wood – and invest in their local economies to make them more adaptive and create local jobs.
Better Public Health
Biomass systems, when using waste wood, provide a carbon-neutral alternative to slash piles and landfilling. Using modern and efficient technologies, communities that move away from fossil fuels can benefit from cleaner air and carbon reduction.
Regenerative Fuel Sources
Photo: Marcus Kauffman, Oregon Department of Forestry
We help partners create links between their local forests and more resilient energy systems with wood chips and pellets that typically come from nearby sources in their community.
Applications of Biomass Technology
“Wisewood is impressive for its knowledge of biomass system design and construction, but really shined when it brought together public and private partners to pull off a complex, multi-step biomass project. I appreciate their creative thinking to forge partnership, broker financing and develop local capacity…Having a broad suite of skills was critical to the project’s success."
— THERESA DEIBELE, PROGRAM OFFICER OF MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST