Biomass Resources
View links and resources relating to biomass:
- Wood Conversion Technology 2022
- Air District Biomass Program Overview (PDF) presentation, by Tom Christofk, APCO
- Air Pollution Measurements from a Forest Slash Open Pile Burn (PDF)
- Air Quality Issues and Opportunities-Placer County Forest Resource Sustainability Initiatives, Community Scale Bioenergy Conference, December 14, 2012
- Biomass for Energy Project at the University of California Berkeley Center for Forestry, Blodgett Forest Research Station (PDF) of the Project Description, December 13, 2013
- Biomass for Energy Greenhouse Gas Offset Accounting Protocol Overview (PDF)
- Biomass Waste for Energy Project Reporting Protocol (PDF), greenhouse gas (GHG) Emission Reduction Accounting, Version 63, January 2013
- Carbon Status of Sierra Nevada Forest Ecosystems (PDF) presentation by Dr. John J. Battles, University of California (UC) Berkeley
- Emission Reductions from Woody Biomass Waste for Energy as an Alternative to Open Burning (PDF); Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, Volume 61, pages 63 to 68, January 2011
- Forest Biomass Removal-Fuels Treatment
- Forest Resource Sustainability in Placer County, California - Brochure (PDF), 2011
- GHG Emissions from Woody Forest Residue Biomass Energy: Literature Review Relevant to Sierra Nevada Biomass Energy Facilities (PDF) June 13, 2013
- Letters of Support for the Biomass Waste for Energy Greenhouse Gas Offset Protocol (PDF) (2009 to 2010)
- Management Options for Building Forest Resilience (PDF) presentation by Dr. Rob York, UC Berkeley, Center for Forestry
- Notification Letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (PDF)
- Placer County Biomass for Energy Greenhouse Gas Offset Protocol
- Presentation (PDF) by Tom Christofk, APCO
- Report: Forest Biomass Removal on National Forest Lands (PDF): November 17, 2008
- Sierra Nevada forest fuel thinning projects protect watershed, improve water supply (quantity and timing):
Improving the Resiliency of California’s Headwaters (PDF), Association of California Water Agencies, February 2015
Estimating the Water Supply Benefits from Forest Restoration in the Northern Sierra Nevada (PDF), The Nature Conservancy, March 2015
- University of California, Berkeley, Center of Forestry, Blodgett Forest Research Station Field Trip, August 21, 2013
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2011 Clean Air Excellence Award, Forest Sustainability in Placer County, California, June 7, 2011
- Video: “Air Quality Issues and Opportunities (Installation of "Mediasite" may be needed to view this video)