Biomass Energy Resource Center

Welcome!
We are BERC, the Biomass Energy Resource Center. Our home is in Montpelier, Vermont, and we work on projects around the country to install systems that use biomass fuel to produce heat and/or electricity. Our partners in these projects have included schools, communities, colleges, businesses, utilities, and government agencies.

For a quick look at what biomass is, see:
Biomass and BERC: A Briefing

ANNOUNCEMENT
Platts Biomass Power Conference
September 18-19, 2008
Houston, TX
BERC Executive Director Christopher Recchia to be among industry experts presenting information on community-scale biomass combined heat and power.

BERC News (click on item for details)

• Northern Forest Biomass Energy Initiative: Action Plan (858 KB)
• Heating with Biomass: A Feasibility Study of Wisconsin Schools Heated with Wood
• Vermont Wood Fuel Supply Study
  2-Page Summary | Executive Summary | Full Report
• Wood Pellet Heating Guidebook: A Reference on Wood Pellet Fuels and Technology for Small Commercial & Institutional Systems (produced for the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources)
• Potential Woodchip Fuel Suppliers in Vermont
• Glossary of Woodchip Heating System Terms

Catalysts: The Energy Behind a Movement (publication highlighting BERC's first five years)

BIOMASS OVERVIEW

Biomass and BERC:
A Briefing

To learn a lot more about biomass energy, please visit these sections: