State Energy Planning for Biomass
Every state receives annual "State Energy Planning" funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. State energy offices develop and implement policy, through program measures - and nearly every state energy office has a mandate from its Legislature to include renewable energy in the state plan.
BERC is an independent, non-profit source of reliable information on biomass and how it can be included in a state energy plan that incorporates renewables in strategic, practical, cost-effective ways.
BERC can work with state energy offices on:
- strategic planning for resource development
- assessing biomass resources
- developing a biomass strategy based on those resources
- integrating a biomass strategy into the overall state energy plan.
With its unbiased, up-to-date expertise on biomass technology and project development, BERC can also:
- evaluate technology options for biomass
- provide project development and/or review services
- help to integrate biomass energy into both economic development and energy planning.
BERC can also develop a promising, cost-effective link between biomass energy generation and district energy distribution. This means of distributing energy from a biomass project can serve all or part of a downtown commercial district, college campus, state office complex, industrial complex, or entire community.
Finally, to develop and best utilize a state's biomass resource for energy, BERC can help develop cross-agency initiatives - involving, for example, state energy, forestry, and economic development agencies in a new collaboration.