INSIDE ¦ July 2014
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ON THE COVER
Court Ordered Oxford County Free of Fossil Fuel Page 24
Plus
Vermont's Vision for Community-Scale Wood Heat Page 30
And
Bioenergy Pans Out In Gold Country Page 18
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With his hands full of wood pellets, Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole stands outside the county courthouse, which has installed a state-of-the-art pellet boiler heating system in its basement. PHOTO: TRISH LOGAN, TRISH LOGAN PHOTOGRAPHY
06 EDITOR’S NOTE Buy Local, It’s Cheaper By Tim Portz
07 INDUSTRY EVENTS 08 BUSINESS BRIEFS 10 Q2 BIOMASS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 52 MARKETPLACE
18 POWER
16 NEWS
17 COLUMN EPA, White House Signal Biomass Support By Bob Cleaves
18 FEATURE Fire Threat Turns Energy Asset Placer County, Calif., will utilize forest slash to reduce wildfire risk and open-pile burning while generating renewable power. By Anna Simet
20 CONTRIBUTION Tucker RNG: Little Machine, Big Impact After more than a decade of development, a distributed-scale, fast pyrolysis system is producing power at ReVenture Park in Charlotteville, N.C. By Maureen Essen, Caroline Morris and Nate Anderson Subscriptions Biomass Magazine is free of charge to everyone with the exception of a shipping and handling charge of $49.95 for anyone outside the United States. To subscribe, visit www.BiomassMagazine.com or you can send your mailing address and payment (checks made out to BBI International) to Biomass Magazine Subscriptions, 308 Second Ave. N., Suite 304, Grand Forks, ND 58203. You can also fax a subscription form to 701-746-5367. Back Issues & Reprints Select back issues are available for $3.95 each, plus shipping. Article reprints are also available for a fee. For more information, contact us at 701-746-8385 or service@bbiinternational. com. Advertising Biomass Magazine provides a specific topic delivered to a highly targeted audience. We are committed to editorial excellence and high-quality print production. To find out more about Biomass Magazine advertising opportunities, please contact us at 701-746-8385 or service@ bbiinternational.com. Letters to the Editor We welcome letters to the editor. Send to Biomass Magazine Letters to the Managing Editor, 308 2nd Ave. N., Suite 304, Grand Forks, ND 58203 or email to asimet@bbiinternational. com. Please include your name, address and phone number. Letters may be edited for clarity and/or space.
PELLETS 22 NEWS 23 COLUMN The Beauty of Local Wood Heat By Maura Adams
24 FEATURE Pellets Warm County Seats After many decades of oil use, the Oxford County Courthouse in South Paris, Maine, is utilizing local and renewable heat. By Tim Portz
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