Biomass committee looks to stretch budget

Americanfarm.com
4.08.2008

By SEAN CLOUGHERTY
Associate Editor

ALBANY, N.Y. — As members of the Northeast Regional Biomass Program’s (NRBP) steering committee meet today, the main item on the agenda is how the program can continue to function without further funding.

The NRBP is part of an initiative created by Congress in 1983 and funded by the Department of Energy along with four other regional biomass programs nationwide. In 2005, the department stopped funding the programs and moved its money into research-based applications.

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