ACORE develops unified biomass definition

Biomass Power & Thermal
By Lisa Gibson October 20, 2011

The 16 different biomass definitions written in current federal legislation, rules and regulations make policy progress difficult for the biomass industry. The American Council on Renewable Energy assembled a Biomass Definition Subcommittee that has crafted a unified biomass definition, which its members will pitch to senators and representatives during the first week of November.

The subcommittee took the 2008 Farm Bill and pulled in as much as possible that it thought was feasible to get through Congress, according to Charles Brettell, subcommittee member and principal of Energy Asset Advisors. Brettell presented the definition at the RETECH conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20.

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