Industry leaders and advocates from six states have gathered for the "Heating the Midwest with Renewable Biomass Summit," reports Biomass Power and Thermal magazine. Expected participants include the St. Louis Park-based BioBusiness Alliance.
The event, held Feb. 9 in Carlton, Minn., is fashioned after a similar conference in the Northeast. The goal: "to define and support a long-term vision for using biomass to create thermal energy for space heating, hot water and industrial heat applications in the Midwest,"
writes Biomass's Lisa Gibson.
Presentations will address "regional demographics, biomass availability, combustion technologies, benefits resulting from biomass utilization, and the need to rally support for the vision."