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February Biofuel Events

Saturday, February 28, 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM, Room A, K-12 School, Energy Fair!

Presentation on woody biomass heat for the Haines Borough; review of the Craig woody biomass heat system.

Friday, February 20, 2009, 6:30 PM, Sheldon Museum

Learn about renewable biomass fuel heating possibilities for public buildings in Haines. Information presented by Energy & Sustainability Commissioners Gary Lidholm, Leonard Dubber.

Ms. Petersen, a Cooperative Extension Service wood heating specialist, will review biomass fueled heat projects now operating and planned in other Southeast Alaskan communities.

Download Commissioner Lidholm's presentation:{Download}

Saturday, February 21, 2009, 10:00 AM, Assembly Chambers.

Karen Petersen,University of Alaska, Cooperative Extension Service, will present the technical side of biomass fueled heat installations to the Commission and the public. Download Karen's presentation.

Download Karen Petersen's presentation.{Download}

Handouts from Karen Petersen's presentation:

 

NEW! Draft Haines Borough Wood Heat Feasibility Study (posted 12-29-09) {659 KB}

  • Appendix A: Haines Borough Wood Source Report{Download}
  • Appendix B: Air Quality Assessment {963 KB}
  • Appendix C: Estimate of Probable Cost of Design & Construction: Six Options {106 KB}
  • Appendix D: Payback Analysis of Options {123 KB}
  • Appendix E: Where Wood Works: Strategies for Heating {4.8 MB}

Hard copies will be available for review in the Haines Borough Administration Office and at the Haines Borough Public Library by late afternoon Dec. 30, 2009.

How to Comment: Written comments can be submitted to the Energy Sustainability Commission through the Coordinator (Stephanie Scott) or through Julie Cozzi, the Haines Borough Clerk.

You may also publish your comments on the web through the Haines Borough Wood Heat Feasibility Study Public Comment page. Comments are moderated by Haines ESC staff.

New! Mositure Content of Locally Sourced Fuelwoods, Research conducted by the Haines High School Physical Science Students, November 2009, as part of the Haines Borough's study of the feasibility of municipal heating using local wood source. {Download}

AEA - Biomass Energy

NEW! Three Part Series on Biomass Heat for Haines, Haines ESC Commissioner Gary Lidholm {Download}

Preliminary Feasibility Assessment for High Efficiency, Low Emission Wood Heating in Haines, Alaska, December 2007 {Download}

Haines Borough Grant Application, October 2008, to Alaska Renewable Energy Fund for resource assessment, feasibility, and 35% design of wood energy heating system for borough owned buildings. {Download}}

Energy & Sustainability Commission memo to Manager requesting elements to be included in the scope of work for the wood heat AK Renewable Energy Fund grant, submitted March 19, 2009 {Download}

Lynn Canal Conservation Preliminary Evaluation of Feasibility Grant Applicaiton, submitted April 8, 2009 {Download}

AEA Evaluation of Haines Borough Biomass Grant Application {Download}

Alaska Legislative Budget & Audit Committee approves funding for Haines Wood Energy feasibility study & system design grant. {Download}}

Haines State Forest, Five Year Management Plan {Download

Wood Fired Boiler Heating System, Jon Bolling, Craig, Alaska {Download}

Fuels for Schools, November 2007 presentation by Angela Farr, Biomass Utilization Coordinator, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. {Download}

Air Quality Information {Download}

Air Quality & Wood Fired Heating Devices, Tom Chapple, Director, Air Quality, AK. Dept. of Environmental Conservation {Download}

Renewable Energy from Alaska's Forest Land, Mark Eliot, AK Div. of Forestry {Download}

Proposed Alaska Strategy for Wood Energy Development, Peter Crimp, AEA {Download}

Wood Heat Solutions, A Community Guide to Biomass Thermal Projects, Request a copy of this excellent resource from marcusk@uoregon.edu Check it out at Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon,http://ri.uoregon.edu/

Alaska Senate Special Committee on Energy, 5 February 2009: Biomass Energy in Alaska. Link to an audio of Committee sessions with presentations by Peter Crimp, AEA; Karen Petersen, CES; Gwen Holdman,Alaska Center for Energy & Power, and others: http://archive.ktoo.org:8081/gavel/F5908751/2009/02/SSEN090205A.mp3

Nordic Europe's Focus on Biomass NEW (posted 12-19-09) {Download}

Recommended Websites

www.alaskawoodheating.com

www.fuelsforschools.info

www.craigak.com

www.biomasscenter.org/

©2008 Stephanie K. Scott.