| Biomass Energy Quick Assessment Tool. | Two Microsoft Excel-based tools (Lite & Full versions) to evaluate and compare small-scale biomass project financial costs and benefits, includes video demo. |
| Virginia Community Wood Energy: | Virginia Community Wood Energy Program’s page, an up-to-date, comprehensive site featuring links to project developers and various web-based biomass project analysis tools such as the Wood Energy Financial App ( woodenergyproject.com ) and a mapping tool of Virginia’s boilers |
| RETScreen | RETScreen is a Clean Energy Management Software system for energy efficiency, renewable energy and cogeneration project feasibility analysis as well as ongoing energy performance analysis. |
| Propane and Heating Oil Price History | The Energy Information Administration’s Heating and Oil Price History charts current, average pricing for propane and heating oil for the U.S. heating season, October to March. |
| Fuel Value Calculator | The fifth version of a Microsoft Excel tool from USDA’s Forest Products Laboratory that enables comparison across fuel types. Note this version includes old fuel comparison data. |
| Wood2Energy.org | This site features a searchable database of industrial facilities using wood for energy in the U.S. and Canada, including information on modern wood energy science and technologies. |
| BERC Community Scale Project Database | Searchable database of community-scale facilities in the United States and Canada that use modern wood heating or combined heat and power (CHP) systems. |
| USDA Wood Education & Resource Center | The USDA’s Wood Education and Resource Center website provides information on the U.S. eastern hardwood forest region as well as training and energy grant opportunities for the forest products industry. |
| Center for Environment & Natural Resource Policy | Link to University of Minnesota Center for Environment & Natural Resource Policy’s academic work in Biomass, Bioenergy, and Climate. |
| USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station | The Pacific Northwest Research Station conducts research and outreach on a variety of natural resource management and sustainability topics, including wood energy development and resource evaluation. |
| Statewide Wood Energy Teams | Link to resources, state profiles, and information about the USDA Forest Service Statewide Wood Energy Team activities. |
| Fairplay Biomass Boiler | This video from Forest Bioenergy at the University of Minnesota recounts the Park County School District’s experience in adopting a biomass boiler to lower fuel costs and improve the school’s overall emissions profile. |
| Carol Story | This video describes Colorado State University’s experience on a project to re-use forest waste for high-efficiency biomass projects, including a discussion of costs, benefits and lessons learned. |
| Federal | Alaska | Arizona |
| California | Colorado | Idaho |
| Kentucky | Michigan | Minnesota |
| Montana | New Hampshire | New Mexico |
| New York | Oregon | Vermont |
| Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia |