Biomass Information

BIOMASS ENERGY

 

About 98% of the energy used by mankind today is derived from biomass – it is solar energy stored in plants by photosynthesis.  Plants store over 60 times the total energy consumed by humans annually.  The amount of unused biomass waste produced in the U.S. is staggering.  There is a huge amount of cheap, usable energy available in the form of agricultural, forest, and sawmill wastes: corncobs, rice hulls, bark and sawdust, pre-commercial thinning, to name a few.  Much of this waste is ending up in landfills that have become prohibitively expensive.

 

Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of more than one form of energy using a single fuel and facility.  Biomass cogeneration has more potential growth than biomass generation alone because of the added economic advantage of more uses for the same installation.  Boilers fueled with biomass can co-generate electricity for on-site use or sale, while at the same time providing steam or heat for a variety of other uses.

 

Sawmill facilities are the perfect fit for biomass cogeneration.  Depending on the sizing of the system, the facility naturally produces the biomass fuel.  It generally has the incoming power lines and transformers to allow for shipping excess power off-site, and the steam has an immediate co-use for the drying of lumber.

To contact us:

 Borgford BioEnergy LLC

958 Westover Road

Colville, WA  99114

1-800-884-8776         1-509-684-8776
Borgford BioEnergy LLC

Our family working for your family’s future!

Valuable energy going up in smoke —
Text Box: Approximately 87 tons, equal to 396 barrels of oil, BTU value. Text Box: 10’x10’ pile = 1 ton, equal to 2.27 barrels of oil, BTU value.

1 ton of biomass/hr= 1 megawatt of electricity/hr

1megawatt electrifies 720 homes

3 megawatt plant requires 75 ton of biomass per day   

Forms of Biomass

 

   Energy crop – plants grown specifically for their energy

   Forest residues – byproducts of biomass used for the wood industry eg. Sawdust, wood from forest thinning to reduce the risk of forest fire, and agricultural residues.

   Urban wood waste – recycled wood and plant matter from construction sites, residential lawn trimmings.

   Animal waste – burned as a solid or converted to a gas for heat and power

   Landfill gas – bacteria break down organic garbage and produce a natural gaseous byproduct.