OTHER RENEWABLES

NWSEED offers technical assistance to communities looking to develop anaerobic digestion, woody biomass, geothermal, and other renewable energy projects.

Clallam Biomass
With funding from the Washington State Department of Ecology, Northwest SEED led an education program focused on the development of a woody biomass energy project in Clallam County.

Over the previous few years momentum had been building in Clallam County to develop projects that utilize the region’s wood waste to meet energy needs and enhance the local economy. Northwest SEED and partners, the Institute for Washington’s Future and Northwest Cooperative Development Center, worked with Clallam County leaders in government, business, forestry and tribes to build on this momentum. We developed a guidebook and conducted a workshop series on fast pyrolysis, an innovative biomass energy technology designed to enhance opportunities for business plan development. The guide is available here.