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Emerging Forest Products
The northeast region is seeing a new range of forest products being manufactured. A wood-based insulation plant in Madison, Maine begins operations this month. A biochar facility is under construction at a Maine sawmill. Two biofuel projects have announced facilities in Maine, looking to use former pulp mill sites to make liquid biofuel. On top of all of this, other projects are in development, bringing a range of new opportunities for forest products manufacturing across the region. INRS presented on these issues at the both the New England Society of American Foresters meeting and a recent FRA Forest Forum – see the entire presentation here.
Timber HP woodfiber insulation - from new Madison, ME factory |
Biomass Combined Heat and Power
INRS’ Eric Kingsley presented on biomass CHP at a webinar hosted by the New England CHP Technical Assistance Partnership. With a presentation titled Project Considerations: Wood Availability, Price Stability, Incentives, Kingsley discussed why biomass CHP projects are such a good option for many of New England’s rural manufacturers and institutions. The presentation can be viewed here.
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Levesque Presents at NER.COFE Annual Workshop
On April 27, INRS' Charlie Levesque led off the annual workshop/conference of the The New England Region Council on Forest Engineering (NER.COFE) in Brewer, Maine with a comprehensive presentation on the science, management and markets of forest carbon. His presentation was well received with probing questions were posed on how forest carbon and markets are affecting forestry in the New England area.
His presentation can be seen HERE.
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Dr. Ali Kosiba Forest Carbon Landowner Webinar Recording Available
If you weren't able to attend the April 12 webinar
on forest carbon  and climate adaptation for forest landowners, you can still watch the recording of the event HERE.
Dr. Kosiba, Vermont's Extension Forester and one of the region's premier experts on forest carbon and the role forests play in climate change mitigation, presented a wide-ranging talk that covered many areas of these topics of interest to anyone curious about forests role in the environmental issue of the generation. Over 750 people registered for this webinar.
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