BTEC Publishes Educational Materials on Biomass Thermal, Announces Continuation of Webinar Series

Building on the progress of the original grant project, BTEC secured an extension to continue the popular webinar series. In the next several months, BTEC will host seven additional webinars. The first topic of the series is "Public Perception of Biomass Thermal," scheduled for August 30, 2011, 1PM ET. Registration is available at www.biomassthermal.org/resource/webinars.asp. Future webinars include regional perspectives, advanced technologies, future market developments, and agricultural and woody biomass commonalities and differences.

"The WERC grant helped produce a suite of valuable educational materials, educating thousands of people on the opportunities of biomass heating and CHP," said BTEC's acting Executive Director, Joseph Seymour. "We are grateful to WERC for supporting our efforts, and we look forward to engaging more partners during the next phase of our successful webinar series."

All materials are publically available free of charge on the BTEC website at www.biomassthermal.org/resource.

For more information, contact:

Emanuel Wagner
Program Coordinator - Outreach, Education and External Affairs
emanuel.wagner@biomassthermal.org
(202) 596-3974 x 360

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About the Wood Education and Resource Center

The USDA Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) is located in Princeton, WV, and is administered by the agency's Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry organization. The Center's mission is to work with the forest products industry toward sustainable forest products production for the eastern hardwood forest region. The Center provides state-of-the-art training, technology transfer, networking opportunities, applied information. The institution is an equal opportunity provider. Learn more at www.na.fs.fed.us/werc

About the Biomass Thermal Energy Council

The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) is an association of biomass fuel producers, appliance manufacturers and distributors, supply chain companies and non-profit organizations that view biomass thermal energy as a renewable, responsible, clean and energy-efficient pathway to meeting America’s energy needs. BTEC engages in research, education, and public advocacy for the fast growing biomass thermal energy industry. Learn more at www.biomassthermal.org.