BERC Selected for Second Aspect of Bioenergy Work

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities today announced an agreement with the Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC) of Montpelier, Vermont (www.biomasscenter.org) to conduct work on community-scale uses of woody biomass for energy.  “The results of this work will serve as a companion to that already underway at the University of Tennessee (UT)” (see related story, October 1, 2008), said Endowment President Carlton Owen.  “The UT phase centers on industrial uses of woody biomass for energy across North America while the work BERC will lead focuses on ‘best of class’ uses at the non-residential/non-industrial or community-scale.”  BERC will begin its work on December 1, 2008.  It will include development of case studies across North America and Europe.