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Biomass is any plant-derived organic matter available on a renewable basis, including dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, aquatic plants, animal wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials. Biomass Heating R&D and Biomass Resources are NYSERDA programs designed to support the state's biomass energy initiatives.
Biomass Heating R&D Program
The Biomass Heating R&D Program seeks to develop high-efficiency biomass heating technologies
with acceptable emission performance in New York State. NYSERDA’s
Environmental R&D and Building R&D programs jointly developed the Biomass
Heating R&D program.
The objectives of this program are to:
- Evaluate the energy-efficiency and emissions performance of a wide range
of conventional and advanced biomass-fired heating technologies
- Evaluate the energy, moisture, and chemical composition of biomass fuel
feed stocks
- Develop advanced boiler technologies by supporting R&D and
commercialization efforts with New York manufacturers
- Demonstrate advanced technologies in representative applications
- Provide objective, scientific information for the development of high-efficiency
and low-emission biomass heating initiatives in New York State
More information on this program is available from:
Biomass Resources Program
NYSERDA's Biomass Resources Program funds research on transportation biofuels and other bioproducts, as well as biomass feedstock supply issues. The latest solicitation for this program, PON 1195, is closed. The program serves a variety of goals in the areas of:
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Environmental biotechnology
- Bioremediation
- Fermentation
- Enzymes
- Improving woody crops for the agricultural sector
- Scale-up of fast-growing willow plantations
More information is available on this program from:
Other NYSERDA Biomass Resources
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