Are you a timber logger or trucker whose operation has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic? USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers program (PATHH) will provide financial relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that experienced losses in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Clean energy groups and ratepayer advocates are protesting Pacific Gas & Electric's (PG&E) proposal to utilize its existing demand response programs to reduce the use of temporary diesel generation during public safety power shut-offs, amid concerns that it doesn't go far enough.

Don’t miss this opportunity to win Wisewood Energy’s Wood Innovation Grant consultation giveaway! Wisewood will be selecting up to 5 applicants to receive a free expert pre-feasibility analysis to position and enhance a project’s eligibility for the 2021 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service Wood Innovations Grant program, which will be awarding up to $10 million to reduce wildfire risk, improve forest conditions, and invest in rural economies.

Alaskans spend nearly sixty percent more on energy than the national average, and in some rural communities, that number is much higher. The Kupreanof Island village of Kake is trying to bring down the high cost of energy by transitioning to renewables. They’ve looked at solar, wind, hydro and now biomass heating, an old technology with a new design.

Wisewood Energy was an important voice in the recent regulatory win to extend the BioMAT program through 2025 at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) - just one of many efforts we are taking to continue moving the dial for other major improvements in the program.

Like most remote Southeast villages, Kake pays dearly for the tens of thousands of gallons of non-renewable heating oil they import each year to heat the Kake School, Senior Center, Health Center, Community Center and other public buildings – all while surrounded by thousands of acres of renewable biomass resources in the form of waste wood from second growth thinning and timber operations.

When we consider improving the health of our forests as a key strategy to decreasing catastrophic fire we could also imagine our firefighters as our local foresters, arborists, active landowners, and sustainable loggers. Instead of losing the forest, we can recognize that these overstocked stands hold valuable resources for our community and island ecology.

Wisewood Energy, to design and install a biomass boiler system that takes what would have been dumped in a landfill and turns it into fuel to heat Versatile Wood Products’ 40,000-square-foot facility in North Portland.