June 15, 2021 – WASHINGTON – The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) and Life Cycle Associates today announced the release of the “Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable Fuel Standard Implementation for Thermal Pathways for Wood Pellets and Chips” study. The Study found that biomass fuels, in the form of wood pellets and chips, result in

December 20, 2019 – WASHINGTON – In the final week of the 2019 legislative session, Congress passed a $5 million allotment for the new Community Wood Energy and Innovations Program (CWEIP) in the massive $1.4 trillion spending deal, extended the Section 25C Wood and Pellet Stove Credit, and reauthorized the carbon neutrality of biomass policy.

The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) to thank the committee for its inclusion of the Section 25D residential biomass heating system tax credit in the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act, but urged the committee

February 28, 2019 – WASHINGTON – The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) applauds the introduction of the Biomass Thermal Utilization Act (BTU Act) of 2019 in the House by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and in the Senate by Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). The BTU Act

Download the PDF of this press release here >> The Act improves Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovations Program and revises Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels.  WASHINGTON – December 20, 2018 – The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) applauds passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, the Agriculture Improvement Act, which increases authorized funding to $25