Key Findings and Conclusions of the Report

If achieved, this vision will:

• Achieve 15% of all thermal energy from renewables by 2025
• Reduce 1.01 billion gallons of propane and 278 million gallons of heating oil
• Reinvest $2.2 billion into the Midwest economy
• Create 13,170 jobs from the expansion of the thermal biomass industry and up to 210,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs from annual energy savings and the effects of no longer exporting heating fuel money from the region
• Supply 17.2 million green tons of sustainable woody and agricultural biomass for thermal energy and combined heat and power by 2025
• 12,630,950 homes and businesses are not connected to low-cost natural gas
• Improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gases, and enhance forest management
• Vitalize communities through rural economic opportunities, new industry and innovation

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