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U.S. biomass feedstock yard guide

Feb. 8, 2010 – The Woody
Biomass Feedstock Yard Business Development Guide, prepared by the U.S. Federal
Woody Biomass Working Group of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest
Service, provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities to establish
a woody biomass feedstock yard in the United States. It includes information on
biomass sourcing; facility site selection and equipment; biomass sort yards;
biomass collection, concentration, and distribution; biomass handling, sorting,
and economic considerations; business planning; marketing and distribution;
financial feasibility analysis; and sources of technical assistance and
funding.