Biomass presentation in Kalispell March 15
by Clarice Ryan
A meeting on biomass as an alternative energy source for power generation, will be held at Flathead Valley Community College, on Monday, March 15 starting at 6:45 pm.in the Arts and Technology Building auditorium.
Gary Callihan, an international specialist in energy systems, will be the keynote speaker. The program will also include a panel consisting of Chuck Roady, vice president of Stoltze Land and Lumber Company; retired forestry specialist Fred Hodgeboom, and Montana State Senator Verdell Jackson, member of the Natural Resources and Energy Committee.
Biomass is prominent in everyone's mind now with the excessive buildup of fuels in our forests. This locally grown renewable fuel, dead and dying timber, can be best be burned in power plants under environmentally controlled conditions. Rather than wastefully being consumed in forest fires it could help solve our energy problems. Its removal and use as a practical fuel helps reduce hazardous conditions threatening homes, communities and wildlife. Explained at this meeting will be the technology which has been perfected and is commonly in use in European countries. Also presented will be economic feasibility reports concerning practical local applications.
The program is being sponsored by Freedom Action Rally, Inc. For more information, call 755-3141 or 837-6929.
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A meeting on biomass as an alternative energy source for power generation, will be held at Flathead Valley Community College, on Monday, March 15 starting at 6:45 pm.in the Arts and Technology Building auditorium.
Gary Callihan, an international specialist in energy systems, will be the keynote speaker. The program will also include a panel consisting of Chuck Roady, vice president of Stoltze Land and Lumber Company; retired forestry specialist Fred Hodgeboom, and Montana State Senator Verdell Jackson, member of the Natural Resources and Energy Committee.
Biomass is prominent in everyone's mind now with the excessive buildup of fuels in our forests. This locally grown renewable fuel, dead and dying timber, can be best be burned in power plants under environmentally controlled conditions. Rather than wastefully being consumed in forest fires it could help solve our energy problems. Its removal and use as a practical fuel helps reduce hazardous conditions threatening homes, communities and wildlife. Explained at this meeting will be the technology which has been perfected and is commonly in use in European countries. Also presented will be economic feasibility reports concerning practical local applications.
The program is being sponsored by Freedom Action Rally, Inc. For more information, call 755-3141 or 837-6929.
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