UP Woody Biomass Users

This section of the website provides information on facilities in the UP that currently use woody biomass for heat or other energy production purposes.  At present there are about half a dozen Wood-Heated Schools that have operational wood-fired boilers.  There is a great potential for other schools to save money by converting to wood heat.  Assisting such conversions is one of the main goals of the BURN-UP Project.

Other Woody Biomass Users in the UP include a wide variety of facilities.  Based on data in the Michigan Air Pollution Reporting System (MAPRS), there is a total of 70 wood-fired boilers in the UP.  Getting a handle on the current users will help to improve their viability and to locate additional woody biomass projects.