Biomass Thermal Energy Council, Pellet Fuels Institute, and the Alliance for Green Heat blitz DC with biomass vs solar comparison

In Washington, the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, the Pellet Fuels Institute, and the Alliance for Green Heat addressed a standing room only audience of individuals interested in biomass energy, including representatives from 16 congressional offices, two Senate committees and the EPA. According to the groups, “With the appropriate public policy and tax structure, biomass – a sustainable energy – can help displace meaningful amounts of imported fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions.

“The federal tax credit structure for residential renewable energy is backwards. It heavily subsidizes solar and geothermal which wealthy families can afford, but barely subsidizes biomass stoves which low and middle income families can afford. Solar and biomass systems both reduce a family’s carbon footprint by 3 – 4 tons of carbon, but government gives about $3,000 of tax credits per ton of carbon for a solar system, and only $350 per ton for biomass.”

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