Biomass prices throughout the US have been impacted by the federal program BCAP, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review
The cost for wood biomass fell in two of the major markets in the US in the 1Q 2010 partly because of the federal program BCAP, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. The federal government is currently considering different programs of how to contribution to an increased use of renewable energy sources.Seattle, USA. May 2010. Northern California is home to the largest concentration of stand-alone biomass plants in North America. In the 1970’s the state witnessed an explosive rise in the number of plants because of a high interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. This period was