Tuolumne BioEnergy

Sustainable Carbon Neutral Energy

Consistent with California’s plan to prevent wildfires and strengthen forests, Tuolumne BioEnergy converts previously unusable forest biomass into premium wood pellets, generates jobs for the community, and reduces carbon emissions and air pollution.

Creating Jobs

Tuolumne BioEnergy recruits locally, targeting Tuolumne County residents. Both in-woods and plant positions will be available.

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Reducing Wildfire Risk

Our facility will remove burned or diseased timber from our forests. This debris will comprise over 95% of the facility’s raw material intake.

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Premium Wood Products

Our finished product fuels wood pellet stoves and boilers, and are sold to retail, commercial and industrial markets within the United States.

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Biomass processing is good business for Tuolumne County.

Tuolumne County is home to 816,000 acres of Private, Federal, National Parks and Wilderness forestland.
The Stanislaus National Forest needs additional biomass processing facilities for ongoing forest management.
A typical homeowner uses 3 tons of pellets per heating season at a cost of about $825. To offer a similar fuel cost per million BTU, propane would have to be priced at $1.36 per gallon! (Fuel Value Calculator, USFS, 2008)
Pellet stoves have extremely low particulate emissions due to their high burn efficiency and the density of the fuel. (Environmental Protection Agency)
Pellet distribution costs less than the cost of distributing wood chips.
Pellet manufacturing directly employs approximately 2,300 people in the U.S. and supports thousands of industry-related jobs in fields such as transportation and logging. (North America’s Wood Pellet Sector, Spelter & Toth, 2009)