August 3, 2009
Weyerhauser Generates 75% of Energy Needs from Biomass Fuels
Weyerhauser Company, a forest products company, has met 75 percent of its operations’ energy needs through the use of renewable and greenhouse-gas-neutral biomass fuels including wood residuals and other organic byproducts in 2008, according to the company’s 2008 online sustainability performance report.
Weyerhauser said biomass fuel from sustainably managed forests is considered to have a neutral effect on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere because the regenerating forest absorbs the carbon dioxide released by burning the fuel. In 2008, biomass fuel generated 76 percent of the company’s power in its cellulose….
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