American Community Enrichment helps the Quinaults implement a renewable, cost saving, sustainable, job creating, carbon neutral energy resource
BioMass is a renewable energy source that is biological material from living or recently living organisms (such as trees) which is burned to produce energy – taking carbon out of the atmosphere while growing and returning it as it is burned. This maintains a “closed loop” carbon cycle.
The Quinault Indian Nation BioMass Program
American Community Enrichment joined this project to assist with solutions regarding environmentally friendly uses of the abundant volumes of biomass available on Quinault Indian Reservation (QIR). These efforts led to grants from USDA Rural Development, US Forest Service and the Department of Energy in support of Biomass for heat and energy study projects on the QIR.
Quinault Reservation contains over 208K acres of mainly forested land. Timber harvests and forest management create tons of bio-slash annually suitable to produce biomass fuel.
The primary driver for the project was the need to address alternatives to disposal of forest slash as well as taking advantage of the opportunity to consider alternative, environmentally appropriate heating/energy technologies for existing buildings and planned new facilities.
This helps create needed jobs, reduces dependence on fossil fuels and saves on high heating costs.
The project included concept development, grant writing, project management, community education, PR and consulting. American Community Enrichment will continue to work with the Quinaults until the program is fully implemented. American Community Enrichment performs the work under a contract with COLPAC and the Quinault Indian Nation.
Phase 3 Pellet Manufacturing Feasibility Study
Pellet Manufacturing Facility Engineering & Design
