The PA Biomass Energy Association is an industry-driven, 501(c) 6 corporation that is working to advance the use of biomass for clean heat and for combined heat & power (CHP) applications. The association is focused on the use of biomass in the residential, small business, commercial, institutional, agricultural, and industrial sectors.
PBEA is an outgrowth of the PA Biomass Working Group and the PA Fuels for Schools programs. Both of these programs were an informal coalition of businesses, organizations, and individuals that shared a common vision that biomass is an abundant, affordable natural resource that should be used in an environmental responsible manner for thermal applications. As the number and type of biomass projects in Pennsylvania expands, the need to establish a formal organization to support the growth of the industry became necessary.
In 2011, the PA Biomass Working Group worked with the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund to begin laying the organizational framework of a formal association – the PA Biomass Energy Association (PBEA). In November 2011, PBEA constituted its Board of Directors and started to plan its 2012 activities. PBEA held its inaugural meeting on February 2, 2012 at Harman Stoves manufacturing plant in Halifax.
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Our mission:
- Promote and support the use of Pennsylvania’s sustainable biomass feedstocks,
- Promote and provide guidance on clean, efficient, biomass heat and CHP technologies and installations, and
- Educate end users and policy makers on how biomass can be used to meet the heat and power needs of Pennsylvania in a cost effective, environmentally responsible manner
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