Governor John Kitzhaber visits Sisters School District to check out its new Biomass Plant

Sisters School District took the high school classroom outdoors and fired up their new biomass plant for students and visitors to see. The biomass plant heats water and warms the classrooms and could save the district more than $35,000 per year in energy costs. Wood pellets, purchased from a local supplier, are used to fuel the biomass plant. It was noted that Kitzhaber felt that the biomass plant was the type of project he wants to see more of -- not only as a cost saving measure but to keep jobs local. Sisters-based Energyneering Solutions Inc. designed and installed the system.

To learn more about the Biomass, check out:

http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/resources/biomass-case-studies