On-Farm Energy Alternatives: Hay Pellets and Other Options
October 28th, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County Office
165 East Main Street
Dover-Foxcroft, ME
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Farmers, landowners and others interested in biomass energy will learn about the existing and potential of on-farm energy alternatives from wood pellets to perennial grasses from Maine’s fields and forests. Andrew Plant, Extension Educator from Aroostook County, and Donna Coffin, Extension Educator from Piscataquis County, will share information from Maine and other states on making biomass pellets for heating from wood products and perennial grasses. Andrew has been experimenting with producing and burning biomass pellets from native grasses harvested from Aroostook County hay fields.
Pre-registration is required for this free program. For more information or Pre-registration, contact Amanda Miles at (207) 564-3301 or (800) 287-1491 (in Maine), or e-mail amiles@umext.maine.edu. UMaine Extension programs are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals.
