Virginia Biomass Energy Group

Welcome to the home of the Virginia Biomass Energy Group (VBEG). The mission of VBEG is to promote biomass energy production in the Commonwealth through coordination and collaboration between university researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, resource managers, sustainable energy advocates and other stakeholders. VBEG’s goal is to encourage and foster growth of the biomass energy industry in a sustainable, profitable and responsible manner. It is this collaborative group, working to identify and quantify the state’s biomass resources and to develop environmentally and economically viable strategies for increasing their use, which guides and assists PPV in developing Virginia Renewables: A Policy Framework for Our Bioenergy Future.

Jeff Waldon, Executive Director of the Conservation Management Institute in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, serves as VBEG's chairperson. The Conservation Management Institute currently employs over 80 faculty, staff, and students working on projects ranging from field surveys of animals and plants to GIS and remote-sensing to web-based decision support systems development for agency land management. Mr. Waldon has been involved in the development of fish and wildlife information systems and databases for a variety of agencies and organizations throughout North and Central America. His experience covers data management planning, information system design, technology review, database programming and integration, personnel development, training, and policy review.

Public Policy Virginia is the administrative coordinator for VBEG, which meets quarterly. In addition to it's internal network mailing list, VBEG has a closed discussion list serv on Google. If you are in the biomass field and are interested in joining VBEG or learning more about our activities, please contact administrator Tatyanna Patten at tpatten@ppvir.org.

Other Subsections in Biomass Energy

• Issue Summary
• Biofuels
• Biomass Power
• Our Bioenergy Future
• Resources Online