CSU to cut emissions, expenses with wood chips

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University has partnered with the Colorado State Forest Service to install a woody biomass boiler on CSU’s Foothills Campus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs.

The heating plant, which will produce 1.5 million BTUs per hour, will burn wood chips from reforestation efforts and provide hot water at the Judson Harper Research Complex. The boiler is expected to burn about 1,300 tons of wood chips annually, according to a CSU release.

Heating with the wood chips will cost about half that of using natural gas, saving about $60,000 each year, according to Carol Dollard, CSU energy engineer. The move will help the Forest Service demonstrate the effectiveness of woody biomass as a fuel source.

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“CSU will be assisting much-needed local forest management efforts by providing a market for woody biomass,´ said Joe Duda, forest management division supervisor. “The Colorado State Forest Service applauds CSU’s initiative to provide a practical demonstration of the effective use of woody biomass for heat.”