Montana legislation may provide $800,000 to three-county biomass project

In Montana, a biomass project in Lewis and Clark County is getting closer to obtaining federal funding under the Energy and Water Appropriations Act that was passed last week by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The legislation would provide $800,000 for the Tri-County Biomass Pilot Project, which would use woody biomass produced in Lewis and Clark, Jefferson and Broadwater counties to create renewable energy for the city of Helena. The three counties yield about 350,000 tons of biomass a year from sources including dead trees.

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