News & Updates
Earth Foundries Biomass Utilization Feasibility Study
Earth Foundries (https://www.earthfoundriesinc.com/) retained TSS to complete a feasibility study to determine economic and technical viability converting forest biomass into energy and biochar. EF is considering excess forest biomass from fuels reduction and forest thinning operations as a...
TSS Retained by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe to Develop Forest Resource Utilization Strategy
The Cow Creek Band is managing about 40,000 acres of Tribal forestland in central Oregon. As the Tribe conducts forest restoration activities across this forestland, small sub-merchantable logs and cull logs are generated. TSS is helping the Tribe with value-added utilization alternatives, thus...
Boulder County Biomass Management and Utilization Project
TSS has teamed with Spatial Informatics Group to provide biomass supply availability and utilization pathway analysis to Boulder County in the Front Range of Colorado. The County is seeking alternative value-added uses for forest biomass generated as a byproduct of fuels reduction activities in...
TSS Teams with Brad Thompson Company to Conduct Development Work for a 5 MW Biomass Power Plant at a North Coast Sawmill
TSS has teamed with the Brad Thompson Company (Seattle, WA) on the development work for a 5 MW biomass power plant that will use woody residuals from the Mendocino Forest Products in Ukiah, CA. This biomass electricity project will be a Category 3 Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff (BioMAT) using...
TSS Begins Pre-Development Work for the Mammoth Bioenergy facility in Mammoth Lakes, CA
TSS has been awarded a contract from Mono County to conduct the pre-development work necessary to construct and operate a 3+ megawatt bioenergy facility near Mammoth Lakes, CA. This facility will be a Category 3 Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff (BioMAT) facility within the Southern California...
Frederick Tornatore, CTO of TSS, appointed to the Joint Institute of Wood Products Innovation Advisory Council
Frederick Tornatore, CTO of TSS Consultants (Sacramento, CA) has been appointed by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to serve on the Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation Advisory Council. His two-year term will begin on April 1, 2024. The Joint Institute is dedicated...
Environmental Permitting, Product Marketing and Feedstock Procurement Plan in Support of a Fuel Pellet Facility at Mammoth, California
GC Forest Products (GCFP) operates a commercial-scale firewood production facility in Mammoth Lakes, California. Established in 1969, GCFP has been active in the Mammoth region for over 50 years. GCFP is considering installation of a fuel pellet production facility collocated with the firewood...