News & Updates
Feasibility Assessment for Siting a Bioenergy Facility on the Cow Creek Band Reservation
The Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Indian Tribe (CCB) has asked TSS to complete a feasibility assessment to site a bioenergy facility, with collocated sawmill on their Reservation in south central Oregon. CCB manages approximately 18,000 acres of tribal forestland, with about 12,000 acres in need...
Post-Fire Forest Restoration Plan for Cornell Vineyards
TSS has been retained by Cornell Vineyards to produce and then implement a forest restoration plan. The mountain vineyard near St Helena, California was decimated by the 2020 Glass Fire, with almost 200 acres impacted. TSS produced a forest restoration plan with the goal of returning the...
Wildfire Risk Assessment on the California Central Coast
Hyatt Hotels retained TSS Consultants to conduct a wildfire risk assessment for their recent California central coast acquisition – Ventana Big Sur. Ventana Resort is located on 160 acres of forestland considered at high risk to wildfire. Recent wildfires (2020 Dolan Fire, 2016 Soberanes Fire) ...
Blue Mountain Electric Company USDA Loan Guarantee Feasibility, Environmental, and Technical Assessments
Transpecos Bank has retained TSS to conduct USDA Rural Energy of America Program (REAP) assessments of the 3MW Blue Mountain Electric Company biomass power facility in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Wilseyville, California. Transpecos Bank will use these required assessments produced by TSS to...
Chief Technical Officer of TSS Re-elected Chairperson of the Bioenergy Association of California
Frederick Tornatore, Chief Technical Officer and Co-owner of TSS Consultants, has been re-elected the 2022 Chairperson of the Bioenergy Association of California (BAC). TSS was a Founding Member of this organization in 2012 and has continued to hold positions on the Board of Directors since then....