Wood Heat Maine

Wood Heat Maine provides information, technical assistance and -soon- links to information on Maine commercial and institutional wood heat installations. The Maine SWEAT encourages owners and managers of commercial and institutional buildings to switch to modern wood heat. Mainers using locally sourced wood chips and wood pellets to heat their buildings and facilities support local, renewable wood fuel production, the use of which reduces carbon impacts, supports a clean environment and supports the local economy.

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Maine commerical/institutional Modern Wood Heat users

Locations of commercial/institutional facilities in Maine using Modern Wood Heat (wood chips or pellets)

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About Maine Wood Heat

Wood Heat Maine is supported through the Maine Statewide Wood Energy Assistance Team (Maine SWEAT), a program of the Maine Forest Service and supported through a grant from the USDA Forest Service. Maine SWEAT is a group of private and public sector individuals (see who we are here) who believe in the environmental and economic benefits of encouraging Mainers who own and manage commercial and institutional type buildings and facilities to switch to modern wood heat – using locally produced wood chips and wood pellets for fuel. Using wood fuel in modern automated boilers and furnaces to heat buildings in Maine is carbon-friendly, costs less than fossil-fuel heat, and supports local jobs and business who produce the fuel and install the boilers and furnaces and maintain them.

The mission of Maine SWEAT is to coordinate the delivery of technical, outreach, and financial assistance to interested individuals, communities, and organizations. Maine SWEAT’s work program promotes and stimulates the market for high efficiency/low emissions biomass heating technologies through outreach and education, supported by public and private industry collaboration, and targeted technical assistance. The project includes outreach to current and potential users of wood energy, particularly those in rural and/or underserved communities as well as to current and potential suppliers of wood, including the White Mountain National Forest and the Native American tribes that own land in Maine. The project seeks to quantify current demands, potential new demands, constraints, and opportunities for increasing the use of wood energy in the state.

Maine’s Statewide Wood Energy Assistance Team is funded by the USDA Forest Service through its Wood Innovation Grant program. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number is 10.674.

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Disclaimer: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry does not endorse any particular business or service provider listed on this page.