Renewable energy is the way of the future.

As fossil fuels continue to diminish in supply and increase in price, as the worldwide demand for fossil fuels grows, and as the environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption becomes more evident and less sustainable, America and the world will need to look to alternative methods to meet the ever-growing demands for energy. There can be no doubt that renewable energy is the way of the future. 

Russell Biomass is a regional leader in renewable energy. Our 50-megawatt, wood-fueled power plant will provide Western Massachusetts with electricity equivalent to an oil-fired plant that burns 480,000 barrels of oil per year. We will generate that power by burning wood chips, a byproduct of the forest management and wood product industries.
 
Russell Biomass will be located on land that has been used for industrial purposes for more than 100 years. The plant will be built on the site of the Westfield River Paper Company mill that has been closed down since 1994. The plant will bring new life to a blighted brownfield site, increase local tax revenues, and introduce new jobs in an industry of the future to Russell, a proud industrial town that has suffered a loss of jobs and tax revenues as a result of the closure of long-operating paper mills.
 
In Russell Biomass, there is opportunity for Russell, for Massachusetts and for America. Our forward-looking project can help break our region and our country of its unsustainable fossil fuel habit, reduce pollution and improve the economic outlook for Russell and all of its residents.