Wind and solar power are clean and free but they only work part of the time. When the sun goes down and the wind dies, coal is still the workhorse for generating baseload power. But coal is killing us by warming the planet, acidifying our lakes and … [Read more...]
St. Paul Wastewater Plant to Grow Algae for Biomass
Tuesday 05/19/ By Leave a Comment
Officials in St. Paul, Minnesota believe a pilot project to grow algae at the city’s wastewater plant will clean the water before it’s pumped back into the Mississippi River and provide biomass for biofuels. Biomass Magazine reports the … [Read more...]
Sonoco Packaging And Power Company Share Biomass-Fired Combined Heat & Power Plant
Saturday 04/25/ By Leave a Comment
Cypress knees, Hartsville SC, Segars-McKinnon Heritage Preserve. Image credit:flickr, Martin LaBar This is as good as industrial ecology gets. On one shared site Hartsville SC gets Sonoco, a maker of high-recycled content cardboard packaging; a … [Read more...]
Is biomass worse than fossil fuels?
Tuesday 04/14/ By Leave a Comment
Planting energy crops could produce more carbon dioxide emissions than burning the fossil fuels being replaced, according to the UK's Environment Agency. Read more.... … [Read more...]
Biomass Can Only Offer Major Emission Reductions if Best Practices Are Followed, New UK Report Says
Tuesday 04/14/ By Leave a Comment
Short rotation coppice chips were cited as offering significant emission reductions over fossil fuels. Image: Wikipedia A new report from the UK's Environment Agency shows that using biomass to generate heat and electricity can offer major carbon … [Read more...]
312 MW of Biomass to Power Burger Production in Ohio
Friday 04/03/ By Leave a Comment
FirstEnergy Corp. said that it plans to convert two units at its R.E. Burger Plant in Shadyside, Ohio, to generate electricity using biomass. When the retrofit is complete, the plant is expected to be one of the largest biomass facilities in the … [Read more...]
Nine leading biomass companies form Biomass Thermal Energy Council
Tuesday 03/10/ By Leave a Comment
A group of nine leading biomass companies has formed the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC), a non-profit association dedicated to advancing the use of biomass for heat and other thermal energy applications. The founding members of BTEC include … [Read more...]
National biomass plan for China released
Monday 03/09/ By Leave a Comment
A report which provides detailed measures to enable China to achieve its biomass development target in the medium and long term has been released by The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering (CAAE) and Environmental and Energy Development … [Read more...]