Archive for December, 2009
25MW Rio Bravo Rocklin biomass plant in California named a “top renewable power plant”
In California, the 25 MW Rio Bravo Rocklin biomass power plant, which uses 240,000 tons of wood waste as feedstock, has been named a “top renewable power plant” by POWER magazine.
“By 2008, the 19-year-old wood-fired Rio Bravo Rocklin Power Station’s operating performance had been significantly degraded by boiler erosion and corrosion caused by (among many [...]
California city applies mitigation funds to bioenergy development
In California, the city of Red Bluff announced that it will receive $30,000 in mitigation funds as compensation for the loss of Lake Red Bluff. The city said that it will utilize the funds, which are provided by the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development Initiative, to develop a biomass industry.
The city said it will [...]
Denmark makes transition from coal to co-firing biomass, yet taxes keep prices high
In Denmark, CleanEnergy.org profiled the conversion of Denmark from coal-fired power to biomass and wind, with an emphasis on the country’s advanced CHP system of district heating, which uses heat generated from power generation to provide heat for many of the country’s 5.4 million residents.
Overall, the country has nine power plants, all of which are [...]
US, China lead Ernst & Young indices for renewable energy investment friendliness
In New York, Ernst & Young published the firms renewable energy investment indices, ranking the US and China as the two top countries to invest in renewable energy, followed by Germany. In all, 27 countries are monitored in the report, which showed Brazil and Japan on the rise based on new mandates for emission and [...]
Two biomass projects set for India’s Punjab
In India, Lakshmi Overseas commenced construction on its new 60 MW biomass power project adjacent to its grain processing plant and existing 30MW biomass power plant at in Khamano, Punjab.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Energy Development Agency announced that it will construct a biomass plant at Dhandhari using rice straw as feedstock. The project is designed not [...]
Impact of deforestation worse than thought: researchers
In Brazil, German and Brazilian researchers have concluded that deforestation in tropical rain forests could have an even greater impact on climate change than has previously been thought. The combined biomass of a large number of small forest fragments left over after habitat fragmentation can be up to 40 per cent less than in a [...]
Bipartisan US congressional group introduces biomass bills – forest thinning, heating systems
In Oregon, Republican Greg Walden and Democrat Kurt Schrader are among a bipartisan group in Congress introducing legislation this week to support the development of biomass technology. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden introduced a bill to expand forest thinning projects, telling the Associated Press that “What we are trying to do is provide the kinds of [...]
Voting opens for Bioenergy Personality, Company of the Year
Voting is open in the 3rd Annual Biofuels Personality of the Year and 3rd annual Biofuels Company of the Year. Registered subscribers to Biofuels Digest and Biomass Digest may participate.
Voting will continue through 5pm EST, Monday December 28th. Winners will be announced Wednesday, December 29th, 2010. This year, for the first time, subscribers will vote [...]
The Last Word in Biomass: “The state Department of Energy Resources has suspended all consideration of new biomass power.”
From Biomass Magazine: “Broad opposition to biomass power in Massachusetts has prompted the state to commission a study to determine woody biomass’s sustainability and carbon neutrality as an energy generating feedstock. Furthermore, the state Department of Energy Resources has suspended all consideration of new biomass power for participation in the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) [...]
Bioenergy Personality of the Year, Bioenergy Company of the Year now open for nominations
In Florida, Biomass Digest announced that the 3rd Annual Bioenergy Personality of the Year and 3rd annual Bioenergy Company of the Year nominations process has opened.
Registered subscribers to Biofuels Digest and Biomass Digest may participate.
Nominations are open today, and will remain open until 5pm Friday, December 11th. Voting will open on Monday December 14th and [...]
