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California looks for biomass power options at Lake Tahoe
In California, the Placer County government is partnering with federal agency representatives and NV Energy to secure land in the city of Kings Beach suitable to construct a biomass plant. One piece of real estate has been identified and is owned by NV Energy. It is already zoned for energy production and currently houses [...]
One potato, two potato
Following the all-but-certain defeat of a renewal of the ethanol tax credit, left-wing environmental activists, confederated into the National Anti-Biomass Incineration and Forest Protection Campaign, are making a move to destabilize support for biomass-based power generation.
At issue: is burning biomass carbon-neutral, and are there other emissions associated with it that make biomass an unappealing alternative [...]
Vista International, Emerald Energy partner for US biomass power projects
In Colorado, Vista International Technologies, Inc., a specialist in biomass and waste-to-energy projects, and Emerald Energy, LLC, a producer of proprietary high-value agricultural products for biomass feedstock, announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on Closed-Loop Biomass-to-Energy projects in the US and abroad.
According to the agreement, Vista will have an exclusive [...]
Montana legislation may provide $800,000 to three-county biomass project
In Montana, a biomass project in Lewis and Clark County is getting closer to obtaining federal funding under the Energy and Water Appropriations Act that was passed last week by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The legislation would provide $800,000 for the Tri-County Biomass Pilot Project, which would use woody biomass produced in Lewis and Clark, Jefferson [...]
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AdvanceBio Systems, Penn State partner on biomass demonstration system
In Ohio, AdvanceBio Systems was granted a contract from Pennsylvania State University to supply a Bench Scale Hydrolyzer System for its Shared Fermentation Facility located in University Park, Pennsylvania. The system will be used for research, development and technology demonstration for biomass-based fuels and chemical production from lignocellulosic feedstocks.
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Refill Energy aims to collect Gulf oil leak as feedstock for DME project
In Utah, Refill Energy, Inc. announced it is finalizing its application to become a FEMA Vendor to assist in the oil spill affected areas of the Gulf Coast.
The Company’s technology uses oil sludge as a feedstock for its Refill gasifier that converts the oil into clean synthesis gas for electricity or Dimethyl Ether (DME). The [...]
Nice-Pak goes “zero landfill” with waste biomass electricity program
In Wisconsin, Nice-Pak Products, Inc., manufacturer of wet wipe products, announced that it has transformed its Green Bay, Wisconsin manufacturing plant into a “zero landfill” facility and plans to do the same with another of its four US plants over the next three years.
The Green Bay plant now converts all of its industrial waste into [...]
Oak Ridge, Dartmouth researchers develop largest biomass database
In New Hampshire, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dartmouth College have released results from the largest database ever analyzed and compiled for energy crop yield comparisons, in relation to geographically distributed variables. These variables include site location, plot size, stand age, harvest frequency, fertilizer application, climate, and soil quality.
The researchers compiled nearly 1,200 [...]
Clenergen signs agreement to install basification biomass plants in India
In New York, Clenergen Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Juken India Limited to install up to 2MW/h gasification biomass power plants at their manufacturing site in Bangalore, India. Clenergen now owns a total of 19.5MW/h of operational biomass power plants in India, the Philippines and Ghana, with an additional 40MW/h under agreement. [...]
