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Boardman, Oregon Coal Plant Mulls Biomass
– by George Plaven, April 6, 2015, EO Media Group As a potential source of renewable energy, giant cane could be the answer to saving Portland General Electric’s coal-fired power plant in Boardman long after the facility quits using coal by 2020. On the other hand, as an invasive species, giant cane could spread wild across…
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Bill to Subsidize California Biomass Facilities
– by John Cox, April 6, 2015, Bakersfield Californian Local farmers are adding their support to legislation that would divert revenue from California’s cap-and-trade program to biomass plants that generate power by burning agricultural and urban green waste. Last month the Kern County Farm Bureau co-hosted a meeting in Delano to raise awareness of Assembly Bill…
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Top Five Biomass Boosters in the U.S. Senate
– by Erin Voegele, April 3, 2015, Biomass Magazine A group of five senators recently sent a letter to two subcommittees of the Senate Committee on Appropriations asking them to support funding for programs that bolster the development of thermal and electric biomass energy technologies, supply chains and market opportunities. The letter was signed by Sens.…
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Public Weighs in on Plumas County, CA Biomass Proposal
– by Debra Moore, April 5, 2015, Plumas County News The Sierra Institute is poised to receive $2.6 million from the California Energy Commission, but first the public will have a chance to comment on the biomass boiler that would be built near the county’s health and human services building in Quincy. The commission announced March…
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Company to Burn Biomass in Escanaba, Michigan Coal-Fired Plant
– by Jenny Lancour, April 3, 2015, Escanaba Daily Press Anyone wanting to express comments on a company’s recent proposal to buy Escanaba’s power plant can attend a public hearing next week at city hall, according to city officials. A public hearing on a purchase proposal submitted by Sterling Energy Group, Inc. will be held during…
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Biofuels Gain Traction at Minnesota Legislature
– by Jon Collins, March 31, 2015, Minnesota Public Radio A bill to create a $5 million tax credit to advance the development of the biofuel industry in Minnesota is gaining traction at the state Legislature. Newer technologies allow the use of plants like native prairie grasses or alfalfa for conversion ethanol. The so-called advanced biofuel…
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Plainfield, Connecticut Biomass Facility Changes Hands Again
– by Brian Dowling, March 25, 2015, Hartford Courant Leidos Inc. is selling its Plainfield wood-fired power plant to Greenleaf Power, a Sacramento company that is buying biomass plants across North America. Greenleaf Power announced Wednesday it has agreed to buy the 37.5-megawatt power plant in a deal it expects to close later this year. The…
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More California Biomass Facilities Closing
– by Seth Nidever, March 26, 2015, Hanford Sentinel [Notice not a single mention of health and environmental impacts of biomass facilities. -Josh] Once upon a time, local orchard farmers taking out trees piled them up in large heaps and struck a match, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air. More recently, the waste has…
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Plainfield, Vermont Biomass Continues to Rile Neighbors
– by Eric Blaisdell, March 27, 2015, Vermont Public Radio Things got so heated at Plainfield’s Select Board meeting Monday night in a discussion about Goddard College’s planned biomass-fueled heat plant, that one elected official told board members they’d be in “deep water” if they disregarded some residents’ wishes to have another meeting on it. The…
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