Tag: bioenergy

  • Industry Take: How Will 2014 Elections Impact Biomass?

    – by Bob Cleaves, November 23, 2014, Biomass Magazine On Nov. 4, Americans voted. This election was a decisive victory for Republicans. Senate, House, gubernatorial and even state legislature races across the country saw conservatives prevail. These results were expected, surprising to political types only in the thoroughness of the wins across the board. What does…

  • Is Cellulosic Ethanol All it’s Cracked Up to Be?

    – by Edward Dodge, December 10, 2014, Breaking Energy The EPA has long promoted cellulosic ethanol as the future of biofuels, but technical challenges have kept production far below targets. A recent rule change allows RNG, renewable natural gas, to qualify as cellulosic biofuel even though RNG is not cellulosic, but this helps EPA appear to be meeting their…

  • 50-Megawatt Biomass Incinerator Completed in Woodville, Texas

    – October 28, 2014, HartfordBusiness.com Glastonbury construction firm Gemma Power Systems has completed the 49.9 megawatt construction of a biomass plant in Woodville, Texas, three months ahead of schedule. The plant to be run by the East Texas Electric Cooperative will operate on chipped forest waste. Construction of the facility began in 2012. Financial terms were…

  • 34-Megawatt Biomass Incinerator Proposed for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

    –  by Andy Balaskovitz, November 10, 2014, Midwest Energy News Developers from metro Detroit have plans to build a $100 million, 34 MW biomass plant in the central Upper Peninsula, about 20 miles south of an aging coal plant that is the ongoing focus of the region’s energy crisis. The company building the plant, Marquette Green Energy LLC, says…

  • UMaine to Study “Trashanol” Effect in Maine

    – by Grady Trimble,  October 24, 2014, WLBZ A team of University of Maine researchers are gearing up to study the possibility of bringing new technology called “Trashanol” to Maine. “Trashanol” is a waste-to-energy technology developed by Maryland-based company Fiberight. Basically, it is a process that converts household waste into fuel. The technology is sparking interest…

  • Biomass Investigative Review Will Begin Soon in Gainesville, FL

    – October 16, 2014, WCJB It’s official – an investigative review into decisions made between GRU and GREC officials will soon begin. City officials voted to approve the contract to begin the review that will question decisions made relating to the biomass plant. The city will be shelling out close to $190,000 for the review. Additional…

  • $91 Million Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Louisiana Biofuel Plant

    – Cole Avery, October 3, 2014, The Times-Picayune Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced a $91 million loan guarantee from the federal government to help build a biomass fuel plant in Louisiana. Vilsack traveled to Baton Rouge on Friday to make the announcement. He said the plant could have a “profound…

  • Lakeview Biofuel Plant Proposal Raises Air Quality Concerns

    – September 25, 2014, Oregon Public Broadcasting A project proposed in Lakeview, Oregon, would turn woody biomass from logging into biofuels for Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Navy and Marines. The biofuel would have fewer greenhouse gas emissions than traditional jet fuel and diesel, but some worry the project might add to existing air quality problems in…

  • Is Biomass All It’s Cut Up to Be?

    – by Howard Brown, October 17, 2014, Summit Daily One possible reason for sticking to the ill-advised Ophir Mountain and other clear-cutting plans is that the clear-cut trees would go to the biomass power plant in Gypsum. Biomass power is renewable energy. It wouldn’t justify destroying Summit County’s wonderful forests and trails, but biomass is green…

  • Man Killed in Accident at Drax Biomass Plant in Louisiana

    – October 21, 2014, MyArkLaMiss.com The worker who died after an accident at a Drax Biomass plant in Morehouse Parish has been identified as 32-year old Christopher Erving of West, Mississippi Erving was a contracted employee of the Jacksonville, Florida based Haskell Corporation  Drax Biomass has released a statement on the incident: “It is with deep…