Tag: bioenergy

  • New Contract to Accelerate Use of Biomass in China

    – October 13, 2014, Bioenergy News US-based renewable fuels producer BlueFire Renewables has finalised and signed a new master engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, Mississippi. The contract is with China International Water and Electric, a subsidiary of renewable energy company China Three Gorges (CTG). ‘The master EPC structure…

  • 34.5 Megawatt Biomass Project Planned for Japan

    – September 16, 2014, New Generation Power New Generation Power International, a leading global renewable energy company, will develop three 11.5 Megawatt (MW) wood biomass plants in Japan. Together, Chicago-based New Generation Power International (NGPI) and Nippon Energy Solution, Inc. (NES) will launch a new wood-based biomass energy generation venture that will construct three separate facilities…

  • Valero’s Indiana Ethanol Plant Damaged After Morning Fire

    – October 13, 2014, The Paper of Montgomery County Crews were called to an early morning fire at the Valero ethanol plant in Montgomery County Monday. After 1 a.m., a call came in about a fire at the Valero plant, just off of U.S. 231 near Linden. Firefighters from six departments responded to the plant just…

  • Three Injured in Canada Wood Pellet Plant Explosion

    – October 14, 2014, Bioenergy Insight An explosion at Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s wood pellet plant in British Columbia injured three and resulted in around 30 employees being evacuated. The incident happened on 9 October after a fire broke out inside equipment used to dry wood fibre. The plant’s built-in suppression system had already extinguished the flames…

  • Biomass Incinerator a Threat to Children

    – by Norma Kreilein, MD, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics [The biomass facility proposed for Jasper, Indiana referred to in this letter was canceled this year thanks to the hard work of Dr. Kreilein and Healthy Dubois County –Ed.] I am writing as a concerned pediatrician in Southern Indiana. We live in the heart of…

  • Biomass Energy: Another Kind of Climate Change Denial

    (Graphic: Indiana Joel) We’re all familiar with climate change deniers, cheerfully and/or willfully ignorant folk who refuse to accept that human-caused carbon emissions are responsible for the climate crisis — or that there even is a climate crisis. Those of us who value science and common sense typically have as much patience for these twenty-three percent of…

  • Windfarms More Efficient than Biofuels?

    – by Aidan Harrison, December 5, 2014, Northumberland Gazette Its obsession with ‘markets’ has already placed our railways and utilities in the hands of big foreign state and corporate-owned monopolies. The first thing to make clear is that the technology of wind power is nothing like as inefficient as its fanatical detractors claim. In terms of…

  • Proposed Plant to Export Wood Pellets to Asia

    – September 25, 2014, Biomass Magazine A proposed pellet plant under development near Mission, British Columbia, aims to produce wood pellets for export into industrial markets in South Korea and other Asian markets. The project is being developed by SMG Wood Pellet Inc., a subsidiary of Vancouver, British Columbia-based SMG Asset. The facility will be branded…

  • 20 Years, Yet EPA Still Fails to Protect Us From Polluting Incinerators

    – by Phillip Ellis and Neil Gormley, October 4, 2014,  Huffington Post Joe Poole Lake is a popular destination for Dallas and Fort Worth residents looking for a weekend escape to the great outdoors. Lined with barbecue grills, hiking trails and sandy beaches, the 7,400-acre lake and its wooden welcome sign invite endless opportunities to…

  • Oregon Site Selected for Biofuel Plant

    – by Eric Mortenson, September 19, 2014, Capital Press Red Rock Biofuels, a subsidiary of IR1 Group of Fort Collins, Colo., will use forest biomass — debris from logging or thinning operations — to produce fuel. It is one of three firms selected for the project, which is intended to produce a combined total of 100…