Tag: bioenergy

  • Thanks to NY Biomass Incinerator, Firewood More Difficult to Find

    – by Pete Creedon, October 6, 2014, Watertown Daily Times Always nice to see a company come in an offer jobs and other things that will benefit the area it serves (“ReEnergy wins huge contract at Drum,” Sept. 30). The question is, at what cost? The people this will affect in a negative way are a…

  • Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Set to Drive Biomass Demand

    – by David Appleyard, September 3, 2014, Cogeneration and Onsite Power Production New analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) forecasts combined heat and power (CHP) and industrial heat demand are set to drive global bioenergy consumption over the coming decade and more. According to Global Bioenergy Supply and Demand projections, a working paper for REmap 2030, global biomass demand could…

  • Louisiana Biorefineries Getting $161 Million Taxpayer Handout

    – Ted Griggs, October 4, 2014, The Advocate Two bioenergy companies are getting a combined $161 million in federal loan guarantees or contracts that will help them develop biofuel refineries in Plaquemine and Alexandria. Cool Planet Energy Systems is getting a $91 million federal loan guarantee to produce renewable biofuel in central Louisiana from trees, forestry waste…

  • Bulgarians Blockade Road to Protest Proposed Biomass Incinerator

    – September 22, 2014, Novinite.com Residents of the southern Bulgarian city of Smolyan have staged a brief road block to oppose plans to build a biomass-fired thermal power plant. Residents of the Ustovo district of Smolyan blocked traffic along the Smolyan – Madan road for some 10 minutes on Monday, according to reports of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency and Capital Daily. The…

  • Are Biomass Incinerators Gobbling Up Firewood?

    [While we are certainly not advocating for any form of burning, including firewood, it’s interesting how the biomass industry competes with itself. -Ed.] – by Anna Simet, October 03, 2014, Biomass Magazine Last week, I blogged about the pellet availability situation in the Northeast (the “shortage” last year, what might happen this year, etc.) What I…

  • Unforeseen Dioxin Formation in Waste Incineration

    – by  Ingrid Söderbergh, September 18, 2014, Phys.org Dioxins forms faster, at lower temperatures and under other conditions than previously thought. This may affect how we in the future construct sampling equipment, flue gas filtering systems for waste incineration and how to treat waste incineration fly ash. These are some of the conclusions Eva Weidemann draws…

  • Biomass Incinerators Sue Feds for $22 Million

    – by Maeusz Perkoswki, September 16, 2014, Capital Press Two biomass facilities in California that use agricultural waste to generate electricity claim the federal government owes them about $22 million. The plaintiffs — Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass and Merced Power — claim the U.S. Treasury Department is wrongly withholding funds from an economic stimulus program that helps…

  • Springfield, MA Mayor Blocks Appeal Against Biomass Incinerator

    – by Paul Tuthill, September 12, 2014, WAMC The mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts won’t authorize an appeal to block construction of a wood-burning power plant. A spokesman for Mayor Domenic Sarno said the mayor will not approve funds to appeal a court ruling that ordered the city to reinstate the building permit for the biomass project. …

  • Springfield, MA City Council Votes to Appeal Biomass Permit Ruling

    – by Ryan Trowbridge, September 10, 2014, WGGB Wednesday night, the Springfield City Council took up the contentious issue of a planned biomass incinerator in the city. Opponents claim the plant would only add more pollution to an already polluted city, but the state just ruled Springfield does not have the authority to stop its development.…

  • Biomass Causes Problematic Emissions Too

    – by Richard Ball, August 31, 2014, The Washington Post The Post’s Aug. 28 editorial “An answer to global warming” made good points about a carbon tax. However, a serious problem that was not mentioned is how to deal with adverse impacts from biomass energy sources, such as burning wood in power plants. Most proposed carbon control…