Tag: renewable energy

  • City of Allentown, PA Terminates Contract for Waste Incinerator

    – by Allentown Residents for Clean Air, September 30, 2014, Stop the Burn The City of Allentown is pulling out of the contract with Delta Thermo Energy. This news surely spells the death of the experimental trash and sewage sludge incinerator that threatens Allentown. HOWEVER, the company’s air and waste permits are still out there. The air permit could be…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Composting vs. Waste-to-Energy: The Politics Of Green Waste

    – by Stephen Handley, October 3, 2014, Sustainablog In Tulsa, Oklahoma, green waste is very much on the political agenda. According to Tulsa World, the city’s trash board voted this week to pursue a plan to collect and incinerate it rather than invest in an active composting facility. Proponents of the composting plan are deeply disappointed by…

  • 300 Fracked Gas Power Plants Proposed in 45 States: Any Near You? [Energy Justice Now, Sept. 2014]

    Ready or not, here it comes: the September issue of Energy Justice Network’s new publication, Energy Justice Now! Inside this issue: – “Why We Must Fight Gas-Fired Power Plants” – “Energy Justice Summer: Standing With Communities in the Shalefields” – “What the Frack? Scraping the Bottom of the Oil Barrel” …and more!!! Please share the September 2014 issue of Energy Justice Now with your friends,…

  • 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…