Tag: renewable energy

  • Media Disinformation on Biomass

    – by Chris Matera, Massachusetts Forest Watch  Some people might call it a media failure that tree-fueled biomass energy, one of the dirtiest, most carbon-intensive forms of energy that exists, has a “clean” and “green” reputation with much of the public.  It is not a media failure, it is a media success when we acknowledge that…

  • Chinese Incinerator Plan Cancelled After Thousands Join Protests

    – by Mimi Lau, April 9, 2015, South China Morning Post A western Guangdong city has cancelled a plan to build an incinerator that prompted a protest – of up to 10,000 people on some accounts – during which three police cars were flipped and a duty office vandalised. Luoding city government posted two letters on…

  • Shuttered Claremont, New Hampshire Incinerator to Reopen

    – by Patrick O’Grady, April 15, 2015, Valley News The shuttered Wheelabrator incinerator on Grissom Lane was sold at auction Tuesday for $1.63 million, with the buyer saying he plans to use it to burn municipal waste. As several bidders stood outside the plant hoping to pick up pieces of equipment at a bargain price, auctioneer…

  • Biomass Corporation Sues Federal Gov’t for $47 Million

    – by Jacob Fischler, April 9, 2015, Law 360 MeadWestvaco Virginia Corp. slapped the federal government with a $47 million suit in the Court of Federal Claims on Thursday, alleging the U.S. Department of Treasury underpaid the company for the construction of a biomass energy generator. Under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Obama Loves Biomass Thermal

     by Biomass Thermal Energy Council, March 23, 2015, Biomass Magazine [Biomass industry groups overjoyed with the President’s most recent support for biomass energy. –Josh]  The Biomass Thermal Energy Council  and the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) commend President Obama’s commitment to expanding the use of renewable thermal energy with the issuance of Executive Order “Planning for Federal…

  • 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…

  • 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…