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Join Energy Justice Summer in Northeast Pennsylvania!
Energy Justice Summer Promo from Alex Lotorto on Vimeo. Energy Justice Summer Promo from Alex Lotorto on Vimeo. From www.energyjusticesummer.org: About We are young organizers who care deeply about social justice and human rights. We seek a world where everyone has access to sustainable energy and no one suffers unjustly because of our fossil fuel economy. We believe that fracking…
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USDA to Expand Taxpayer Handouts to Biomass Industry
USDA Announces Initiative to Expand U.S. Wood-to-Energy Efforts – by Sue Retka Schill, September 13, 2013. Source: Biomass Magazine The USDA announced a partnership agreement to expand wood energy use, which will help improve the safety and health of U.S. forests. The new partnerships include USDA, the Alliance for Green Heat, the Biomass Power Association, the Biomass…
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Biomass Plans Withdrawn for Isle of Wight
Biomass Plans Withdrawn for Isle of Wight – by Ross Findon, July 9, 2013. Source: Isle of Wight County Press The surprise decision by Real Ventures was announced this morning (Tuesday) just hours before the Isle of Wight Council was due to consider an application by the company to extend its preferred bidder status for a former…
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Biomass Moratorium for Brevard County, North Carolina
Biomass Moratorium for Brevard County, North Carolina – by Kimberly King, August 2, 2013. Source: WLOS Monday night at the Brevard county courthouse the gallery broke in in raucous applause after Transylvania Commissioners voted for a one-year moratorium that effectively stopped plans for a Biomass plant on private property in Penrose at the airport. “They listened to…
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Biomass Incinerator Proposed for Vidalia, Louisiana
Biomass Incinerator Proposed for Vidalia, Louisiana July 12, 2013. Source: The Advocate Hinterland LLC is planning a $100 million-plus, 50-job biomass facility in the 130-acre Vidalia Industrial Park. “We are excited to announce and welcome Hinterland LLC as our newest resident in the Vidalia Industrial Park,” said Vidalia Mayor Hyram Copeland said in a news release.…
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Biomass Fuel Subsidies to be Capped in U.K.
Biomass Fuel Subsidies to be Capped in U.K. – by Roger Harrabin, July 16, 2013. Source: BBC The government is turning away from its controversial policy of subsidising UK power stations to generate electricity from burning wood. It is proposing that subsidies for bespoke biomass burning plants should be capped at 400 MW. It will end subsidies…
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Biofuel Investments at Seven-year Low
Biofuel investments at seven-year low July 8, 2013. Source: Bloomberg Europe’s biggest oil companies are scaling back work on the next generation of biofuels, a setback for the effort to create a gasoline substitute that doesn’t drain the food supply. BP Plc (BP/) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) Group Plc have halted funds for four separate ventures…
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Bioenergy Capacity Continues to Increase
– by Erin Voegele, September 26, 2014, Biomass Magazine The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the September issue of its Electric Power Monthly report, indicating total in-service bioenergy capacity equaled 13,431.4 MW as of the close of July, up from 13,368.4 MW at the close of June. Overall, 313 MW of new bioenergy capacity was…
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Waste Incineration (a.k.a. “Waste-to-Energy”)
Our Publications: Incineration is the most expensive and polluting way to make energy or to manage waste. It produces the fewest jobs compared to reuse, recycling and composting the same materials. It is the dirtiest way to manage waste – far more polluting than landfills. It is also the dirtiest way to produce energy – far more…
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Trash Incineration is the Most Expensive Way to Make Energy
The variable operations and maintenance (O&M) costs are as follows: Variable O&M costs include fuel and other consumable materials and supplies; raw water; waste and wastewater disposal expenses; purchased power (incurred inversely to operating hours), demand charges and related utilities; chemicals, catalysts and gases; ammonia for selective catalytic reduction (SCR), as applicable; and lubricants. Source: “Updated…
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