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- Waste-to-Fuels Startup Terrabon Hauls in Waste Management Investment
- Terrabon has landed another investment partner -- this time, it's Waste Management-- in its pursuit of commercially viable green gasoline, a renewable fuel made from the organic waste found in your local landfill. BNET wrote about Houston, Texas-based Terrabon back in April, when Valero Energy, the largest U.S....
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Qteros, Applied CleanTech to Harness Power of Poo to Make Ethanol
- Qteros and Applied CleanTech are giving new life to municipal wastewater solids -- a cleaned up term for what most of us call poo -- by turning it into fuel for cars. Yes, poo-powered cars may be in our future. That future may still be a ways...
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
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- The UK Joins California in Casting a Wary Eye Toward Biomass
- In the United States, it's vehicle fuel; in the United Kingdom, electricity generation. But in both places, officials are casting a wary eye toward using wood, corn, grasses and other plant matter for energy. They fear that growing and transporting the material could actually add to greenhouse gas emissions. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- FirstEnergy Agrees to Switch Coal Plant to Biomass
- In a first for the American power industry, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy called Ohio Edison has agreed to switch two coal-powered generators to biomass fuel, creating electricity by burning a mixture of wood, crop residues and other waste. The plan is the result of a Justice Department...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- USA Biomass to Chair Platts' National Biomass Power Forum
- USA Biomass Chairman Robert Cleaves will chair Platts' highly anticipated national Biomass Power Forum November 6-7 in Florida, which features biopower experts from throughout the country -- including Cleaves -- who will explore biomass economics, key biomass finance structures, the role biomass plays in meeting RPS, and opportunities for expansion...
- Research articles 2008-11-05
- Green light for 60MW biomass plant in Essex
- 27-08-09 The Government has today (August 27) given the green light to plans for a 60MW power plant to be fuelled by biomass and solid recovered fuel at Tilbury Docks in Essex. The facility is being proposed by Tilbury Green Power Ltd, a subsidiary of Birmingham-based Express Energy Holdings. The...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Largest U.S. Biomass Plant to be Built Near Austin, Texas
- The largest ever U.S. biomass power plant (100 megawatts) is to be built near Austin, Texas. Austin's city council approved a 20-year, $2.3 billion plan to purchase power from a proposed plant fueled entirely by wood waste and to be built and managed by Nacogdoches Power, LLC. The plant will...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Bush seeks tax breaks for biomass power.
- Bush seeks new tax breaks for biomass power in his energy plan. He'll order Sec. of Treasury O'Neill to work with Congress on legislation to extend and expand tax credits for electricity made from ag biomass. He will get Congress to extend current credits...
- Research articles 2001-05-18
- MGT Power plans second major biomass plant
- 10-08-09 Proposals for the plant come one month after MGT was given the go-ahead by the government to develop another £400 million wood biomass facility in the North East, at Teesport near Middlesbrough, which, once built, will be one of the world's largest facilities of its kind (see this newenergyfocus.com story).Chris Moore,...
- News items 2009-08-11
- A Review of Biomass Integrated-Gasifier/Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Technology and Its Application in Sugarcane Industries, With an Analysis for Cuba
- This paper focuses on Biomass integrated-gasifier/gas turbine combined cycle (BIG/GTCC) systems which is capable of producing up to twice as much electricity per unit of biomass consumed and are expected to have lower capital investment requirements per kW of capacity than condensing-extraction steam turbine CEST systems, the present-day commercial technology...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Integrated Biomass Gasification and Gas Cleaning Facility; ECN Pilot-Plant for Biomass Research
- This paper presents ECN's pilot plan for bio mass research. Gasification of biomass converts biomass of various shape and origin into product gas that, after cooling and cleaning, is suitable for the production of electricity, heat, chemicals and fuels. Dust, tars, and ammonia are the main components in product gas...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Contributions ECN Biomass [17] to the '12th European Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection'
- The purpose of the work is to gain an overview of all the innovative biomass gasification concepts in order to be able to compare them. With this overview it is possible to see whether a brand new idea is already existing or is similar to an existing concept or seems...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- Biomass and Bioenergy in the United States
- This presentation provides statistical information on growth and status of biomass market. It outlines the United States biomass and bioenergy policies, programs, and their benefits form a 25-year perspective. The paper provides highlights of the Biomass R&D Act of 2000, re-authorized by the Farm Bill of 2002. It also provides...
- White papers 2002-06-11
- Development of Strategies for Deployment of Biomass Resources in the Production of Biomass Power - Final Report
- The study analyzes strategies for deployment of biomass resources for Biopower generation. It evaluates and compares several biomass supply databases. It also compares the projected biopower market penetration for several alternative incentive scenarios. It analyzes the availability of biomass to meet the projected market demands. Based on the analysis, a...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Investigation Into the Practibility of Burning Biomass on Underfeed Stokers
- The aim of the paper was to significantly reduce the capital and operational costs of biomass heating systems whilst maintaining or improving on existing biomass combustion efficiency and emissions. The aim was to improve the operational acceptability of biomass burning. To achieve these aims an existing underfeed stoker was modified...
- White papers 2003-09-10
- Biomass Combustion Gas Turbine CHP
- The objective of this paper was to develop small-scale biomass combustion generating system. Generation of electricity from biomass is not common in the UK at the moment. The traditional method of generating electricity from biomass involves producing steam by passing the hot biomass combustion gasses through a waste heat steam...
- White papers 2003-02-12
- Development of a Small-Scale Biomass CHP System
- The objective of this paper was to successfully meet by demonstrating a novel prototype small-scale biomass CHP system. A compact biomass gasifier adopting swirling flow to incorporate particle separation within the reaction produced wood gas to fuel a CHP engine with minimal post processing equipment for gas cleaning. The technical...
- White papers 2002-03-22
- Biomass Rapid Analysis Network
- Rapid analysis methods specific to biomass are needed for the emerging biomass conversion industry. Rapid analysis is a category of modern analytical techniques that uses multivariate analysis to extract chemical information directly from spectroscopic data. The Biomass Rapid Analysis Network is designed to fast track the development of modern tools...
- White papers 2003-10-27
- Biomass Energy Sources for North Carolina
- The production of energy from biomass can be an important component of an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce pollution, and increase U.S. and North Carolina energy security. Biomass currently accounts for 79% of the independent renewable energy generation in North Carolina, and will continue to represent a large...
- White papers 2003-08-22
- ENERGY : PARLIAMENT ISSUES WARNING ON BIOMASS STRATEGY.(Brief article)
- Members of the European Parliament wish to encourage the use of biomass to produce energy - of that there is no doubt, but not at any price. The European Parliament, on 14 December, adopted a full report on the biomass and biofuel strategies. The rep Members...
- Research articles 2007-01-12
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