With the recent EPA proposal concerning strict carbon levels from existing power plants, owners with facilities out of compliance generally have three options – retrofit to meet emissions standards, convert to an alternative fuel or close the plant. While natural gas conversion is a strong option for some plants, another alternative is either biomass cofiring or making… Keep reading →
Originally Posted on TheEnergyCollective.com If I asked you to think of renewable energy what comes to mind? I imagine it is skyscraper-sized wind turbines, solar panels on suburban roofs or massive hydro-electric dams. You probably do not think of burning wood or converting crops to liquid fuel to be used in cars. Yet throughout the world… Keep reading →
ACI’s 4th annual European Algae Biomass Conference will once again bring together senior executives from industry and academia to discuss the latest commercial and technical developments, challenges and research breakthroughs throughout the entire algae value chain. The conference will have a heavy focus on case study examples of latest te…
A U.S. Court of Appeals vacated a 2011 EPA rule that delayed GHG regulations for biomass facilities for three years, finding that EPA’s decision was groundless. On July 12, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of conservationist groups that challenged a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Keep reading →
As companies move to achieve their renewable energy goals – something that is increasingly attractive to customers – the use of biomass in combined heat and power projects is gaining traction.
Join industry leaders and stakeholders to find out the latest and network with potential business partners at the upcoming European Biomass to Power Summit taking place in Krakow, Poland. Keep reading →
A single Northeastern US state is preparing to miss out on growing export markets for woody biomass fuel production due to pending new regulation designed to lower carbon emissions. The decision would be a departure from the design of most regulations and markets designed to prevent global warming in Europe and the US.
Massachusetts is poised to adopt a regulation which, according to biomass experts, would keep forest products on the renewable energy sidelines. Keep reading →
A flagship Enova biomass power project in the Northeastern US has cleared a string of financial hurdles following an agreement between private equity giant The Carlyle Group and SAIC.
The 37.5MW Plainfield, Connecticut project will cost $225 million and will consume recycled wood materials, removing it from an industry debate over the use of fresh-cut biomass for power generation. Keep reading →
A biomass generation plant serving a giant Department of Energy installation has been delivered under the largest Energy Savings Performance Contract to date.
The 20 MW biomass power facility will provide roughly 30% of the 310 square mile Savannah River Site‘s power needs once it becomes fully operational in 2012. During six weeks of performance tests the biomass facility produced more than 3 million kilowatt hours of power. Keep reading →
During the recent economic downturn, Springdale Lumber closed its timber mill in the already economically stressed Stevens County, an hour’s drive north of Spokane, Washington, leaving 25 employees without jobs.
When the Recovery Act offered business a chance for new life, local small business owners Dale and Sharon Borgford decided to reuse the mill–as an energy generation plant. The mill, in turn, will use recylced energy–from biomass–to produce electricity. For that they received $771,00 from the Recovery Act‘s DOE’s State Energy Program as well as $4 million from the US Forest Service. Keep reading →
As Congress spars over renewable energy incentives, a bright spot has emerged in an unlikely place: biomass to power in the Southeastern US.
Local actors have demonstrated an increasing demand for renewable energy, and, in a region lacking the solar resources of Arizona or wind of West Texas, biomass provides a cost-effective, base-load solution. Both the local and state governments, utilities, and even the US military, have taken steps towards utilizing an abundant local resource to not only generate power, but also fuel economic growth. Keep reading →
