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Wood and wood products used as fuel, including roundwood (i.e., cordwood), limbwood, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, and charcoal.[an error occurred while processing this directive] (source: EPA)

Welsh hospitals embrace biomass  -  Oct 19, 2007
Hospital Development,Two new-build hospitals in Wales will be amongst the first facilities in the UK to start using biomass boilers from supplier Wood Energy.

North American wood markets hit by United States housing crash  -  Oct 19, 2007
IHB,Major themes were: 1. softwood market developments, and 2. wood energy and wood mobilization. The main conclusions are available below. Wood raw materials.

Wood provides 'steady heat'  -  Oct 8, 2007
LaSalle News Tribune,...and fuel wood for space heating, but the largest single source of wood energy is “black liquor,� a residue of pulp, paper, and paperboard production.

Crash victim identified  -  Oct 15, 2007
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,The Alaska Wood Energy Conference will bring together biofuel experts and community leaders from across Alaska, as well as wood experts from around the US

US Energy Savings Up In Smoke  -  Oct 12, 2007
Realty Times,...by Peter G. Miller It was 1969 that the little village of Woodstock, NY was the center of a parallel universe, a place where 500000 people went for a few

LWS Awarded Pole Bid For FPL Energy Wind Project  -  Oct 10, 2007
North American Windpower...by NAW Staff on Wednesday 10 October 2007 Laminated Wood Systems Inc. (LWS), a Seward, Neb.-headquartered supplier of engineered laminated wood poles and

Report finds Alberta still a bargain, even with higher royalties  -  Sep 26, 2007
Globe and Mail,CALGARY -- Higher oil sands royalties could cut 13 per cent of the value from current and planned projects around Fort McMurray, but Alberta would remain

Building Green  -  Sep 28, 2007
Forbes,...tankless water heaters, double-paned windows, reclaimed wood, Energy Star appliances, low-flow toilets and low-water-use landscaping.

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES WOODY BIOMASS GRANT  -  Oct 11, 2007
Colorado State University (press release),FORT COLLINS - The Colorado Wood Utilization and Marketing Program at Colorado State University received a $65000 grant from the US Forest Service to expand

A smaller footprint in an old house  -  Oct 11, 2007
ABC Regional Online,By Terri-Anne Kingsley New houses that are built need to be energy efficient - but what if you move into a 19th century house, designed and built in the

Top Replacement Windows  -  Oct 10, 2007
KEPR 19,By Heather Reese Shopping for windows can be tedious. You have to decide on the style and type of window. And, of course, there’s the cost.

Rayonier Prices Private Placement of $250 Million Senior ...  -  Oct 11, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...affecting our timberland and the production, distribution and availability of raw materials such as wood, energy and chemicals; our ability to identify

Good Energy doubles ‘pay back’ to 9p a unit for home generation  -  Sep 26, 2007
Naturalchoices.co.uk,30% of the UK’s carbon emissions come from our homes - this is where we need solutions and home owners using wind, solar and wood energy are providing those

With Most Expensive Home Heating Season Approaching, Already ...  -  Oct 2, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),GREENBUSH, Minn., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bracing for the most expensive home-heating season on record, homeowners are turning in increasing numbers to a

Septimanie Export to host Renewable Energy Business Forum in ...  -  Sep 25, 2007
French Technology Press Bureau (press release),The ENERGAIA trade show covers all aspects of renewable energy (solar thermal and photovoltaic energy, wind power, hydropower and wave farms, wood energy,

International trade fair and conference on renewable energy  -  Sep 26, 2007
CORDIS Nouvelles,The exhibits will address such issues as biogas, biofuels, geothermal energy, wood energy supply, photovoltaics, solarthermal energy, building materials and

'Green' Building Guidelines Go Residential  -  Oct 1, 2007
Builder Magazine,By Thomas Hayden When Allison Friedman, a mother of two in Weston, Mass., set out to "green" her home two years ago, she came at the project with a lot of

Ethanol plant backers: Negative study flawed  -  Sep 28, 2007
Meadville Tribune,By Keith Gushard Proponents of a regional ethanol plant believe they’ve found a number of flaws in a feasibility study that came out against building an

Building a future with timber  -  18 Aug 2007
Mid Devon Star,...with a choice of CPD seminars on Inspirational Design; Practical Issues for Architects; Zero Carbon Buildings; Wood Energy and Timber Industry Research.

Forest sector being reshaped by wood energy policies and markets ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
IHB,Rising demand for wood energy, in addition to the wood and paper industry’s increasing demand for wood raw materials, necessitates mobilizing more wood,

Green Screens  -  Aug 16, 2007
TIMEOf course, there are green alternatives to common purchases: renewable wood, Energy Star appliances, hybrid cars. But sometimes the greener choice is simply

Strong sawnwood and pulp markets push roundwood prices to record ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
IHB,Removals of fuelwood have gone up substantially in the past few years, reaching 27% of total removals in 2006, due to higher wood energy consumption driven

Burkina Faso: World Bank Approves US$38.8 Million to Improve ...  -  Jul 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The rest use kerosene for lighting while roughly 90 percent are dependent on wood energy (firewood and charcoal). "The low levels of access to electricity

The Great EU Energy Policy Switchover  -  Aug 16, 2007
Energy Tribune,The Roadmap asserts that biomass can “grow significantly using wood, energy crops, and bio-waste in power stations.� It does not address the significant

Great Lake Renewable Energy, Inc. Grant  -  Aug 13, 2007
WEAU-TV 13,A Rice Lake Company that works with Green Wood Fibers got more green to work with on Monday. Great Lakes Renewable Energy, Inc. got a 25000 dollar state

Helsinki Residents Support Proposed Biomass Plant  -  Aug 14, 2007
Alternative Energy Retailer magazine,...by AER Staff on Tuesday 14 August 2007 When it comes to setting up a wood chip biomass power plant, the residents of Finland’s capital don’t have a NIMBY

S.Africa fuel industry strike could end soon  -  Aug 5, 2007
Reuters South Africa,JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's fuel industry strike could come to an end as early as Monday if the unions accept a revised offer,

Q&A: Ken Yeang interview  -  Jul 20, 2007
CNN...whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun.

Energy Watch  -  Jul 30, 2007
Middle East Times,China's national oil companies are investing more in the domestic industry than their international counterparts but still lack the ability to become

Entire UNECE region forest sector being reshaped  -  Aug 1, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,Additional chapters highlight the key developments in wood energy, forest products certification, as well as value-added wood products, eg furniture.

Waste used to create power, fertilizer, roads  -  Jul 29, 2007
Centre Daily Times,Just west of the city is Craven County Wood Energy, where bulldozers crawl over huge mounds of chipped and shredded wood. The wood fuels boilers that feed

South Africa: Strike Set to Spark Fuel Shortages  -  Aug 1, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Consumers should expect difficulties in obtaining petrol, gas and paraffin as a strike in the industry is likely to affect production.

Window Replacement: Out With The Old,In With The New JELD-WEN ...  -  Jul 26, 2007
Emediawire (press release),Klamath Falls, Ore. (PRWEB) July 26, 2007 -- Remodeling projects are booming and homeowners are ready for window replacement, according to the Perfect Home

Experts study Biomass use in Cameroonian SMEs  -  Jul 25, 2007
Afrique en ligne,Meanwhile, the director of the Technical Institute for Wood-Energy (ITEBE), Frédéric Douard, provided interested professionals with information databases on

UPM: UPM to close down PM6 and SAP special chemical pulp line at ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),Production and consumption of brown sack paper is moving toward Eastern Europe and Russia, where wood, energy, and labour costs are lower.

Rayonier Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results  -  Jul 24, 2007
Insurance News Net,...adverse weather conditions, including natural disasters, affecting production, distribution and availability of raw materials such as wood, energy and

International eco building conference for Devon  -  Aug 5, 2007
Mid Devon Star,The conference will also include a range of exhibitors, covering timber framing, wood energy, timber flooring, doors and windows, timber cladding and

An aquarium containing goldfish can enhance job prospects  -  Jul 30, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,You should place a lot of fresh healthy green plants on the balcony, which will enhance the ruling wood energy of this area. Activate it further by burying

Tonight on Your TV6 News  -  13 Apr 2007
WLUC-TV,Tonight on your TV6 Early News, TV6's Jerry Hume talks with loggers about wood energy. Many of us with never get the chance to take a ride a military

Conference on Utilizing Wood for Energy Set April 23-24  -  Apr 12, 2007
Wisconsin Agriculturist,The two-day conference titled "Renewable Wood Energy: Utilizing Wisconsin's Largest Energy Reserve," will be held at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical

Significant wood energy potential in Donegal  -  Apr 10, 2007
Ocean fm,County Donegal has the second highest percentage of forest cover in Ireland which provides massive potential to diversify into wood energy.

Wood energy display in Kilconnell on Thursday afternoon  -  Apr 6, 2007
Tuam Herald,WOOD energy is a major new market for forest growers in County Galway - as will be demonstrated tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon in Kilconnell,

Potential Home Buyers Consider Green Housing  -  Apr 7, 2007
Fox 12 Boise,The 1500 sq. ft. buildings, feature entrances made from reclaimed wood, energy friendly appliances, and sustainably harvested materials.

Haliburton Forest Hosts Canadian Conference on Wood Biomass and ...  -  Mar 26, 2007
FinanceVisor.com (press release),The wood energy experts will provide an overview of all the latest developments in Europe, ecologists will address environmental concerns, and specialists

Sawmills could fuel vehicles, experts say  -  Apr 2, 2007
The Spokesman Review,With its thick forests and long-established logging industry, the Inland Northwest is in a great position for the coming wood energy revolution,

Green housing project to cut emissions  -  Mar 30, 2007
Globe and Mail,Nexterra has built biomass fuel plants for a plywood mill and other forestry operations and is currently constructing a waste-wood energy system at the

House passes renewable energy bill  -  Apr 7, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,CONCORD "" The state House on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would require electric companies to include a minimum percentage of

WOODSTOVE Buyer's Guide  -  Mar 22, 2007
Mother Earth News,I've worked as a welder, stove designer, wood-energy bureaucrat, dealer, trainer and writer. And I've tried out eight different stoves in the 12 years since

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY  -  Mar 19, 2007
Earth Negotiations Bulletin,Katsuhisa outlined policy issues with regard to wood energy, including integration into NFPs and national energy policy. He said that there are problems in

MULCH FROM SOUTH NOT INFESTED WITH LIVE TERMITES  -  Apr 7, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),Q: I recently received an e-mail that said American homeowners should not purchase garden mulch this year because much of the wood comes from

Keep excess moisture out of your house  -  Apr 6, 2007
Poughkeepsie Journal,April showers do more than bring May flowers. The wet weather also increases humidity levels inside people's homes. While a higher degree of indoor humidity

Wind energy to power the 'new' Maylands  -  Mar 21, 2007
Hemelhempstead Today,The Maylands industrial estate of the future will run on green energy including power from a wind turbine farm. Pumps will be installed beneath car parks to

Going green full tilt  -  Mar 18, 2007
HeraldNet,Features average homeowners could incorporate include a framing system that uses less wood, energy-efficient appliances and windows and a drought-tolerant

From inspected to inspector  -  Mar 25, 2007
Langley Times,He is also Wood Energy Transfer Technology (WETT) certified, meaning that he can inspect wood burning appliances. A wood burning appliance is the only item

TRANSCRIPT OF REMARKS BY AGRICULTURE SECRETARY MIKE JOHANNS AT THE ...  -  Mar 15, 2007
USDA.gov (press release),...put an additional $500 million into bioenergy and biofuels research, $150 million into biomass research, and $150 million in wood energy research.

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