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News archive for Biomass: the dry weight of all organic matter in a given ecosystem. It alsorefers to plant material that can be burned as fuel.

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Biomass

Power producer buys local biomass company  -  28 Aug 2007
Prince George Citizen,...by GORDON HOEKSTRA Citizen staff BC-based Run of the River Power Inc. has reached a $2.2 million share swap agreement to buy Western Biomass Power Corp.,

New design guide demystifies biomass: Energy Crops Company helps ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Response Source (press release),It specialises in the supply of wood pellet fuel and, through its network of partners, delivers a complete service for converting to biomass heating.

Call for more detail on biomass  -  28 Aug 2007
Shropshire Star,Councillors in Bishop’s Castle are demanding more information about the town’s planned £5 million biomass power plant. They said they needed to know details

Laurance pushing for local biomass projects  -  28 Aug 2007
News-Review,Douglas County Commissioner Joe Laurance has proposed a project to identify and prioritize biomass retrieval projects within the Umpqua National Forest.

New resource will help develop biobased economy  -  28 Aug 2007
EurekAlert (press release),Open, convenient access to information will drive new biomass science and technology out of the computer network and into our garages and homes.

Mahoney vows energy shift  -  28 Aug 2007
Palm Beach Post,National leaders began talking about finding other ways - solar, hydrogen, biomass - to power the United States, but things didn't pan out, Mahoney said.

Editorial: Area would benefit greatly from plant  -  28 Aug 2007
Escanaba Daily Press,The biomass plant being studied in conjunction with the NewPage paper mill in Wells Township fits well with the need to create alternative fuels friendly to

Energy Bill Seen Damping Refining, Lifting Gasoline Imports  -  28 Aug 2007
CattleNetwork.com,Congress' aim to increase fuel economy standards and supplant 36 billion gallons a year of gasoline with ethanol made from corn and other biomass has

Legislature passes comprehensive energy incentives bill; Baugh ...  -  28 Aug 2007
News-Democrat & Leader,Alternative fuel or gasification facilities must use a minimum amount of coal or biomass as feedstock and be in the construction, retrofit, or upgrade stage

Irish Hospital Converts To Wood Chip Biomass  -  Aug 27, 2007
Alternative Energy Retailer magazine,St Columba's Hospital in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, has switched from an oil heating system to a biomass wood chip system. According to the Irish Medical

ETI burns record biomass  -  Aug 27, 2007
Czech Business Weekly,Czech brown-coal-fired power plant Elektrárna Tisová (ETI), a unit of the energy producer ČEZ, could burn up to 40000 tons of biomass this year,

Biomass plant considered for Upper Peninsula, Granholm says  -  Aug 23, 2007
MLive.com,AP STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Two companies have formed a partnership to study development of a biomass plant at the NewPage Corp. paper mill in Escanaba,

Tanzania: A New Power Plant in the Pipeline  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The energy balance in Tanzania is dominated by biomass-based fuels particularly fuel-wood, which are the main sources of energy to both urban and rural

Liberty County residents to rally against biomass plant  -  Aug 24, 2007
Tallahassee.com,By Bruce Ritchie Liberty County residents who are opposed to a biomass energy plant that was being considered for their county are holding a rally Tuesday

Asean nuclearenergy plans trigger concern  -  Aug 26, 2007
Bangkok Post,He said the supply of alternative biomass energy sources in each country was enough to fulfil the region's energy needs and therefore there was no need to

Laidlaw gets financing for New Hampshire project  -  Aug 27, 2007
Inside Greentech,New York-based Laidlaw Energy Group said today that it received $5 million in debt financing for its planned New Hampshire biomass power plant.

Global Warming, Atmospheric CO2 Increase, and Northeast China's ...  -  Aug 27, 2007
CO2 Science Magazine,Satellite-based estimation of biomass carbon stocks for northeast China's forests between 1982 and 1999. Forest Ecology and Management 240: 114-121.

Namibia: Biomass as an Energy Resource  -  Aug 17, 2007
AllAfrica.com,We can define biomass as 'a type of renewable energy that includes trees, plants and crops, bio-degradable garbage (solid waste) and liquid fuel originated

Something Old, Something New: Corn Stover  -  Aug 27, 2007
Southwest News-Herald,ARS scientists in Auburn, Ala., are studying the potential of harvesting that winter cover biomass in the spring, before the farmers plant their cash crops,

Texas Energy: Resources & Consumption  -  Aug 27, 2007
CattleNetwork.com,Texas is also rich in renewable energy potential, including wind, solar, and biomass resources. Wind resource areas in the Texas Panhandle, along the Gulf

Sun Grant Initiative for biomass production and utilization ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
Checkbiotech.org (press release),The seed grant projects include advanced biodiesel feedstock development, sorghum stover for ethanol production, and bioconversion of biomass by the

Guest View: Biomass Project Isn't Sustainable  -  Aug 23, 2007
Mountain View Journal,By Peggy Norton I would like to respond to David Cohen's article, "The Truth About Biomass Energy" (Guest View, Aug. 9). I live in the area and I much

Hospital's switch to biomass heating  -  Aug 24, 2007
Irish Medical News,St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, has converted its heating system from oil to biomass firing. The HSE expects the renewable wood chip

Biomass plant considered for Upper Peninsula, Granholm says  -  Aug 23, 2007
WLNS,AP - August 23, 2007 6:34 PM ET STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Two companies have formed a partnership to study development of a biomass plant at the NewPage

The Greening of State’s Energy Work Force  -  Aug 27, 2007
NJBIZ,Between 2005 and 2030, US energy demand for hydropower, biomass, wind, solar and geothermal power is projected to rise more than 45 percent.

Burning Biomass with Fossil Fuels  -  Aug 22, 2007
Energy Central,Biomass consists of any fuel produced from organic matter. That includes forest waste, agricultural waste, organic waste and municipal waste.

Controversy over WA biomass plant  -  Aug 16, 2007
ABC Science Online,A Bridgetown group is objecting to the Western Australian Government's decision to purchase renewable energy from a biomass plant to be built in the

Envoy: invest in Brazil's biomass energy sector  -  Aug 22, 2007
China Post,Taiwan's representative to Brazil urged the government and private enterprises to invest in Brazil's biomass energy sector, saying the South American

Expedite Biomass Power Project  -  Aug 17, 2007
AllAfrica.com,ENERGY generation company, Sesam Energetics is getting little cooperation in setting up their 33MW power plant. The plant, which will use garbage to fire

Diplomat seeks to invest in Brazil's biomass energy sector  -  Aug 22, 2007
Radio Taiwan International,Biomass is material derived from plants, animals and their by-products. Brazil began developing its biomass energy sector two decades ago and now has

High Value Products & Diverse Feedstocks: Opportunities for ...  -  Aug 27, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,...by Peter Nelson, BioDimensions Recently, I was working on a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant application for the Biomass R&D program and it quickly

Grant aid for all biomass systems  -  Aug 20, 2007
Irish Independent,In a separate scheme, it offers grant aid for large biomass systems and for commercial and public buildings. However, judging from the long list of

Peers' praise: PSNH honored for converting coal-fired boiler  -  Aug 27, 2007
Foster's Daily Democrat,..."Biomass was intriguing, and as we looked and learned, we kept getting positive answers to every question. There are other biomass plants, but PSNH is the

Biomass Plant Zoning Passed  -  Aug 21, 2007
KTRE,...by Tashun Chism Lufkin City Council members voted 5 to 2 to approve the zoning changes for the proposed North Lufkin biomass plant.

Letter: Another take on biomass permit  -  Aug 21, 2007
West Central Tribune,The article and action was because of a result of the Planning Commission denying a conditional use permit for Earth Tech Energy to construct a biomass

Biomass Gas & Electric to Build Largest Wood-Fired Power ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Emediawire (press release),This will be produced in an environmentally friendly plant using advanced technology to convert a wide range of woody biomass and wood wastes to electric

Cows might be alternative energy sources  -  Aug 23, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Microbial Savings: Lower-cost Production Of Ethanol From Biomass Sources (January 19, 2007) -- A tiny microbe may hold the key to simpler,

Guest View: Biomass Arguments Are Flawed  -  Aug 16, 2007
Mountain View Journal,Point 1: The author says the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) asserts that biomass belongs to a list of clean energy sources. I seriously doubt that the

Fowler wants to make its own power  -  Aug 24, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain,..."so we are looking into biomass to power the building." Biomass is living and recently dead biological material used as fuel or for industrial production.

Burning drugs is a green business  -  Aug 27, 2007
Business 2.0,Stericycle incinerates unwanted, expired and recalled drugs that it collects from pharmacies, and converts them - along with all sorts of cast-off biomass

Technip wins contract for biomass power plant project in Florida  -  Aug 16, 2007
Construction and Maintenance News,French oil and gas engineering company Technip has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract by Biomass Investment Group (BIG) for their

A new catalytic process efficiently  -  Aug 24, 2007
Checkbiotech.org (press release),By Kevin Bullis Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a fast way to convert sawdust and waste biomass directly into a mixture of gases

Biomass development takes center stage  -  Aug 14, 2007
Agri News,By Carol Stender The biomass field days in Grand Rapids and Little Falls were geared to landowners, loggers and energy businesses focusing on biomass

Plans unveiled for £10m biomass plant in Sussex  -  Aug 16, 2007
letsrecycle.com,Construction on one of the first biomass facilities in the UK for waste from the building industry is underway in Lancing, West Sussex.

Synergy selects Bridgetown biomass plant  -  Aug 15, 2007
WA Business News (subscription),A biomass plant near Bridgetwon that has attracted strong community opposition and is yet to gain environmental approval has been selected by

Book offers pros, cons of biomass  -  Aug 13, 2007
Iowa City Press Citizen,Biomass heating and cooking units, including corn-burning stoves, are not completely hassle free, he said. And they aren't for everyone.

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

UTPB professor gets support from Chevron for biomass fuel research  -  Aug 12, 2007
MyWestTexas.com,It is just the latest grant he has received since he began working on producing fuels from biomass in the 1990s, receiving his first patent in 1996.

Guest View: The Truth About Biomass Energy  -  Aug 9, 2007
Mountain View Journal,By David S. Cohen In this publication, the "Forest Guardians" and their supporters have repeatedly made four erroneous claims against biomass energy— as

Texas agriculture to play large role in energy independence  -  Aug 24, 2007
High Plains Journal,It is going to require the conversion of biomass from grasslands, shrublands and dedicated energy crops, such as sweet and high biomass sorghums.




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