• Power plant owners and developers have multiple ways to include biomass as a fuel in their fleets. (powermag.com)
  • Rising fossil fuel prices are prompting utilities in the USA to include biomass in their power plant fuel mix. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • In a move cheered by Ohio officials, FirstEnergy Corp. has announced plans to repower Units 4 and 5 of its R.E. Burger coal-fired power plant to burn biomass to produce up to 312 MW, making the 54-year-old facility one of the nation's largest biomass power plants and the first biomass plant in FirstEnergy's generation portfolio (see Figure). (powermag.com)
  • Under terms of a 2005 consent decree settling the EPA charges, FirstEnergy faced a March 31 deadline to decide whether to close the plant, install pollution controls to allow continued coal-fired generation, or repower the units to burn biomass. (powermag.com)
  • The easiest way to add biomass to the fleet is to adapt those existing plants to burn biomass. (powermag.com)
  • Once improvements are complete, the upgrades will significantly reduce emissions at the facility, which will be able to burn biomass fuel up to 250,000 tons a year. (yourindustrynews.com)
  • solar, geothermal, and wave power are also expected to contribute small amounts. (powermag.com)
  • A major energy source is Pele's gift to her people and to the residents of the islands: Abundant geothermal power on Maui and the Big Island. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Geothermal power is a type of renewable energy that harnesses the heat from the earth to generate electricity. (trans4mind.com)
  • Geothermal power plants can be built near hot springs, volcanoes, and other areas with a naturally heated underground heat source. (trans4mind.com)
  • In 2010, it made a memorandum of understanding with 14 airlines to provide alternative jet fuel and diesel fuel from its planned biofuels production complex project in Natchez, Mississippi. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of the biggest green movements in the aviation industry has to be the focus on trying to find the perfect biofuels to cut down the carbon emissions given off by an airplane using standard jet fuel. (cleantechies.com)
  • British Airways is the latest airline to ink a deal, announcing that they are building capacity to produce renewable aviation biofuels using waste biomass as a feedstock. (cleantechies.com)
  • Deploying effective carbon capture and storage at biofuels plants will cement ethanol and biodiesel as the lowest carbon liquid fuels commercially available in the marketplace. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • We provide engineering services for different types of thermal plants, for instance boiler and gas turbine plants running on gas, biofuels (biopower) or coal. (power-technology.com)
  • Several varieties of switch-grass, sorghum and various trees have recently been planted at an experimental farm at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources as part of a five-year project to develop the second-generation of liquid biofuels. (missouri.edu)
  • This will be done by addressing the following research question: What is the effect of alternative management strategies, characterized by different levels of forestry intensity, harvesting of biofuels from forests and protection of forests being distributed across the landscape, on trade-offs and synergies between carbon sequestration, biomass production (wood and biofuels), biodiversity and soil and water quality? (lu.se)
  • With measurements from MAX IV's SPECIES beamline, a group from Lund University and RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, has successfully developed a model catalyst that, once tuned, holds the potential to significantly improve the treatment process for the large-scale manufacture of viable biofuels from lignin. (lu.se)
  • Climate change and the rapid depletion of fossil fuel sources globally have injected new motivation into the pursuit of producing efficient, renewable feedstocks or biofuels for modern transportation. (lu.se)
  • Biomass - fuels derived from wood products and other plant material - for years enjoyed state classification as a climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuel and was eligible for state clean energy subsidies. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Andritz is proud to be part of this remarkable project and make another important contribution towards the Japanese power industry's move from fossil fuel to renewable energy resources. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Reuters reports the Pego power plant in Abrantes, which was responsible for 4% of Portugal's carbon emissions, exhausted its coal stock on Friday, making Saturday the first day in the nation's history that electricity was generated without the fossil fuel. (commondreams.org)
  • According to the End Coal coalition, the fossil fuel is responsible for over 800,000 annual premature deaths globally and millions of additional illnesses. (commondreams.org)
  • While cheering Portugal's fossil fuel milestone, climate campaigners warned of the dangers of converting the Pego plant to burn wood pellets, with Zero's Ferreira warning that the country's accomplishment is 'soured by the prospect of the plant being converted to burn forests. (commondreams.org)
  • 11/10/2021 [-] What's With All These Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at UN Climate Talks? (infopig.com)
  • 2022 will already see the new generation of Formula 1 cars running on 'E10' fuel - a mixture of 90% fossil fuel and 10% renewable ethanol, which is already available to many motorists at petrol pumps throughout the world. (formula1.com)
  • Thanks to highly efficient production plants, our ethanol reduces CO 2 emissions by an average of more than 70% across the entire value chain compared to fossil fuel. (cropenergies.com)
  • That mission is to replace finite, climate-baking fossil fuel with renewable wood to generate electricity. (thetyee.ca)
  • The EU has been criticized for planning a gradual change from methane to hydrogen on the same networks, rather than building a separate infrastructure, with environmentalists warning that fossil fuel companies will use the joint infrastructure to hinder the rival power source. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • In recent years, questions regarding energy security have risen on the public and political agenda, driven by events like ongoing terrorist attacks on facilities of the fossil fuel industry, like the electricity blackouts in a number of industrialised countries and, last but not least, by events like the sharp increase in energy demand of countries like China and India. (worldsecuritynetwork.com)
  • In other words, disruption of supply is the major threat to fossil-fuel-dependent economies. (worldsecuritynetwork.com)
  • SES portfolio includes a wide range of power generation technology including amongst others fossil fuel and renewable energies (coal, natural gas, sun, wind, biogas, biomass and battery storage). (worldcoal.com)
  • As the UK moves towards lower-carbon energy production, sources such as nuclear power and renewable energy have gained more importance as have approaches that capture and store the carbon from fossil fuel power stations. (groundwateruk.org)
  • The National Carbon Capture Conference & Expo is a two-day event designed specifically for companies and organizations advancing technologies and policy that support the removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from all sources, including fossil fuel-based power plants, ethanol production plants and industrial processes, as well as directly from the atmosphere. (ethanolproducer.com)
  • Vattenfall and Drax both co-founded the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), which aims to certify sources of woody biomass. (power-technology.com)
  • Oglethorpe has secured options for five potential sites for the plants, which will use a woody biomass mixture based on processed roundwood, primary manufacturing residue and harvest residue. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • However, this has not prevented one of its founders from facing accusations of unsustainable biomass sourcing. (power-technology.com)
  • Recently, Drax faced claims that it has used biomass from unsustainable sources. (power-technology.com)
  • They should be funding genuine low-carbon, sustainable investments - not more high-carbon, unsustainable and polluting biomass. (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • The challenge now is to ensure utilities do not make the mistake of replacing coal with fossil gas or unsustainable biomass. (commondreams.org)
  • Environmentalists on Monday hailed the shutdown of Portugal's last coal-fired power plant--a move that came nearly nine years ahead of the government's 2030 target--while warning against converting the facility to run on unsustainable biofuel. (commondreams.org)
  • In 1991, it incensed its Rentech Process to the Fuel Resources Development Company (Fuelco) to produce diesel fuel from landfill gas at the Synhytech facility in Pueblo, Colorado. (wikipedia.org)
  • AGL has a diverse power generation portfolio including base, peaking and intermediate generation plants, spread across traditional thermal generation as well as renewable sources including hydro, wind, landfill gas and biomass. (arena.gov.au)
  • Organized by BBI International and produced by Biomass Magazine, this event brings current and future producers of bioenergy and biobased products together with waste generators, energy crop growers, municipal leaders, utility executives, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, project developers, investors and policy makers. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • A driver-operated pit-mounted concrete weighbridge and comprehensive vehicle management system installed by Weightron Bilanciai Ltd is playing a pivotal role at Western Bioenergy 's new 15 MWe advanced combustion biomass power plant at Margam, South Wales. (bulk-online.com)
  • While wind and solar power can come from anywhere, biomass needs to be imported, as with coal before it. (power-technology.com)
  • Solar power is derived from the sun's light and heat, representing approximately 1% of the world's energy usage. (trans4mind.com)
  • Solar power can power office equipment, lighting, and air conditioning. (trans4mind.com)
  • It has two types of systems: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV). (trans4mind.com)
  • Arizona's abundant sunlight has blessed it with excellent solar power opportunities, as captured in Tucson Electric Power's record-breaking $0.03 per kilowatt-hour PPA * last year. (greentechmedia.com)
  • The bill also includes support for fuel cells and solar power. (senate.gov)
  • Three U.S. institutions - the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the University of Florida and the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory - will each partner with Indian research facilities and other U.S. researchers to leverage individual expertise and resources to investigate new technologies in solar power, efficient buildings and liquid biofuel. (missouri.edu)
  • FirstEnergy's goal, however, is to operate the plant as a "closed loop" biomass plant, which means it will use fuel derived from trees grown to serve as feedstock for the biomass fuel, said company spokeswoman Ellen Raines. (powermag.com)
  • The plant will be designed to produce 50,000 tonnes per year of renewable ethyl acetate from renewable ethanol feedstock and renewable energy to drive the process. (cropenergies.com)
  • Switch-grass is a promising biofuel feedstock because it is a perennial plant that requires little fertilization and can be grown in almost all of the contiguous states. (missouri.edu)
  • The event draws more than 2,000 people from over 31 countries and from nearly every ethanol plant in the United States and Canada. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • Road fuels in the UK are with 10% ethanol now, and they have been in certain parts of Europe for a while. (formula1.com)
  • But ethanol is not the best fuel for high performance. (formula1.com)
  • Mannheim, 12 January 2022 - CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, and Johnson Matthey, London, a leader in sustainable technologies, have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to allow CropEnergies AG to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol near its production site in Zeitz, Germany. (cropenergies.com)
  • With more frequent wildfires, bark beetles killing trees, and the historic drought in Utah, Fry said this project is beneficial in two ways: it decreases wildfire potential by getting rid of the dead trees and it helps curb carbon emissions at power plants. (kuer.org)
  • The EU has labelled biomass as a sustainable fuel source because its emissions come from carbon previously removed from the atmosphere. (power-technology.com)
  • The program produces industrial standards for biomass feedstocks and their chain of custody and emissions during delivery. (power-technology.com)
  • The E.U. Emissions Trading System (ETS) has given a sense of urgency to the development of renewable aviation jet fuel. (cleantechies.com)
  • Biomass provides a good alternative baseload power source, especially in States that are aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or increase renewable energy levels, says Duke Energy, which has formed a joint venture company with Areva to exploit opportunities in the growing biomass market. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • Meanwhile Wisconsin-based Xcel Energy is planning to convert one unit of its Bay Front power plant to biomass as part of its programme to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the Midwest by 22 per cent from 2005 levels by 2020. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • Biomass energy generation typically uses wood and agricultural waste in a process that produces lower levels of carbon emissions than coal. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Co-firing reduces emissions by burning biomass alongside coal but currently only accounts for 12.5% of Drax's output. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • The original Obama administration Clean Power Plan calculated power sector carbon reductions based on a 2012 emissions baseline. (foe.org)
  • Under the proposed "technology neutral" framework, wood-fired biomass power plants would likely be treated as zero-emission renewable energy, even though their stack emissions typically exceed 3,000 pounds of CO2 per MWh, far higher than coal plants. (foe.org)
  • The wood-gas fired plant just off Marine Drive in Vancouver, the university boasts , "will reduce UBC's natural gas consumption by 12 per cent and campus greenhouse gas emissions by nine per cent (5,000 tonnes), the equivalent of taking 1,000 cars off the road. (thetyee.ca)
  • Greenhouse gas data, voluntary reporting, electric power plant emissions. (eia.gov)
  • Burning biomass pellets releases carbon, but the development of the biofuel industry encourages the replanting of crops to absorb the released carbon. (power-technology.com)
  • Which plants will become the next generation biofuel? (missouri.edu)
  • Agroforestry's mission is to discover which potential biofuel plants grow best in the marginal lands, particularly along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. (missouri.edu)
  • When the retrofit is completed, the Burger Plant initially will use wood wastes and other biomass to fuel the facility. (powermag.com)
  • In addition, putting controls on the facility to allow continued coal use would have cost $330 million-more than half again as much as the $200 million cost of the biomass retrofit. (powermag.com)
  • In June 2020, Vattenfall delayed plans to build a 120MW biomass facility outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands. (power-technology.com)
  • The plant's developer, Palmer Renewable Energy, had promoted its plan for a $150 million 35-megawatt facility as a climate friendly alternative to fossil fuels. (bostonglobe.com)
  • It was slated to become Massachusetts' sole large-scale biomass facility, burning some 1,200 tons of waste wood per day. (bostonglobe.com)
  • While the facility was built to support cement manufacturer CEMEX, plans are to build more facilities in Miami, Greater Atlanta and Massachusetts. (waste360.com)
  • NuCycle Energy has launched a facility in Plant City, Fla., to make alternative renewable fuel primarily as a coal substitute exclusively for one nearby cement manufacturer. (waste360.com)
  • The facility will be built in Foulum, Jutland, and will have an annual capacity of 850,000 cubic meters of methane. (greencarcongress.com)
  • The biogas facility is an important part of a plan to place Denmark at the world map as a leading country when it comes to biogas and environmental technology. (greencarcongress.com)
  • With a facility of this calibre we can run tests with different techniques and biomass. (greencarcongress.com)
  • The Andritz PowerFluid boiler will be integrated into a biomass-fired power generation facility that will be fuelled by wood pellets. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • In shuttering the facility, Portugal fulfilled a pledge it made along with 18 other nations at the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference--COP23--to phase out coal power plants. (commondreams.org)
  • Bio-oils produced through thermochemical conversion processes such as pyrolysis from streamside products obtained from a bio-jet fuel production facility may be used as promising low-carbon alternative feedstocks in the aviation industry. (researchgate.net)
  • It's early but promising in Ascension Parish, where Shell Chemicals Vice President for Gulf Coast Manufacturing Rhoman Hardy announced in May that the company will advance feasibility plans for a potential $1.2 billion manufacturing expansion at its Shell Geismar facility. (siteselection.com)
  • That will dictate the amount of money we have available to complete our conversion process and to purchase fuel for the long-term operation of the facility," Boyko said. (biomassmagazine.com)
  • Boyko said OPG plans to use wood pellets at the facility and has looked into suppliers already. (biomassmagazine.com)
  • Burmieister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) have been working on a new £140 million biomass facility in Kent. (reshoring.uk)
  • EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, has announced that it is investing £1.3m to expand its manufacturing facility. (reshoring.uk)
  • In the US, Port Gibson, Mississippi, will be home to a new biomass-fired power plant after National Clean Fuels (NACF) signed a profit participation agreement with the Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy (CECE) to construct a biomass-to-electricity facility. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • UBC's new $34-million Biomass Research and Development Facility is top-of-the-line in the age-old practice of burning wood for heat and light. (thetyee.ca)
  • MLMC decommissioned the Massachusetts plant and relocated to Missouri when Massachusetts began supporting hydropower and natural gas over coal combustion. (waste360.com)
  • These hydropower plants use the energy of moving water to generate electricity. (trans4mind.com)
  • Under this definition, hydropower, nuclear and all forms of solar and wind power would qualify biomass (230g per kWh) would not, and gas (490g) and coal (820g) would be way outside the scope, according to figures cited by Wikipedia . (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • Two main ways to generate electricity from biomass are direct combustion and gasification. (trans4mind.com)
  • In direct combustion, the biomass is burned to produce heat, which is then used to generate electricity. (trans4mind.com)
  • So, with the help of F1's Chief Technical Officer Pat Symonds, let's discover the challenges of creating a 100% sustainable fuel, why F1 thinks there's still plenty more life in the internal combustion engine yet, and how exactly these fuels will be made. (formula1.com)
  • Biomass can also be added to a plant that has smaller, older, inefficient coal-fired units: One or more old units can be replaced by a modern, efficient boiler that is designed to best utilize solid fuels, including biomass. (powermag.com)
  • Oglethorpe Power Corporation - a major US power supply cooperative - is planning to construct up to 300 MW of biomass-fired generating capacity, while Xcel Energy has submitted an application to convert a coal-fired boiler at an existing plant to biomass gasification. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • In Georgia, Oglethorpe Power wants to use the state's abundant biomass resources to fuel up to three new power plants based on fluidised bed boiler technology. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • The $55-70 million project represents the first time that biomass gasification technology will be used to convert a coal-fired boiler at an existing baseload power plant in the US. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • The boiler will be part of the biomass power plant in Tahara-shi, Aichi Prefecture, in Japan. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Boiler plant: a simplified rendering of the Bio Power plant. (power-technology.com)
  • Our design experience includes working with the various areas of thermal power plants such as boiler equipment, furnace and pressure parts, ducting design, different types of silos (fuel, limestone and fly-ash), piping design (HP-piping and LP-piping), cooling water, district heating, fuel handling and storage. (power-technology.com)
  • AMEC and Boldt will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the installation of a new biomass boiler that is capable of burning 100 per cent biomass, as well as two new gas and ultra-low sulphur distillate fired package boilers to replace the existing coal fired units. (yourindustrynews.com)
  • At the same year, it purchased the 55 MW biomass integrated gasification combined cycle power plant project in Port St. Joe, Florida. (wikipedia.org)
  • In gasification, the biomass is converted into a gas, which is then combusted to produce electricity. (trans4mind.com)
  • Figures provided by Drax show that biomass generated 7% of all UK power in 2020. (power-technology.com)
  • The first quarter numbers continue a trend since 2020 where PV and wind new build and expansions far outpaced other technologies including natural gas despite its price having tripled over the last 12 months to the highest levels since 2008. (rechargenews.com)
  • The initiatives in the Danish Energy Strategy 2050 aim to reduce the energy industry's use of fossil fuels by 33% by 2020, compared with 2009 levels. (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • The construction of coastal and land-based wind turbines at the farm is planned to be completed by 2020, which would more than double wind power capacity in Denmark to a total of 42% of overall energy production capacity, compared with about 20% today. (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • Renewable energy in the first quarter dominated US utility-scale power generation build and expansions with 97% of 5.91GW new capacity led by the 999MW Traverse wind megadevelopment in Oklahoma, the nation's largest sector project built in a single phase, according to new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). (rechargenews.com)
  • That means not only tackling the issue of clean baseload power, but also figuring out how to supply peak power in a cost-effective and clean way. (greentechmedia.com)
  • Vermont is one of the lucky places where a mature nuclear power plant provides a significant portion of the electrical power. (atomicinsights.com)
  • Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. (atomicinsights.com)
  • Areva, one of the French companies at the heart of the controversial Hinkley Point C nuclear project, has unveiled plans to break itself up into three parts in a bid to stem huge losses. (reshoring.uk)
  • The EDF workers' committee has turned to the French courts to try to further delay the group's controversial £18bn project to build Britain's Hinkley Point nuclear power plant. (reshoring.uk)
  • The European Parliament has ruled that hydrogen made with France's nuclear-powered electric grid will be classified as 'low carbon. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • The ruling is part of a set of new EU agreements designed to develop the European hydrogen market, and will be contested by Germany, which has no nuclear power of its own, and argues that nuclear power, while low-carbon, is not renewable and so shouldn't qualify as green energy. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • France has backed nuclear power heavily and now gets between half and three-quarters of its electricity from that source, which can make hydrogen with a carbon intensity of only 2.77 kgCO2e per kgH2. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • Within its hydrogen plans, the industry committee ruled that this low carbon intensity qualifies it as 'green' energy - even though the nuclear fuel used is not technically renewable. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • France argues that it is simply realistic to include nuclear power: "Renewables are not the only answer to decarbonization," said French energy minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher, arguing that nuclear provides baseload electricity with low CO2, while renewable sources are intermittent. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • Low-carbon nuclear fuels and renewable energies play a secondary role. (worldsecuritynetwork.com)
  • Nuclear power is viewed by the government to be an affordable, dependable and safe low carbon energy supply to compliment the renewable energy strategy. (groundwateruk.org)
  • Although not Government policy as yet, it has been suggested that 40% of the UK's supply could come from nuclear power by 2030. (groundwateruk.org)
  • The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is expecting the installed capacity of biomass-fired generation to double in the next ten years, partly due to the fact that federal and state environmental agencies consider biopower to be carbon neutral. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • Citec Engineering has, in cooperation with Wärtsilä Biopower Oy, developed a new way of configuration and building biopower power plants. (power-technology.com)
  • The leading magazine for the biomass, biogas and biopower sector. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • This project was very synergistic because we're removing [dead trees] from our forests that make the forests unhealthy," he said. (kuer.org)
  • This project will help jump-start the biomass renewable energy industry here in Ohio and also serve as a model for projects throughout the United States," Strickland said. (powermag.com)
  • In addition to retaining jobs at the Burger Plant, this project has the potential to create additional jobs and investments, particularly as biomass fuel suppliers work to meet the needs of this operation and as other renewable energy projects are developed in Ohio. (powermag.com)
  • As a closed-loop biomass plant, the project would be carbon-neutral. (powermag.com)
  • In the United Kingdom (UK), what appears to be the largest cofiring project was recently brought online by Drax Power. (powermag.com)
  • Based upon the success of this project, Drax Power recently completed an £80 million ($150 million) direct biomass injection system. (powermag.com)
  • Ever since I visited the decrepit wind project at South Point on the Big Island I realized that wind farms are investment schemes, not reliable energy production plants. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • The company said that the project would not go ahead unless subsidy levels for biomass power were increased. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • WorleyParsons and ElectraNet are partnering with AGL on the $1 million project, which will build on previous studies that showed a case for commercial storage. (arena.gov.au)
  • Ontario Power Generation's biomass repowering project in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada, has entered the last part of the regulatory approval process-a 30-day public comment period on the Ontario Ministry of Environment's review of OPG's Certificate of Approval application. (biomassmagazine.com)
  • Citec Engineering provides multi-discipline technical solutions and project services for the power, civil, rail vehicles and process industries. (power-technology.com)
  • After its intervention in April, the committee - which is an official body within EDF made up largely of union members - was given three months, until July 4, to say if it would support the project or not. (reshoring.uk)
  • SPH said plans for the power project are continuing, and it was "not concerned" by the permit development. (reshoring.uk)
  • Around 300 construction jobs will be created by the project, with biomass fuel sourced from various wood types, including coppice grown locally in Kent and East Sussex. (reshoring.uk)
  • With this project, people will be investing both in their future and renewable energy power plants, and life on earth will continue. (cycecoin.com)
  • AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, and its joint venture partner, The Boldt Company, today announced the award of a contract by the Wisconsin State Department of Administration for the conversion of a coal-fired power plant on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from coal-burning to biomass. (yourindustrynews.com)
  • Tim Gelbar, President of AMEC's Power and Process Americas business said: "We are delighted to be working with the State on this important project that will help reduce its carbon footprint and support their efforts in sustainability and green approaches to economic development. (yourindustrynews.com)
  • CECE and NACF will work together in the planning and implementation stages of the development, while NACF will provide CECE with monthly project support financing in return for a percentage of the power plant's net profits. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • SES also systematically works on renewable energy technologies and projects, a strategy which Kibo is currently actively implementing, specifically in the Benga Power Plant Project (BPPP). (worldcoal.com)
  • requires certain New York power authority projects and programs pay a prevailing wage and utilize project labor agreements. (nysenate.gov)
  • The overriding aim of this project is to analyse the economic and environmental trade-offs of policy interventions to promote the use of agricultural land for producing biomass to reduce the use of fossil-based fuels. (lu.se)
  • These facilities are contracted to supply Ontario Power Generation and Drax Power with pellets for power generation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biomass generation relies on crops and timber, though these have some of the same hidden problems of coal. (power-technology.com)
  • Cofiring-adding biomass generation to existing coal-fired plants-is a relatively inexpensive option. (powermag.com)
  • Georgia has an abundant renewable biomass resource that is competitive with other available generation technologies," said Tom Smith, president and CEO of Oglethorpe. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • Unfortunately, our state is a poor location for wind energy and only has a modest potential for solar, thus making the case of biomass power generation as our best renewable alternative. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • Natural gas was the only other source of new power generation capacity with 14 units totalling 154MW, one fewer than a year earlier when 453MW of capacity came online. (rechargenews.com)
  • Some investors have slowed development or expansion of projects that will burn fuel oil and natural gas in response to tougher federal permitting requirements for both feeder pipelines and generation plants that President Joe Biden's administration is imposing or plans to enact. (rechargenews.com)
  • Drawing on over 175 years of experience, AGL operates retail and merchant energy businesses, power generation assets and an upstream gas portfolio. (arena.gov.au)
  • Atikokan Generation Station is a single-unit, 211-megawatt coal-fired electricity plant that has been operating since 1985 in the town of Atikokan, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. (biomassmagazine.com)
  • Also, in preparation for the Atikokan conversion and others, OPG had a sustainability and climate change analysis performed by the Pembina Institute, which studied potential implications of electricity generation at four OPG coal plants, using 2 million metric tons per year of forest-based biomass, sourced and processed in Ontario. (biomassmagazine.com)
  • Chairman Pallone's plan is a gift to Big Oil and a recipe for another generation of fracking. (foe.org)
  • Since that time, solar generation has expanded, but so have the other tools available for sophisticated grid planning. (greentechmedia.com)
  • The renewable generation target, though, simply encourages more of the cheapest renewable energy on the grid, leaving utilities to figure out how to keep the power flowing when the sun goes down and demand peaks. (greentechmedia.com)
  • That means ratepayers fund the build-out of generation and the peak power plants needed to balance those resources. (greentechmedia.com)
  • Second, for decades the energy industry, especially in electricity generation, has used economies of scale, building infrastructures comprised of large generation units and large-scale transmission lines and distribution networks. (worldsecuritynetwork.com)
  • Furthermore, SES conducts innovative research in processes and systems, with a focus on developing forward-looking power generation and supply concepts. (worldcoal.com)
  • Energy crops are a large contributor to biomass technology which involves growing biological organisms for the purpose of energy generation. (groundwateruk.org)
  • Switch-grass can be used to produce liquid fuel or dry pellets that can be burned with coal in electricity generation. (missouri.edu)
  • Burning wood for electricity is a bad idea to begin with, and building a biomass plant in a residential neighborhood is just evil," said Johannes Epke, an attorney at environmental nonprofit Conservation Law Foundation, an opponent of the plant. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Its 4,000-MW coal-fired Drax Power Station in Selby, North Yorkshire, is the largest coal-fired station in the UK and provides enough power to meet 7% of the UK's electricity needs. (powermag.com)
  • With over 75% dependency on oil for power, Hawaii needs a reliable, local source for electricity now. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Two American Electric Power subsidiaries own Traverse which is providing electricity to Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. (rechargenews.com)
  • Other factors are growing consumer preference for carbon-free or cleaner energy as an alternative to coal and natural gas, and tougher mandates in some states for utilities to green their electricity fuel mix. (rechargenews.com)
  • It has the ability to generate electricity using the power of water. (trans4mind.com)
  • Each year, hydroelectric power plants provide about 24% of the world's electricity. (trans4mind.com)
  • Biomass energy is a renewable resource used to generate electricity and heat. (trans4mind.com)
  • Biomass power plants use organic materials that can be used as fuel to generate electricity. (trans4mind.com)
  • Both methods have specific advantages and disadvantages, but both can be used to generate renewable, clean electricity from biomass. (trans4mind.com)
  • Solar thermal power is a renewable resource that can be used to generate electricity and heat water. (trans4mind.com)
  • Then this heat is used to generate electricity through a conventional power generator. (trans4mind.com)
  • Fuel cells use renewable resources, such as hydrogen, to generate electricity. (trans4mind.com)
  • While the nation of 10 million inhabitants now generates as much as 70% of its electricity from renewable sources, it remains heavily dependent upon imported fossil fuels to meet all of its energy needs. (commondreams.org)
  • The involvement of electricity infrastructure operator ElectraNet and energy retailer and generator AGL ensures the study will produce valuable results and create momentum. (arena.gov.au)
  • The plant, which is capable of producing an annual output of more than 110 million kWh of 'green' electricity, is connected directly into the local distribution network, providing enough electricity to power over 31,000 homes in the Port Talbot locality. (bulk-online.com)
  • In a future world where liquid fuels are likely to be less available, it may become more applicable for freight in situations where a rail route would be too disruptive to the land it passes through. (newmars.com)
  • to convert 1.3 million tons of provincial forests into jet fuel and naphtha. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biomass allows active coal-fired power plants to convert to something more sustainable without entirely reconstructing their business model. (power-technology.com)
  • It would replace coal with biomass by allowing producers and consumers of district heat freedom of contract, in order to make it more advantageous for both sides to convert to biomass. (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • The strategy would make it possible for small power plants to convert from natural gas to biomass by allowing plants up to a capacity of 20 MW to freely choose their fuel source. (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • The plant will convert sawdust and woodchips into power. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • B for Biomass which makes methane which fuels a power plant. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • If the lagoons are left unchecked, the waste that builds up in the pink-tinted waters releases not only extreme odors but methane, ammonia, and other pollutants that can spread into nearby communities. (grist.org)
  • Over the past decade, the UK's largest power plant operator, Drax, has converted its six coal-fired generators into four biomass burners. (power-technology.com)
  • However, many others dispute this, meaning generators must make their own decisions. (power-technology.com)
  • Most biomass-fueled generators don't meet the same standards. (thetyee.ca)
  • Carper joined Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) to successfully sponsor an amendment to the bill that gives support to combined heat-and-power generating plants, which are cleaner and more efficient than traditional generators. (senate.gov)
  • Large inefficient wood-burning power stations are neither. (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • In a statement, Zero told Diario de Noticias that 'the future of the Pego plant must not involve burning biomass, an inefficient option that calls into question more ambitious goals for mitigating climate change. (commondreams.org)
  • Major sources of air pollution from particulate matter (PM) include the inefficient use of energy by households, industry, the agriculture and transport sectors, and coal-fired power plants. (who.int)
  • Rentech, Inc. (stands for Renewable Energy Technology) was a Los Angeles, California-based company that owned and operated wood fiber processing and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing businesses. (wikipedia.org)
  • The researchers created the biomass fuel by using two methods - torrefaction and steam explosion - to break down the wood and mix it with some coal. (kuer.org)
  • The steam explosion places the biomass into a pressurized vessel with steam that breaks down the wood. (kuer.org)
  • The wood is then made into pellets. (kuer.org)
  • Springfield, MA - 10/15/20 - A bulldozer moves earth at Palmer Paving Co. the proposed site of a wood-energy plant proposed for Springfield. (bostonglobe.com)
  • In a win for environmental justice and public health advocates, the state has delivered a major setback to a bitterly contested proposal to build a wood waste-burning power plant in Springfield. (bostonglobe.com)
  • In August, the Legislature passed a major climate bill that will remove wood-burning power plants from the state's renewable portfolio standard, leaving only a small number of pre-existing facilities eligible for state clean energy subsidies. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Meanwhile, opponents of the proposed Springfield plant noted that the soot from burning wood has been linked to asthma, heart disease, and respiratory issues. (bostonglobe.com)
  • And he said that since the plant would have burned wood waste - the by-product from the manufacturing of wood products - it wouldn't contribute to deforestation, and would instead ensure wood chips weren't left on the forest floor to emit greenhouse gas as they decompose. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Opponents, for their part, say there are more sustainable ways to dispose of wood waste and say that research shows even the most advanced biomass plants emit toxic pollution. (bostonglobe.com)
  • The wood pellets are reclaimed and conveyed to a fuel feed bin and then pneumatically conveyed and injected into the combustor. (powermag.com)
  • I want to create a sytem on an obvious small scale to provide heat for our indoor riding arena but I am finding it hard to understand what tool is needed to turn the horse manure which is mixed with small wood chips into the slurry for the digester. (greencarcongress.com)
  • On 3rd June, the Scottish Government approved Forth Energy's consent application for a biomass power station at Grangemouth Port that will burn 1.5 million tonnes of wood. (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • If the Green Investment Bank were to finance Forth Energy's biomass plant, this would mean: + Funding for forest destruction: According to planning conditions and Forth Energy's own planning documents, wood fuel certified by a range of voluntary certification schemes will be considered sustainable. (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • The new company is to be called Adage, and will develop wood waste-fired power plants in the USA. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • The biomass is waste wood sourced from forest harvest operations. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • The plant currently uses just over 200 000 tons of waste wood per year, and will use an additional 185 000-250 000 tons/year when the conversion is complete. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • Trafford's Breathe Clean Air Group fully supports the appeal from the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who says "Wood-burning stoves are making the air toxic and should not be used on days of high air. (bcag.co.uk)
  • The plant will use about 90,000 metric tons of wood pellets annually. (biomassmagazine.com)
  • The two hectare Longlands Lane site at Margam consists of the power plant, wood chipping and storage facilities and vehicle maneuvering areas. (bulk-online.com)
  • The scheme will make a substantial reduction in overall carbon dioxide output and its annual consumption of over 160,000 tonnes of Welsh forestry wood and clean saw mill residue is set to encourage economic development in rural areas as part of the overall long term plan to secure 'supply side' industry jobs. (bulk-online.com)
  • Incoming fuel can consist of deliveries of forestry wood or clean, uncontaminated chipping residues from wood processing. (bulk-online.com)
  • But with fire comes smoke -- and, inevitably, greenhouse gases, and a growing chorus of biomass skeptics questions how green and climate-friendly wood fuel truly is. (thetyee.ca)
  • And indeed, if there is a state-of-the-art to turning wood into power, this is surely it. (thetyee.ca)
  • Local campaigners the Breathe Clean Air Group, have unearthed documentation showing that the Peel Group's biomass. (bcag.co.uk)
  • In April, FirstEnergy Corp., owner and operator of the coal-fired R.E. Burger power plant, decided to retrofit Units 4 and 5 to combust biomass. (powermag.com)
  • Company officials said a variety of factors led FirstEnergy to choose the $200 million retrofit option, including the impact on local residents of closing the plant, Ohio's renewable energy mandate, and the increasing likelihood of future federal carbon regulation. (powermag.com)
  • Whichever option a plant owner chooses, designing a plant, or its retrofit, with the special characteristics of biomass in mind is critical for successful use of the various forms of this renewable fuel. (powermag.com)
  • We continue to operate at less than our installed renewable biomass capacity because of the current low level of regulatory support. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • To make it happen in the EU, we need a stable and well-balanced regulatory framework, financial support as well as investments in new infrastructure. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • Namely, creating a regulatory and governance environment that facilitates the consumer and producer, or in this case the recipient and the investor, shifts responsibility away from the government or prevailing institution from taking a more prescriptive approach: defining, implementing and enforcing a more substantial linkage between investment and sustainability. (lu.se)
  • A prescriptive role, while more vulnerable to the potential consequences of regulatory chill, may be necessary to administering the nexus between investment and sustainability because sustainability as a motivating factor does not naturally arise from the economic rationality that fuels market interactions. (lu.se)
  • In its November 28 ruling, the Massachusetts Office of Appeals and Dispute Resolution upheld a decision last year by the state's Environmental Protection Department to revoke a key permit it had issued the plant a decade before. (bostonglobe.com)
  • It's a true one-stop shop - the world's premier educational and networking junction for all biomass industries. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • Denmark is building the world's largest biogas plant that will also serve as a research and testing platform. (greencarcongress.com)
  • The challenge with using biomass as a coal replacement is that if you start doing the accounting and the computations to figure out how much fuel is required to meet our energy needs as a society, you find out that you could very quickly and very easily deforest the planet if you were going to rely on biomass completely," Fry said. (kuer.org)
  • Retrofitting the Burger Plant for biomass will expand our diverse energy portfolio even further and continue our support of state and federal efforts to increase reliance on renewable energy sources," FirstEnergy President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Alexander said in a written statement. (powermag.com)
  • The Power Environment looks at innovative interactions between nature and the energy industry. (power-technology.com)
  • Data from the International Energy Agency show the fuel growing by 25% in the next five years. (power-technology.com)
  • it concluded that biomass "generally emits more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels per unit of energy produced. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Because of the EU's renewable energy requirements, some European coal-fired plants have implemented or are developing programs that will add biomass to their fuel mix. (powermag.com)
  • Forth Energy has announced that they will not proceed with their plans in Grangemouth and Rosyth and they have withdrawn he application in Dundee. (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • They are looking for a potential buyer for their planning consets in Grangemouth and Rosyth but clearly GIB finance for Forth Energy is no longer on the cards. (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • This is the first of three similar planning applications by Forth Energy to be determined - ones for Rosyth and Dundee are still pending (with a Public Local Inquiry expected over the Dundee plans). (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • So did T. Boone Pickens with his multibillion dollar order of GE wind turbines for his "Pickens Plan," a plan that has been abandoned because wind energy makes no business sense on the U.S. mainland. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • The study has identified several "challenges" in the incorporation of volatile wind energy into a power grid for residential, business and industrial use. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Hawaii has similar renewable energy mandates and studies favoring wind solutions make the investment plans easier to move forward. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Areva and Duke Energy have announced plans to form a joint venture firm to build and operate biomass power plants, while two other utilities - Oglethorpe Power Corporation and Xcel Energy - are also planning to use biomass. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • Despite the lack of support, Drax still plans to invest £50m to boost total co-fired energy production in 2012, according to the BBC . (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • You can make a difference by offering your support to renewable energy. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Blue & Green Tomorrow's recommendation for your power needs is Good Energy - the only company in the UK that provides 100% renewable energy. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • High commodity prices and supply chain issues remain both a hurdle and wild card for planning and construction of natural gas and renewable energy power plants. (rechargenews.com)
  • What Are the Eco-Friendly Options for Business Energy Plans? (trans4mind.com)
  • There are a few different eco-friendly options for business energy plans. (trans4mind.com)
  • Eco-friendly business energy plans are essential for several reasons. (trans4mind.com)
  • Eco-friendly business energy plans help to create a corporate image of responsibility and commitment to sustainable development. (trans4mind.com)
  • Eco-friendly business energy plans can contribute to employee morale and productivity by creating a healthier and more environmentally responsible workplace. (trans4mind.com)
  • When burned, biomass releases energy in the form of heat. (trans4mind.com)
  • Wave power can be captured using devices called wave energy converters (WECs). (trans4mind.com)
  • Commercial scale storage is especially important for enabling higher penetrations of renewables where less base load energy is provided by fossil fuels," Mr Frischknecht said. (arena.gov.au)
  • AGL has one of Australia's largest retail energy and dual fuel customer bases. (arena.gov.au)
  • AGL is taking action toward creating a sustainable energy future for our investors, communities and customers. (arena.gov.au)
  • WorleyParsons has an international renewable energy business, with a focus on enabling technologies particularly around system integration and hybrids with existing fossil plant. (arena.gov.au)
  • Following the successful campaign by the Breathe Clean Air Group which STOPPED the construction of the Barton Renewable Energy Plant, located in Davyhulme, Greater Manchester, the Peel Group has decided to sell this piece of. (bcag.co.uk)
  • The strategy calls for a significant increase in renewable energy obtained from wind, biomass and biogas which would increase the share of renewable energy to 33% of energy consumption over the next decade. (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • In a joint statement, Chris Huhne, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Dr Lykke Friis, Danish Minister for Climate and Energy, say: "Both our countries are working on radical and transformative plans to decarbonise our energy supplies and support new green innovation. (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • With ORC-power plants it is possible to turn practically any sources of thermal energy into electrical energy efficiently. (power-technology.com)
  • The renewable energy plant will generate power and heat requirements for Discovery Park in Sandwich. (reshoring.uk)
  • All of the most common types of natural gas power plants would be eligible forms of "clean energy" under the standard, even without hypothetical carbon capture technologies. (foe.org)
  • The 'energy density' of the fuel is the key factor for a high-performance, sustainable fuel. (formula1.com)
  • The Charter Street plant will turn a waste stream into clean energy, it will keep energy dollars in our communities, and it will help clean our air and water. (yourindustrynews.com)
  • The plant will also generate renewable hydrogen as a co-product that together with biogenic CO 2 from the CropEnergies fermentation process, will be the basis for further conversion of renewable energy into PtX (power-to-X) downstream routes, to produce e.g. e-fuels. (cropenergies.com)
  • The Energy Modernization Plan aims to produce one of the cleanest energy mixes in the nation, while lowering prices for consumers and improving grid reliability. (greentechmedia.com)
  • As such, Tobin's plan includes an 80 percent clean energy target by 2050 coupled with a 3,000-megawatt energy storage procurement target for 2030. (greentechmedia.com)
  • This name change will allow for the development of broader diversified energy policies relating to clean energy resources, energy storage and energy efficiency, not just those related to renewable energy," the plan states. (greentechmedia.com)
  • The EU estimates that hydrogen and biogas will make up a fifth of final energy consumption by 2050, and wants to have a hydrogen market in place by 2030. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • First, heavy use of carbon-rich fossil fuels is one defining feature of today's global energy complex. (worldsecuritynetwork.com)
  • As part of its strategy focused on incorporating proven technology and advanced energy solutions into its existing power projects, Kibo has signed a CA with SES which provides for a comprehensive scope of technical support to Kibo throughout the development of its energy portfolio. (worldcoal.com)
  • Contribute its experience in operating and maintaining (O & M) energy facilities including coal-fired power plants, to the strategic partnership supplemented by its engineering competencies in design and troubleshooting and will use its reasonable efforts to be a reliable partner to Kibo that ensures the projects' economic success. (worldcoal.com)
  • Assist Kibo and provide technical support, information and representation at technical meetings during technical discussions with key stakeholders such as Power Utilities and relevant Ministries of Energy with whom Kibo is in the process of finalising Power Purchase Agreements. (worldcoal.com)
  • The legislation provides tax credits for consumers who buy energy efficient vehicles and renewable energy credits to encourage energy made from poultry waste. (senate.gov)
  • By far the biggest contributor to the UK's renewable energy target is biomass technology which supplied 50% of the UK's renewable energy contribution in 2008 and has been steadily increasing since the mid 1990s. (groundwateruk.org)
  • Energy crops have a high water demand and their planting in water scarce areas may put a significant stress on already depleted groundwater resources. (groundwateruk.org)
  • With this target comes an onus on energy companies to not only build the station but also to meet the cost of future decommissioning and long-term radioactive waste management . (groundwateruk.org)
  • In addition to the health sector, WHO works with many sectors, including transport and energy, urban planning and rural development to support countries to tackle the escalating air pollution problem. (who.int)
  • In 2021, the SBP plans to make its first revisions and updates to the program's standards. (power-technology.com)
  • 11/05/2021 [-] Auschwitz Tattoo-Kit Auction Fuels Debate in Israel. (infopig.com)
  • 10/28/2021 [-] Election-Rigging Claims Fuel Race. (infopig.com)
  • The manufacture of Seebeck devices I contacted responded to a Contact Form submission with a positive response, indicating that their devices are able to operate over a range from 160 Kelvin at the low end to 200 degrees Celsius at the high end. (newmars.com)
  • n\nThe initial plan announced in 2017 was to quit coal by 2030. (commondreams.org)
  • Formula 1 and global partner ARAMCO are targeting an introduction of 100% sustainable fuels by the middle of this decade, as part of the move towards being Net Zero Carbon by 2030. (formula1.com)
  • It's very ambitious, in the scope of what we're trying to do, to make a very high-performance sustainable fuel," says Symonds. (formula1.com)
  • So what we're doing is, we're synthesising a high-performance, fully sustainable fuel, and that is something that is both difficult to do and hard to do in the quantities we need. (formula1.com)
  • The cubes will be pulverized and blown into the Burger Plant's retrofitted boilers in much the same way as coal plants use pulverized coal. (powermag.com)
  • But since the plant's proposal, the tides have turned for biomass in Massachusetts. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Two of the plant's three units are already using biomass as their primary fuel. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • We have biomass projects on our system now that we'll continue to look at. (kuer.org)
  • However, a review by the Government into their Renewable Obligation scheme did not increase support for biomass projects . (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • So it only makes sense that a couple of rail-driven projects kick off a tour of projects rolling into towns across the Bayou State since the year began. (siteselection.com)
  • Citec Engineering works closely with its customers in plant projects all over the world. (power-technology.com)
  • Together, we are proud to be a part of one of the largest biomass projects in the nation, and are excited about the environmental and economic benefits this will have on our state. (yourindustrynews.com)
  • SES is part of the STEAG GmbH's group of companies which is an international IPP with 80 years of experience in engineering, constructing and operating power plant projects. (worldcoal.com)
  • Should SES be awarded an O & M contract on any of the Kibo projects we are confident that the quality, intensity and dedication that SES employ on their own power projects would be replicated on Kibo's to great benefit. (worldcoal.com)
  • In the committed execution of its stated corporate strategy of becoming a leading regional independent power producer, the company has recently taken great strides forward in strengthening and increasing its strategic capacity and capability for the successful delivery of the projects currently in its portfolio, but equally important, to enable the continued growth of the portfolio. (worldcoal.com)
  • While burning crops for fuel releases CO 2 into the atmosphere, planting the next round of crop removes it again making biomass an essentially carbon neutral fuel option. (groundwateruk.org)
  • Each of the plants will require a capital investment of $400-500 million and the first is scheduled to start operating in 2014. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • In early June, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Lacassine Operating Company CEO Van Eversull announced the company will invest $12.5 million to construct a catalyst blending plant that will create 40 new jobs in Lacassine, in Jefferson Davis Parish in southwest Louisiana. (siteselection.com)
  • Building it would require an investment of approximately EUR 80 to EUR 100 million and would lay CropEnergies' first foundation stone of Biobased Chemicals as a new business line. (cropenergies.com)
  • Globally, ambient air pollution alone caused some 4.2 million deaths in 2016, including 336 000 in the Region, while household air pollution from cooking and heating with polluting fuels and technologies caused an estimated 3.8 million deaths in the same year, including 213 000 in the Region. (who.int)
  • Developers hoping to build a £100m hydro power plant in a disused Gwynedd quarry have withdrawn an application for a key permit. (reshoring.uk)
  • Snowdonia Pumped Hydro (SPH) needs a licence to discharge water into a lake at Llanberis as parts of the plans. (reshoring.uk)
  • Yet the Reporter recommended approval - arguing that the sustainability, efficiency and the climate impacts of the plant were not relevant planning matters and brushing aside concerns over public health and ecosystem impacts. (biofuelwatch.org.uk)
  • Mitsubishi Motors has forecast a net loss of 145bn yen ($1.4bn, £900m) for the current business year in the wake of its fuel efficiency scandal. (reshoring.uk)
  • Plant efficiency is expected to be improved by 5 to 10 per cent and a campus-wide control room will be installed at the plant. (yourindustrynews.com)
  • Predominantly coal-fired power producer Drax has announced that it has scrapped plans for a biomass plant on its Selby site in Yorkshire along with another site in the UK. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Then the study specifies that "the adverse affect of this strategy occurred when the wind power forecast was inaccurate. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • The Wall Street Journal asks: "So what is Mr. Pickens planning to do with all the wind turbines he ordered? (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Wind power is a cost-effective option for businesses looking to reduce their carbon footprint. (trans4mind.com)
  • In terms of wind power, the strategy would tender for a 600 MW offshore wind farm at Kriegers Flak . (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • A 30 mile-per-hour gust of wind had hit below us and we needed to make a move. (matadornetwork.com)
  • SES possesses a comprehensive knowledge on the mix of fossil fuels and renewable energies (coal, sun, wind, biogas and biomass) as well as large-scale power plants and flexible, distributed generating facilities. (worldcoal.com)
  • They were able to successfully do this and burn 900 tons of biomass mixed with coal for 24 hours at the PacifiCorp Hunter Power Plant located in Emery County, Utah. (kuer.org)
  • On the whole, the incentive for producers to grow carbon 'sinks' makes biomass carbon neutral. (power-technology.com)
  • The Biodiesel Summit: Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel is a forum designed for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers to learn about cutting-edge process technologies, new techniques and equipment to optimize existing production, and efficiencies to save money while increasing throughput and fuel quality. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • The Carbon Capture & Storage Summit will offer attendees a comprehensive look at the economics of carbon capture and storage, the infrastructure required to make it possible and the financial and marketplace impacts to participating producers. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • The North American SAF Conference & Expo, produced by SAF Magazine, in collaboration with the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) will showcase the latest strategies for aviation fuel decarbonization, solutions for key industry challenges, and highlight the current opportunities for airlines, corporations and fuel producers. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • The strategy aims to make establishing biogas plants more financially attractive by granting subsidies for biogas production, infrastructure and use in industrial processes. (reinforcedplastics.com)
  • Natural gas remains the leading US source of power generating capacity with 43.9% of 1.25TW installed on 31 March, according to FERC. (rechargenews.com)
  • OPG is phasing out its coal use by 2014 and is repowering its stations with biomass and natural gas. (biomassmagazine.com)
  • Denmark already has 20 centralized biogas plants and more than 35 farmscale plants, but has lacked a full-scale testing station. (greencarcongress.com)
  • SES has 80 years of experience in planning, constructing and operating conventional and renewable power plants. (worldcoal.com)
  • It closed its product demonstration unit in Commerce City which was developing technology for conversion of cellulosic biomass into synthetic gas. (wikipedia.org)
  • FREE Newsletter Latest Modern Power Systems news & technology. (modernpowersystems.com)
  • JM's vision is for a world that's cleaner and healthier today and for future generations and we are proud that CropEnergies has chosen our DAVY TM ethyl acetate process technology for their innovative renewable chemicals plant in Zeitz, Germany," said Alberto Gionvanzana, Managing Director for Johnson Matthey. (cropenergies.com)
  • In May 2013, Rentech acquired Georgia-based Fulghum Fibres, Inc. As part of the acquisition of Fulghum Fibres, Rentech entered into a joint venture with Estonia-based pellet manufacturer Graanul Invest to develop pellet plants in Canada and the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • FirstEnergy has a tentative agreement with Renafuel LLC, a subsidiary of Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources-a global iron mining company-to take fast-growing, bio-engineered cottonwood trees and grasses grown in Ohio and press the biomass into cubes in a new factory Renafuel is building. (powermag.com)
  • If the state of Vermont forces a cheap power source off of the grid, costs will increase for everyone else who buys power from that grid. (atomicinsights.com)
  • The remaining network would deliver hydrogen to industrial sites such as steel plants, needing a concentrated source of heat for decarbonization. (datacenterdynamics.com)
  • The WHO database builds mainly on well-established, public air quality monitoring systems as a certified source of reliable data in different parts of the world. (who.int)