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S.C. develops guidelines for woody biomass harvest
COLUMBIA – Foresters with the South Carolina Forestry Commission have developed guidelines that address the emerging practice of harvesting woody biomass for energy. Biomass generates energy. Forest products manufacturers have known this for generations and have produced their own electricity … Continue reading
Tobacco Studied as Biofuel Feedstock
University of California scientists are engineering the tobacco plant to produce oils that, when extracted, can serve as drop-in biofuels to power airplanes, cars and other machines. The research could allow farmers who have been growing tobacco for generations to … Continue reading
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Nippon Paper develops torrefied pellets
Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd. has developed new biomass solid fuel using torrefaction technology under the project of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization adopted for fiscal 2011. The experiments of co-firing were conducted on a pulverized coal … Continue reading
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Financing Woody Biomass Clusters: Barriers,Opportunities and Potential Models for the Western U.S.
New Report Assesses Appoaches to Expand Community-Scale Clusters of Wood-to-Energy Facilities to Enhance Renewable energy and Forest Health The production of energy using a renewable material such as wood can have positive impacts on all three legs of the sustainability … Continue reading
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South texas Mesquite..new biomass source
By David Hendricks San Antonio Express-News A Czech Republic company says it has found an abundant, long-term source of energy in South Texas to help European utilities produce electricity. The energy source has nothing to do with the Eagle Ford … Continue reading
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Pew clean energy investment report
By Erin Voegele | April 26, 2013 The Pew Charitable Trusts has published the 2012 edition of its “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?” report. The analysis offers an update of Pew’s reports tracking clean energy investments over the past … Continue reading
Research Update: In-wood grinding and screening of forest residues for biomass
Recent article by C. Cory Dukes, Shawn A. Baker, , , W. Dale Greene Logging residues present a substantial near term opportunity as a bioenergy feedstock, but contaminants that can reduce their value can be introduced during collection. We studied … Continue reading