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USDM2009 @La Selva Biological Station Biomass Boiler, University of Nottingham Science Park Closed chamber flux box is used to measure emissions after a controlled burn in Kruger National Park, South Africa, in 1992 Cover of the March 1995 edition of Environmental Science and Technology - Global Impact of Biomass Burning Image of a biomass fuel, probably wood chips, being stored and dried for later use in a boiler. biomass sources

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Rate E. coli to Help Brew Biodiesel

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Fri, Jan 29

By John Davis “The fact that our microbes can produce a diesel fuel directly from biomass with no additional chemical modifications is exciting and important,” says Jay Keasling, the Chief Executive Officer for JBEI, and a leading scientific authority on synthetic biology. “Given that the costs of...

Rate Biomass Co-firing Increase for CEZ

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Wed, Jan 27

National utility for the Czech Republic ?EZ Group reports that it produced more than 327 GWh of electricity from biomass during 2009 through co-firing.

Rate Biomass gasification in district heating systems - The effect of economic energy policies

Original at scopus.com external link    Tue, Jan 26

Author(s): Wetterlund, E. , Söderström, M. Publication year: 2010 Journal / Book title: Applied Energy Access all results for your search in Scopus

Past Month

 

Rate Rentech & ClearFuels Bio-Refinery Awarded US $23M from DOE

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Mon, Jan 25

Rentech Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. on Monday announced today that their project to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Denver, Colorado has been awarded a conditional US $22.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The gasi...

Rate Podcast: Biodiesel Maker Contends Study Proves Algae’s Worth

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Mon, Jan 25

By John Davis A recent study that contends algae-based biodiesel is no more environmentally friendly than conventional row-crop feedstocks has generated some controversy, as well as quite a few comments. And even the algal-biofuel industry seems to be split on the issue.

Rate Algal Biomass Organization Questions Accuracy of University of Virginia Algae Life Cycle Study

Original at biobasednews.com external link    Mon, Jan 25

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Rate US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Sun, Jan 24

The U.S. biomass thermal industry is poised to offer significant carbon and financial savings for consumers. Biomass for thermal energy is up to 90% efficient; in contrast, using biomass for the production of electricity is up to 40% efficient, and producing transportation fuels from bi...

Rate “Green Coal” to Debut at UK Biomass Conference

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Thu, Jan 21

By John Davis An energy source made from biomass that’s touted as “magic coal from the steam cooker” will make its debut at the Energy from Biomass and Waste conference January 26-27, 2010 at the Royal Horticultural Halls & Conference Centre in London, England.

Rate Podcast: Winter & Double Crops Increase Biofuels Opportunities

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Thu, Jan 21

By Joanna Schroeder “What we’re finding now with the biofuels industry is there’s potential to use what we’ve thought of as cover crops as double crops and actually market the material,” said Richard. “The above ground biomass could be a winter grain like winter rye, winter wheat or winter barley or could be a...

Rate Podcast: Promoting Freedom at AG CONNECT Expo

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Thu, Jan 21

By Chuck In the growing field of biomass conversion to fuel there’s a plant that Mississippi State University thinks will help farmers and all Americans. It’s Giant Miscanthus and you can follow it on Twitter @GiantMiscanthus. They’ve actually licensed the product which is Freedom Giant Miscan...

Rate Podcast: Southeast Poised to be Leader in Energy Crops

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Sun, Jan 17

By Joanna Schroeder The Southeast is poised to be the leader in energy crop production according to University of Florida Associate Professor and energy crops expert Dr. John Erickson. He has been focusing on research of perennial grasses, mostly C4 grasses in his work with the Agronomy department. These can...

Rate Soybean Genome Shows Ways to Improve Biodiesel

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Wed, Jan 13

By John Davis Jeremy Schmutz, the study’s first author and a DOE JGI scientist at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Alabama, said that the soybean sequencing was the largest plant project done to date at the DOE Joint Genome Institute. “It also happens to be the largest plant that’s ever b...

Rate Sustainable Energy Fund Launches New Program to Acquire $20 million in Environmental Attributes

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Tue, Jan 12

Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) announced its planned acquisition of more than $20 million in environmental attributes to support the development of small scale renewable energy generation resources such as solar, wind or biomass.

December of 2009

 

Rate Mining the soil: Biomass, the unsustainable energy source - The People's Voice

Original at The People's Voice external link    Mon, Dec 28

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blog) Mining the soil: Biomass, the unsustainable energy source blog) Dedicating acreage to servicing biomass wood burners denies its use for lumber or paper. Ultimately, the consumer will shoulder the loss in the form of ... Biomass Plant planned for UKGizmag all 2 news articles »

Rate Replacing Coal with Biomass

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Tue, Dec 22

For now, First Energy Generation plans to use the biomass to produce electricity alone and not harvest waste heat for cogeneration or combined heat and ... £4 million in Grants for Biomass HeatingCheckbiotech.org (press release) all 2 news articles »

Rate Scientists to examine biomass proposal

Original at MinuteBlog - MassLive.com external link    Fri, Dec 18

Newer studies are finding that the carbon contribution of biomass depends on how a biomass plant is operated - how the wood is harvested, ... Biomass Study Kicks OffWSHM-TV all 3 news articles »

Rate Researchers Turning Sugar Beets into Biofuels

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Wed, Dec 16

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By John Davis A press release from Atlantic Biomass, a Frederick, Maryland, biotech-biofuel company focused on developing cutting-edge systems to produce advanced biofuels from sustainable, non-food biomass, says work with Hood College has produced a thermostable enzyme that opens the way to...

Rate PowerPellets Touted as “Coal from the Farm”

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Tue, Dec 15    3 related articles

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By John Davis It could become the next great fuel source from the agricultural community. A Nebraska-based biomass supplier and manufacturer has debuted a product it touts as “Coal from the Farm.” Next Step Biofuels, Inc. has launched PowerPellets, a green fuel made from corn stover – all the leaves, co...

Rate Other Voices: The generation of biomass power

Original at The Union of Grass Valley external link    Sat, Dec 12

As a renewable power plant, however, it uses local biomass (a renewable fuel source) instead of coal, natural gas, or oil. To be economically feasible, ... Opposition to biomass power in Mass. spurs study, suspension of RPS approvalBiomass Magazine all 2 news articles »

Year 2009

 

Rate Podcast: Biomass Baler From AGCO

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Mon, Nov 9

By Chuck Zimmerman AGCO is one of the companies working on a prototype biomass harvest/transport system. At POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day they demonstrated a pulled behind baler system to harvest corn cobs and stover. Dean Morrell, Product Marketing Manager for Hay and Forage Harvesting, was on site an...

Rate Dynamotive Upgrades BioOil from Multiple Biomass Sources to a Uniform Hydrocarbon Product

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Wed, Oct 28

By Mike Millikin Food vs. Fuel. The Company converts residual biomass from agricultural and forestry and/or dedicated non-food crops through a thermochemical process into BioOil and Biochar. BioOil and Biochar plants can coexist with existing forestry and agricultural facilities, providing an addi...

Rate Optimizing Bio-oil Produced Via Biomass Fast Pyrolysis with FCC Catalysts

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By Mike Millikin Schematic diagram of the fluidized-bed system for fast pyrolysis of biomass. Credit: ACS, Zhang et al. 2009. Click to enlarge.The conversion of biomass into bio-oil using fast pyrolysis technology is a promising alternative to convert biomass into liquid products—either for direct use...

Rate Podcast: Update On UF Renewable Fuels Center

Original at Domestic Fuel external link    Thu, Oct 22

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By Chuck Zimmerman One of my stops in their building included the Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals & Fuels. On hand to tell their story and give us an update on their activities was Sheilachu P. Gomez, Assistant Director, pictured here. She says the Center is primarily for the development of the tech...

Rate Cyclone Power Technologies and RTI Team to Advance and Commercialize Mobile Biomass-to-Power System

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Wed, Oct 21

By Mike Millikin At the core of Cyclone’s current biomass-to-power system for the proof-of-concept EATR is the patent-pending WHE, a six-cylinder Rankine cycle external heat engine capable of generating up to 15 hp of mechanical power. An attached vegetative biomass combustion chamber produces up t...

Rate United States Remains Hotbed of Biomass Activity

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Mon, Oct 12

http://www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Market-Report/global-biofuels-market-opportunities,-emerging-technologies-and-production-159682.asp This report is the most comprehensive treatment of the biofuels market available. Worldwide data is provided on biorefi...

Rate Podcast: Biomass Thermal Heats Up

Original at podcastmachine.com external link    Fri, Oct 9

For a decade, Europe has been supporting biomass thermal energy, creating a large commercial and industrial market for resources like wood pellets. Here in the U.S., support has been absent; therefore, wood pellets play only a niche role in residential applications. In this podcast, we'l...

Rate Ceres National Switchgrass Field Trials Show Average 2008 Biomass Yields 50% Higher Than Federal Projected Yields for 2022

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Sat, May 23

By Mike Millikin “Energy crops like switchgrass are the only scalable, carbon-negative sources for transportation fuels in the EPA analysis,” Hamilton said, meaning that more carbon is sequestered from the atmosphere than is released in the lifecycle of producing and burning the fuel. “That’s a bene...

Rate State shirking environmental impact review

Original at Boston Globe external link    Tue, May 12

 United States If ever there were unknown environmental impacts, it's from biomass. Biomass facilities burn trees. Biomass devotees endlessly chant, "We're carbon-neutral," hoping to lull the masses into a deep trance where they'll hear instead, ...

Rate Opinion: Biofuels vs. Biomass Electricity

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Thu, May 7

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Scientific American  MA Findings show that turning biomass into electricity is more beneficial than turning it into transportation fuels. By Tyler Hamilton A study published today in Science concludes that, on average, using biomass to produce electricity is 80 percent more ...

Rate Diesel Brewing to Manufacture Cellulosic Biobutanol from Biomass and Manure With Thermochemical Process

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Tue, Apr 21

By Mike Millikin Diesel Brewing’s process gasifies wood wastes, agricultural residues and manure into a syngas that is cleaned and fed into a catalytic reactor and purification system to generate a suite of alcohols containing butanol, ethanol and methanol.

Rate GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review - companiesandmarkets.com adds new report

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Tue, Apr 21

http://www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Company-Profile/GCL-Poly-Energy-Holdings-Ltd.-Financial-and-Strategic-Analysis-Review-73732.asp GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review Summary GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (GCL-Poly...

Rate how to make biodieselVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Apr 1

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By rss@youtube.com (sardinien1983) Author: sardinien1983 Keywords: how to make biodiesel biofuels biomass clean renewable energy Added: April 1, 2009

Rate Opinion: Rothes renewable energy project receives planning permission

Original at Energy Business Review external link    Wed, Jan 21

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By Staff Writer The approval will see the installation of a GreenSwitch biomass-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) plant at The Combination of Rothes ... Helius Energy gets permission for Rothes renewable energy project SmallCapNews.co.uk

Rate Idaho National Lab Developing Highly Carbon-Efficient Biomass-to-Liquids Process Combining High Temperature Steam Electrolysis and Biomass Gasification

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Fri, Jan 9

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By Mike Millikin Given the efficiencies of a typical Fischer-Tropsch process, Bio-Syntrolysis would thus convert about 90% of the carbon in biomass to liquid synthetic fuel, INL says. By comparison, INL notes, conventional biomass or coal gasification to liquid fuels converts only ~35% of the carbon...

Year 2008

 

Rate Cover crops and composting can offset carbon loss from corn stover ethanol production

Original at Mongabay.com external link    Tue, Dec 23

By Biopact team(noreply@blogger.com) References: Bradley E. Fronning, Kurt D. Thelen and Doo-Hong Min, "Use of Manure, Compost, and Cover Crops to Supplant Crop Residue Carbon in Corn Stover Removed Cropping Systems", Agronomy Journal, 100:1703-1710 (2008), DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0052

Rate Fraunhofer researchers make bioplastic from liquid wood

Original at Mongabay.com external link    Tue, Dec 23

By Biopact team(noreply@blogger.com) Bioplastics made from cellulosic biomass, such as forestry or crop waste, offer a smarter way to use biomass than turning it into liquid biofuels. Per hectare of crops grown or per quantity of biomass, cellulosic bioplastics offset more petroleum and GHG emissions than liquid cellulos...

Rate Nexterra Energy to supply biomass gasification system to Kruger Products paper mill in New Westminster BC

Original at Mongabay.com external link    Tue, Dec 23

By Biopact team(noreply@blogger.com) References: Nexterra: Nexterra Energy to Supply Biomass Gasification System to Kruger Products Paper Mill in New Westminster BC Direct Fired Boiler Application Marks Industry First - November 19, 2008. Biopact: Nexterra biomass gasification ready to displace up to 60% fossil fuels...

Rate Opinion: Xcel looks to make Ashland plant Midwest's largest biomass producer

Original at New Richmond external link    Tue, Dec 23

 WI - They add that it will also reduce net carbon dioxide emissions. "By converting biomass to gas, the resulting fuel is much cleaner and has far fewer ... Innovative Biomass Energy Project to Begin Regulatory Review ... Your Renewable News (press release) all 8 news articles

Rate Innovative Biomass Energy Project to Begin Regulatory Review ...

Original at Welt Online external link    Fri, Dec 19

 Germany - Currently, two of the three operating units at Bay Front use biomass as their primary fuel to generate electricity. In 1979, the facility became the first ... Xcel Energy plant to expand its power St. Cloud Times all 10 news articles

Rate Study Concludes Afforestation of Degraded Areas Could Provide Sufficient Biomass for Global Energy Supply; BTL for Transportation Fuels

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Tue, Dec 16

By Mike Millikin For their global overall estimations for transportation fuels, the two used the conversion of the lignocellulosic biomass to biooil (“bioslurry”) via pyrolysis and its subsequent gasification to a syngas followed by Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (biomass-to-liquids, BTL).

Rate Podcast: Homegrown renewable energy?

Original at Wisconsin Radio Network external link    Thu, Dec 4

Sue Beitlich with the Wisconsin Farmers Union said the Homegrown Renewable Energy Campaign proposes four new policy initiatives: a crop reserve program for biomass, expanded use of renewables in schools and communities, a renewable energy buyback program, and a low carbon fuel stan...

Rate How To: T-CO Biodiesel Seminar now on DVD!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Nov 11

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By rss@youtube.com (bi0fuelsGuy) Want to learn how to make biodiesel, or interested in seeing how it's done? Anybody can make biodiesel. It's so easy to do! Biodiesel is a clean burning renewable fuel. We can show you how to do it -- all in our DVD. Keywords: algae alternative biodiesel biomass dvd energy fuel fuels gasificati...

Rate Podcast: Biomass on the bay

Original at Wisconsin Radio Network external link    Wed, Oct 1

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A Minnesota based utility has announced plans for a biomass power plant in northern Wisconsin. Xcel Energy plans to convert its existing coal fired generating plant in Ashland to burn biomass exclusively. The plant already burns wood waste to augment coal. The plan draws kudos from Mark Re...

Rate Beaker Hill: Boston GreenFest 2008, Alternative Energy Stories

Original at Bostonist external link    Thu, Sep 25

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By Matt Feltz Moving from one politically-driven pipe dream to another, we peek in at Cambridge-based Mascoma Corporation, which is currently working on a way to make ethanol fuel more viable and less of a payoff to electorally-important corn farmers. (Apologies to any Iowa-born Bostonians we may h...

Rate Podcast: Jock Gill - Part 1: Residential Alternatives to Fossil Fuel

Original at IT Conversations external link    Thu, Sep 11

Jock Gill is an entrepreneur who's thinking broadly and acting decisively to help create an decentralized energy system that makes appropriate use of biomass. In part one of a two-part interview, he and host Jon Udell discuss alternatives to fossil fuel for residential heating in New En...

Rate Podcast: March 27, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - It's Alive! How Living Organisms are Helping Create a Renewable Energy Future

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Thu, Mar 27

Firstly, Bruce Rittman, director of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Arizona, will tell us about microbial fuel cells that use cultures of bacteria to break down wet biomass waste to create electricity.

Rate Podcast: March 27, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - It's Alive! How Living Organisms are Helping Create a Renewable Energy Future

Original at podcastmachine.com external link    Thu, Mar 27

Firstly, Bruce Rittman, director of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Arizona, will tell us about microbial fuel cells that use cultures of bacteria to break down wet biomass waste to create electricity.

Year 2007

 

Rate Study: Miscanthus More Than Twice as Productive as Switchgrass for Energy Crop

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Wed, Jul 11

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By Mike Millikin The team, led by Frank Dohleman of the Plant Biology Department, theorized that Miscanthus produces more usable biomass than switchgrass because of these three key attributes: Miscanthus has a greater leaf area; and Miscanthus has a longer growing season.

Rate Podcast: Biomass map tracks forests and carbon in Africa

Original at Earth & Sky external link    Tue, Jul 10

By nroberts@earthsky.org (Earth & Sky Radio Series)

Rate Podcast: Wisconsin playing a major role in bio-economy

Original at Wisconsin Radio Network external link    Fri, Apr 20

The Secretary says the consortium will play an important role in meeting Governor Doyle's goal of having 25 percent of Wisconsin's energy coming from renewable sources by the year 2025. States involved in the group will focus on creating new ethanol plants and researching bio-technolo...

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