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U of Nevada tests sludge-to-power processIf a University of Nevada, Reno, research project works as planned, municipal wastewater treatment facilities could turn their sludge into power for their own operations.READ MORE California bioenergy bill killedA bill (AB 222) that would have expedited the introduction of new conversion technologies to produce green power and advanced biofuels from solid waste materials in California is officially dead, due to lack of key support needed from five democrats on the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.READ MORE  BTEC to host biomass heating, CHP webinarsThe Biomass Thermal Energy Council will be hosting a series of free educational webinars focused on biomass thermal energy, heating and cogeneration/combined heat and power (CHP).READ MORE NH power project gets SEC approvalAfter more than a year of negotiations and attached to a laundry list of stipulations and conditions, Laidlaw Berlin Biopower LLC's Berlin, N.H., project application has received unanimous approval from the nine-member New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee.READ MORE Senators reveal stand-alone RES billA bipartisan stand-alone bill proposing a national renewable energy standard (RES) would mandate sellers of electricity to retail customers to obtain 15 percent of their energy from renewable resources by 2012.READ MORE Massachusetts proposed RPS stymies biomassIf drafted renewable portfolio standard (RPS) regulations pass in Massachusetts, biomass power plants will be required to achieve between 40 and 70 percent efficiency and 50 percent greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction relative to life-cycle emissions from a combined-cycle natural gas facility using the most efficient technology. Not only would those standards be nearly impossible to meet without substantial investments, but it would thwart development of new plants, costing hundreds of jobs in an already struggling economy.READ MORE Densification conference panel has torrefaction emphasisTorrefaction is the hot topic and reoccurring theme for the biomass densification panel at the Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show Nov. 2-4 in Atlanta, with three of four speakers focusing on it in their presentations.READ MORE |
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