Biomass-based absorbent is tough on oil and paint spills but easy on the environment. Nature's Broom sweeping compound is made with recycled agricultural and forest materials and it's a USDA BioPreferred product.
Power companies in dairy regions have known for years that there is a distributed source of energy underfoot: cow manure. Using anaerobic digestion, manure can be converted into biogas and combusted in a generator to produce electricity. However, anaerobic digesters aren't cheap. It takes collaborative funding and diligent project management to bring multiple anaerobic digesters on line within a power district-and that's just the beginning.
Similar to cellulosic ethanol, there have been challenges to overcome in developing and advancing torrefaction. Now on the brink of commercialization, the thermochemical treatment process has the potential to serve as a substantial upgrade for coal and biomass combustion, co-combustion and gasification applications.
By Thomas M. Minnich
January 01, 1970
While economies around the world slow and credit options dwindle, the biomass-to energy industries keep churning forward. Capital exists for those looking to develop projects.
By Barnett Koven
January 01, 1970
The use of anaerobic digesters on a small scale could provide localized energy sources while reducing the negative effects of greenhouse gases.
The idea of transforming distressed pulp and paper mills into integrated biorefineries has evolved. Closed mills are now viewed as ready-made sites for biorefineries utilizing alternative feedstocks and producing fuels beyond ethanol.
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