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The NEBTWG is encouraging members of the biomass industry to submit their thoughts on the economic and environmental benefits of biomass energy in Vermont, so that biomass will be included in the state's Comprehensive Energy Plan. 

Biomass input requested for Vermont's energy plan

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The U.S. EPA has ruled that it will maintain its proposal to defer biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule for three years while the agency further studies the science and policy of regulating biomass energy. 

EPA finalizes Tailoring Rule biomass deferment

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The U.S. Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center is leading the way in rediscovering that woody biomass is an efficient, cost-effective energy source by establishing a Woody Biomass Technical Assistance Team.

Team helps businesses see benefits of using woody biomass system

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ADDING BIOMASS: The methane yield ranges for a number of possible crop feedstocks.


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Report says biomass crops can enhance anaerobic digestion. 

Adding Value to AD 

The U.S.'s potential for CHP from biogas has attracted a European technology manufacturer.

Biogas Bevvy

BUILDING BLOCKS: Construction on Taylor Biomass Energy, a 20-megawatt biomass gasification plant, has begun on a 95-acre site near Montgomery in Orange County, N.Y. 

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SITE SPECIFIC: Taylor Biomass Energy will be co-located with Taylor Recycling Facility and will expand its current capacity of 307 tons per day (TPD) 
of C&D waste and 100 TPD of wood waste to 450 TPD of C&D waste, 100 TPD of wood waste and 500 TPD o

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RECYCLING PIONEER: Jim Taylor has been in the recycling business since 1953 and now, after five years of preparations, he's building the nation's first large-scale biomass gasification project.  

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TRASH TALK: Taylor Recycling, which is in Montgomery, N.Y., about 70 miles north of New York City, is a unique C&D waste recycling operation, converting more than 95 percent of the waste it receives into valuable end products. 

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REDUCING, RECYCLING AND REUSING: At Taylor Recycling, materials such as wood, concrete, metal, wallboard and cardboard are removed and the remaining fraction is made into a cover product for landfills to prevent fires. Unpainted wallboard is converte

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READY TO DEPLOY: ICM has put its feedstock flexible gasification system through more than 220 hours of testing and it's now ready for purchase. The company says several projects in various stages of development are interested in the gasifier.  

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Development of large-scale biomass gasification in the U.S. is in between demonstration and commercial scale, but a few companies are overcoming the challenges to make large-scale projects happen.

Full Steam Ahead 

ENERGY CENTER: The Bioenergy Research Demonstration project on the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver will produce 2 megawatts of power and 10,000 pounds per hour of steam. 

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Scott Hasse, a senior engineer with NREL, conducted research into biomass gasification and combustion technologies.

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NEXT FOR NEXTERRA: Gasification system developer Nexterra will provide the equipment and design for a gasifier at Vancouver's University of British Columbia.

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JENBACHER GENERATION: The Nexterra Product Development Center employs a GE Janbacher engine. 

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A 2009 NREL assessment of biomass combustion and gasification technologies may not have spurred rapid commercial development, but it has encouraged state investment in demonstration projects.