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• in Politics
  Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident may not Sabotage the World Energy Needs
  The world should not exit nuclear energy but draw lessons from Fukushima Daiich disaster and strengthen nuclear safety
  by chicksmore / on Jul 8, 2011
• in Business
  On Renewable Fuels, the Public is Ahead of the Beltway
  American businesses and individuals have started the switch from fossil to renewable fuels on their own.
  by alankotok / on Sep 5, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biomass”

 

• Green Jobs: Hawaii Relies More on Biomass than Solar

  
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  Looking for green jobs in Hawaii? Don’t look to the sun! Solar power doesn’t even rank in the top three renewable resources in The Aloha State. Instead, look for jobs in biomass, which produces a full 4 percent of Hawaii’s green energy, followed by wind and geothermal. PV comes in fourth.
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• Interested In Eco-friendly Energy Technological innovation? Check out This Information Out!

  
  News, Info, Celebrity, Tech Zone — Authority: 115
  Your property is your castle, but maybe you have regarded as exactly what is powering it? Environmentally friendly power is an excellent remedy that one could apply at your home, so that you can clear the planet and reduce your bills. Please read on for several simple strategies you could begin to use right now. In ...
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• California co. cooking up home-made biochar and carbon negative fuel

  
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  My Italian-born mother used to tell me how you cook food is just as important as the ingredients you are using to give it its flavor. This idea hasn’t been lost on California based Cool Planet Energy Systems who is basically cooking up biomass to produce  biochar and carbon negative fuel. Yes carbon negative! ...
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• Technip awarded €5M FEED contract for Ajos BtL biomass-to-liquids plant in Finland

  
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  Forest BTL process. Click to enlarge. Forest BtL Oy, owned by Vapo, A Finnish bioenergy, peat and sawmill company, awarded Technip a contract, worth approximately €5 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new biomass-to-liquid (BTL) plant to be built on Ajos island, Finland. This ...
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• IRENA Launches Renewable Costing Alliance

  
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  The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched the IRENA Renewable Costing Alliance in oder to better identify the costs of different renewable energy projects around the world, so as to better promote the most cost-effective renewable energy technologies for particular regions. “The International ...
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• Approaches To Conserve In Individual Taxation With Eco-friendly Vitality

  
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  There has been greater talk throughout recent times surrounding the value of natural and alternative energy. Thankfully, many alternatives really exist in the marketplace for individuals looking for natural alternatives to remedy their vitality issues. This informative article consists of loads of advice and data to ...
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• Oil Palm biomass joint venture cluster formed in Malaysia

  
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  In Malaysia, five companies have signed a joint venture cluster agreement to accumulate as much as 1.5 million tonnes of dry oil palm biomass that will be used to produce products such as biofuels, either as ethanol or pellets. An article in the Daily Express lists the companies involved as Bell Group, Golden Elate, ...
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• How Green Is Your Country? (Map)

  
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  This article was originally published on RenewEconomy . Today’s Graph of the Day comes courtesy of The Energy Collective, and gives an interesting perspective of the level of renewable energy in the electricity systems of countries across the globe: the lighter the green, the higher the percentage of renewables. ...
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• Tiny Gribble’s Enzymes A Boon For Biofuels

  
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  A marine wood borer’s ability to use its own enzymes to break down biomass could be a boon for biofuel research, by helping to convert the biomass into ethanol, according to a paper published by researchers from the US and UK in the National Academy of Sciences. The Limnoria quadripunctata, commonly known as the ...
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• Dont mind the black smoke, its just the power plant

  
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  The Hibbing Daily Tribune issued a breaking news alert Wednesday reassuring the people of Hibbing that the black smoke visible over the city was not an uncontrolled fire, but actually the burning of biomass material in the city PUC plant. “There is smoke wafting through the city, but it’s not a from a ...
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• Biomass 2-in-1 flipped Sankey Diagram

  
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  Browsing my previously bookmarked Sankey diagram samples I came across this one which I find interesting. The diagram was shown in a Green Cars Congress blog entry in 2010 and illustrates a study that finds that “large scale biofuel production can be successfully reconciled with food production through the use of ...
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• Wood As Fuel, A Euro Favorite, Called Into Doubt

  
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  Logging could result in large amounts of carbon being released from deep in forest soils, according to a new study . It’s a timely report given Europe’s growing embrace of wood as a carbon neutral energy source. That Europe is relying on wood to meet its renewable energy goal of 20 percent by 2020 might surprise ...
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• USDA announces up to $98.6M to support production of advanced biofuels

  
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  The US Department of Agriculture USDA announced the availability of up to $98.6 million to support the production of advanced biofuels, and an opportunity for eligible producers to submit applications. Of the $98.6 million, $68.6 million will be available for Fiscal Year 2013 production and the remainder of ...
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• Biomass plant closed after gas leak

  
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  Biomass plant closed after gas leak TRANG ― The Industrial Works Department on Tuesday shut down a biomass power plant in the southern province and ordered its owners to improve safety measures for workers after an engineer from New Zealand and a Thai staff died in a gas leak accident. Biomass plant closed after ...
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• Solar WILL be the Cheapest Form of Energy in America

  
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  SolarChat friend and participant Rhone Resch, the president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industry Association, was recently a guest speaker on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show speaking about America’s Energy Future Beyond Oil and Gas, and something he said really caught my attention. I may be paraphrasing a bit, but Rhone ...
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• CCST report: an integral role for next-gen biofuels in meeting California GHG targets requires advanced biofuels and demand reduction

  
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  Next-generation biofuels can reduce greenhouse gas emissions of transportation to meet California’s target greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal, but deep replacement of fossil fuels through implementation of low-carbon lignocellulosic ethanol and advanced biomass derived hydrocarbons (drop-in biofuels) and reduction ...
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• US Senate passes Farm Bill with more than $800M in mandatory funding for bioenergy programs

  
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  The United States Senate passed a five-year farm bill—the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 (S.954)—containing more than $800 million in mandatory funding for energy programs. The bill also contains funding to grow the renewable chemicals industry. The Congressional Budget Office CBO estimates ...
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• Army’s “Center of Lethiality” Targets Green Fuel Cell To Recover Waste

  
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  A new green fuel cell is in the works courtesy of the US Army’s “Center of Lethality,” aka the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. The fuel cell is designed to run on corn ethanol, which we don’t find particularly exciting nowadays, but it ...
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• Japan’s largest offset (8000t-CO2) through applying the J-VER scheme – eco

  
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  Nipponkoa Insurance Co., Ltd. (President: Masaya Futamiya), supports low-carbon reconstruction projects* in the disaster-stricken areas, with the aim of contributing to the swift reconstruction of the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the creation of environmentally friendly communities. They ...
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• US Navy to Use Low-Emission Switchgrass Fuel to Power Fighter Jets

  
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  Photo via Shutterstock With ambitious long-term energy goals, US Navy is at the forefront of alternative energy use and energy efficiency. Now, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has partnered with Cobalt Technologies , the U.S. Navy and Show Me Energy Cooperative in order ...
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