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Biomass Defined
Biomass is organic waste from agricultural, livestock, and lumber industry products, dead trees, foliage, etc., and is considered a renewable energy source. Biomass can be used as fuel and is most often burned to create steam that powers steam turbine generators. It is also used to make transportation fuels like ethanol and biodiesel, and chemicals like pyrolysis oil that can be burned like oil to produce energy.
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CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS
Published July 5, 2008, 2:03 am, The Post-Standard
• Experts: US share of foreign tourists slips Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States.
Permit OK'd for Biomass
Published July 5, 2008, 12:45 am, The Republican
RUSSELL - The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a final water-withdrawal permit to Russell Biomass LLC, bringing a 50-megawatt biomass-fired power plant closer to reality.
Russell Biomass approved to draw water from Westfield River
Published July 4, 2008, 7:40 pm, The Republican
By ALEX PESHKOV apeshkov@repub.com RUSSELL - The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a final water-withdrawal permit to Russell Biomass LLC, bringing a 50-megawatt biomass-fired power plant closer to reality.
Greenpeace ship sails in with a message
Published July 4, 2008, 6:28 pm, Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news
SONGKHLA : Greenpeace has sent a petition to the government, urging it to switch to renewable energy to save the country from an energy crisis in the future resulting from fossil fuel shortages.
EU report sees biofuel giving 3.4% of 2020 needs
Published July 4, 2008, 5:07 pm, The Economic Times
The European Union may get barely one-third of its target for biofuels in transport fuels from home-produced sources by 2020, requiring massive imports to meet the goal, a draft European Environment Agency report said.
Surprise opponents to renewable energy measure
Published July 4, 2008, 4:47 pm, San Francisco Chronicle
A November ballot measure to boost the amount of renewable energy generated by California utilities has attracted a wildly diverse group of opponents - from the Natural Resources Defense Council to the Democratic Party and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. "It's...
Danish Isle Runs Completely on Renewable Energy, Is Greenest Guinea Pig Ever [Green]
Published July 4, 2008, 1:45 pm, Gizmodo
In this week's New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert wrote about the Danish isle of Samsø, which over the past 10 years, has gone from exclusively using fossil fuel energy sources, to living exclusively off...
EU report sees biofuel giving 3.4 pct of 2020 needs
Published July 4, 2008, 11:03 am, AlertNet
Source: Reuters (Adds lawmaker quotes) By Pete Harrison PARIS, July 4 (Reuters) - The European Union may get barely one-third of its target for biofuels in transport fuels from home-produced sources by 2020, ...
Biofuels funding will further local projects
Published July 4, 2008, 8:45 am, Sarnia Observer
New provincial money for biofuels research will help the local research park commercialize the budding technology. The Ontario government announced it will pour another $7.5 million into research for biofuels that can be made from agricultural waste such as corn husks and manure instead of food crops. With [...]
Biomass requests power line
Published July 4, 2008, 8:20 am, The Ironton Tribune
SOUTH POINT — A South Point entity that owes back taxes will not get immediate approval to run a utility transmission onto its property. It could even find itself in county receivership.
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