Adding wood pellets to coal fuel could cut electricity’s footprint

What's one relatively quick and effective way to cut the carbon footprint of coal-fired power plants? A team of Canadian and Japanese researchers believe they have an answer: switch at least part of the power plants' fuel from coal to biomass. Currently, coal-fired electricity generation is responsible for about 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 3, 20101Comment

Energy

Scotland could get four new biomass plants

Working with Forth Ports, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is proposing to build four dedicated biomass power stations in several locations across Scotland. The development will be led by Forth Energy, a joint venture of the two firms created in 2008. Forth Energy expects to seek consent next year for the construction of biomass plants at…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 31, 20090Comments

Energy

MGT Power plans second biomass plant in NE

MGT Power announced plans today for a second major biomass facility in the UK's North East. The company already has Government approval for a plant at Teesport which will be fuelled by some 2.4 million tonnes of clean wood chip fuel per year and provide up to 295 megawatts of clean energy. MGT's second proposed plant, the…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 10, 20090Comments

Smart Cities

Cheap biomass stove can turn sound into electricity

Researchers are testing a biomass-burning cooking stove that also converts heat into acoustic energy, and then into electricity -- all in a single unit. The low-cost generator, they say, has the potential to transform lives in the world's poorest communities. Led by the University of Nottingham, the £2 million Score (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity)…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 17, 20091Comment

Energy

Innovative German biomass plant begins operations

Germany has started operating a new biomass heating and power station that uses finely chopped material to generate eco-friendly energy. The Zweckverband Restmuellheizkraftwerk Boeblingen (RBB) plant in Baden-Wuerttemberg completed successful trials this May. Siemens' Industry Solutions Division supplied a Reject Power system that enables the use of fuels with a high water content such as screenings from…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 3, 20090Comments

Cities

SW England using more wood, less oil and gas

A new survey has shows that individuals and businesses in the south west of England are taking significant steps to move away from using oil and gas for heating, by switching to burning wood from sustainable, local sources. The annual Survey of Renewable Electricity and Heat Projects in South West England, carried out by south west…

ByThe Global ViewJune 11, 20090Comments

Smart Cities

Report: Biomass viable energy source if …

Biomass could provide a viable source of energy while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but "only if good practice is followed," according to a new report from the Environment Agency. "Biomass -- carbon sink or carbon sinner?" finds that best-practice use of biomass could produce 98 per cent fewer emissions than coal. Such an approach…

ByThe Global ViewApril 14, 20090Comments

Energy

Biomass heaters could heat homes, cut CO2

Japanese researchers say they've developed a new type of biomass-fueled heater (PDF) that could provide high-efficiency, sustainable heating to millions of homes across Asia. Many people in the Far East currently heat their homes using charcoal burned on small, hibachi-style grills -- not the most efficient means of providing heat. Even the more advanced improved biomass…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 6, 20091Comment

Smart Cities

US firm plans to invest billions in India renewables

New York City-based Astonfield Renewable Resources Ltd. today announced plans to spend $2 billion (US) on energy projects in India over the next two years. Most of the funds -- about $1.7 billion -- will focus on solar energy projects, with the remaining money going toward waste-to-energy and biomass developments. Founded in 2005 to develop renewable energy…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 19, 20090Comments

Smart Cities

Florida announces first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant

Verenium Company today announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, to be located in south-central Florida's Highlands County. Set to begin operations in 2011, the proposed $250 million (US) to $300 million facility will get its biofuel feedstock from Lykes Bros. Inc., an agribusiness that farms about 20,000 acres of land adjacent to…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 16, 20091Comment

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Adding wood pellets to coal fuel could cut electricity’s footprint

Scotland could get four new biomass plants

MGT Power plans second biomass plant in NE

Cheap biomass stove can turn sound into electricity

Innovative German biomass plant begins operations

SW England using more wood, less oil and gas

Report: Biomass viable energy source if …

Biomass heaters could heat homes, cut CO2

US firm plans to invest billions in India renewables

Florida announces first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant

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