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Month: June 2010

The Super Fuel?

Imagine a biomass fuel that: Produces more biomass per acre (20-25 dry tons) than any other non-food biomass plan, Can be grown on a wide variety of soil types and under a wide range of climatic conditions, Reaches harvest-able maturity in 18 months and may be harvested every 9 months, Has a plant lifespan of […]

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The Rise of the Urban Forest

If you thought that forests were a rural phenomena, you will find the data compiled by a Dovetail Partners report eye-opening. In their report, Urban Wood Utilization and Industrial Clusters, they describe the growth of the urban forest in the lower 48 states from an area the size of Vermont and New Hampshire in 2000 […]

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Biomass Generates 32% of All Energy in Sweden

If you wonder what the future might hold for renewable energy markets, one needs look no further than Sweden. Surprising to those in the US, biomass has now surpassed oil to become the number one source for energy in Sweden. The Swedish government has set the bar even higher — according to the Wood Resource […]

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Are Renewable Energy Sources Green?

“The giant oil companies, when left to their own devices, will treat even the most magnificent of nature’s wonders like a sewer,” writes Bob Herbert in his New York Times editorial “Disaster in the Amazon.”He concludes, “The riches to be made are so vastly corrupting, that governments refuse to impose the kinds of oversight and safeguards […]

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New York Wood Boiler Regulation Scrutiny

If you live in New York state and were not aware of the discussion going on around wood boiler regulation, you better start paying attention! According to the Watertown Daily Times, the NY Department of Environmental Conservation would require that units be installed 100 feet from neighbors property line and with stacks that are 18 […]

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A Look at the Future of Biomass Energy

If you have ever wondered about the current state of research and development of technologies for utilizing wood for the production of energy, your wait is over. A new report from the University of Tennessee Office of Bioenergy Programs and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities reviews the current state of R&D of technologies […]

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