All Posts Tagged With: "biomass"
Poop-to-Power Biomass Gasification System Unveiled
Western Energy Alliance and Denver Zoo are partnering to support the zoo’s development of a biomass gasification system that converts human trash and animal waste into clean energy. And wait until you see the awesome new elephant exhibit!
11Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Cleantech Updates …
Plans for a biomass power plant in Gypsum got a green light last week from the town council. The acreage is part of a 93-acre parcel Eagle Valley Clean Energy is buying from LaFarge North America and which Gypsum has annexed. Meanwhile, the failed partnership between Loveland and the ACE Park is producing failout for some Boulder firms.
20Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Summit County:
Biomass Energy Benefits Not a Slam-Dunk
Biomass energy from beetle-killed trees is often touted as a possible win-win scenario, but as Bob Berwn reports from Summit County, it’s not quite as simple as chopping up the wood and feeding it into wood-fired boilers.
6Jun2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Biofuels Beat —
Rentech and ZeaChem Get Fed Funding
Two bio-refining companies with Colorado connections will receive new funding from the federal stimulus program, according to an announcement by the DOE. Lakewood-based ZeaChem Inc. is receiving $25 million for an Oregon biofuels project, and Rentech is part of a $23 million biorefinery project here.
7Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Incentives Crucial to Renewables Growth
States with strong renewable energy portfolio standards or goals tend to outperform others when it comes to adding solar, wind, biomass and other emerging renewable energy forms, according to new research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
25Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
ZeaChem Begins Construction of
Cellulosic Biorefinery
“We’re meeting our deployment milestones and moving forward to advanced biofuels and bio-based chemicals production,” Imbler tells Colorado Energy News. “We have a dedicated energy feedstock supplier, we have raised necessary capital, and we have completed the initial design package.”
18Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Meet The Clean Tech OpenSemi-Finalists from Colorado
Now that the competition is down to a select few, this week and next Colorado Energy News will be introducing you to the start-ups still in the running for regional honors and a chance to compete for the Grand Prize of $250,000 in cash and services. First up is CleanCoal Briquette, Inc.
14Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Ag Dept Offering Renewable Energy Grants
Grant applications submitted must be for projects that will be completed withing two years of grant award. Examples of past projects that have been supported by the ACRE grant program include wind turbines, solar panels, micro-hydro systems, biomass systems, and biodiesel plants.
11Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Feds Move Fast to Kick-Start Renewables –
$500 Million Awarded 12 Projects
It was only on July 31st when the Treasury Department opened the application process, pledging to award grants within 60 days of receiving a completed application. The projects receiving the money range from $157,809 for a solar PV project at a fitness facility in Colorado to $114.1 million for a wind farm in Texas.
8Sep2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Biomass Being Added to the Power Blend
at Colorado Springs Plant
Springs Utilities will contract with a biomass management company to deliver woody product to its Martin Drake Power Plant, with the resulting 85 percent coal and 15 percent biomass process enough to produce roughly 150,000 megawatts per year.
6Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
CSU Biomass Boiler Cuts Greenhouse Gases
“CSU will be assisting much-needed local forest management efforts by providing a market for woody biomass,” said a forest supervisor. The boiler is rated at 46 boiler hp, or 1.5 million Btu/hr, which is large enough to burn more than 1,300 tons of wood chips each year.
17Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Assessing Colorado’s Biofuels Market –
Will It Break-Out or Breakdown?
The Denver meeting brought together roughly 70 biofuels/biomass stakeholders from industry, the environmental sector, R&D, government and public policy to discuss the role of advanced biofuels in our state and what needs to be done to move the market forward.
15Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Gets Fed Money for Trees-to-Energy Programs
Among other things, the funds will be used to help convert wood collected during wildfire- and pine-beetle mitigation efforts for a prison boiler in Florence; to fuel Boulder County Open Space and Parks’ biomass heating system; and to fund grinding, hauling and processing for Confluence Energy’s wood-pellet facility in Kremmling.
12Jun2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
We need to promote export terminals to liquify and ship natural gas to markets in Asia and Euroupe. The US ...
Natural Gas can be consumed so efficiently that the WATER can even be recovered from the combusted exhaust gases.
Going ...
Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for implementation of audit recommendations. Even small rebates will have little impact ...
Re: Natural gas generation wasn’t included in the final analysis but is generally assumed to emit about half as much ...
Disclosure MIGHT prevent pollution if there was a watchdog agency that ruled yes or no on particular chemicals before they ...
Having just read Tom Gray's article 'Fred Udo's bogus numbers' I get the feeling I haven't understood whats going on. ...
I agree with you kirsch. I knew this article had the stench of industry money as soon add I read ...
Can someone explain how disclosure prevents pollution? They can still release air toxins and they are still not held ...