All Posts Tagged With: "biomass"
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
Biofuels Battered
The future of biofuels in this country has never looked bleaker. Last week Denver-based BioFuel, Inc., reported a net quarterly loss of $11.2 million and said it must restructure its debt or reach “other accommodations” with lenders “to continue operating as planned.” In other words: we are in deep s**t. Yet, there is still a future for biofuels in U.S. energy policy.
18May2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Care to Relocate? Rifle Offering Free or Cheap Land for Renewable Energy Companies
Specifically citing biomass, Mayor Lambert said, ““There are companies we’re in contact with right now in the renewable sector who are interested in relocating to the city of Rifle because of what we’re doing and because of what the overall direction of the city is.”
8May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
NREL Experts to Help States on Renewables Regulation
“To accomplish something on the ground, you have to have experts on the ground,” said Mary Werner, the Lab’s executive manager of integrated deployment. “Being there in real time is a critical piece in getting a community — or an entire state — to move in the same direction towards energy goals.”
1Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Find an Alternative Fuel Station Using Your PDA
The Mobile Alternative Fueling Station Locator enables drivers to find the five closest biodiesel, electricity, E85, hydrogen and natural gas stations — and even get driving directions.
4Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The key point is their is a 90 yeear supply supply gas in the lower 48 ALONE.
This doesn't take ...
Cogeo - thanks for the comprehensive comment. You're prolific, indeed; however, overall, we just don't see the doomsday scenario for ...
Projections of reserves and years of consumption are historically wrong. Reserve estimations are more important in pumping up stock ...
Thanks Ann. I've heard that 100 year claim too, but at current consumption rates. I guess I could ...