Bioenergy Articles
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Best Renewable Energy Source is “Bio coal Briquettes”
It’s time to move towards non-renewable to renewable sources to protect earth and environment from pollution and global warming. As we know there are many renewable Energy sources are available on the earth. For ex. Sun, wind, water, Biomass etc. all renewable energy sources produce energy which never affect to our climate. Let’s we discuss about one of the Renewable Energy ...
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USDA Promotes Development Of More Efficient Biomass Drying Systems
On August 3, 2015, Forest Concepts, LLC received a two-year, $499,997 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The contract will support the development of predictive control systems for biomass dryers that will increase energy efficiency and provide significant cost savings. The technologies being developed by the project can be ...
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Tax credits for renewable chemical production introduced in the house
On July 29, 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities, and for other purposes (H.R. 3390) was introduced in the House. The bill would expand production and investment tax credits that are currently available to renewable energy producers to apply also to renewable ...
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Thoeni, Allens Farm Biogas Installation - Case Study
Allens Farm anaerobic digestion (AD) facility is located within the beautiful countryside of Colchester, which is said to be the oldest recorded town in Great Britain. The farm is run by three partners – David Hunter, Charlie Lochore and Will Lochore, who felt an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant would make an excellent addition to their farming business. Austrian company Thoeni were ...
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Hybridnet Project, Terni, Italy - Case Study
The Hybridnet Project has assembled a team of young engineers devoted to building an alternative energy training center where they can help North and Central African refugees learn about sustainable development. The goal is to for them to create economically and environmentally sustainable local enterprises in their home countries, allowing them to make a living while providing a useful and ...
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Senate passes bill extending energy tax credits
On July 21, 2015, the Senate Finance Committee voted to pass a $96 billion package of tax extenders. The tax credits in the package include Individual Tax Extenders, Business Tax Extenders, and $16.4 billion in Energy Tax Extenders. The wind production tax credit, a $1.01 per-gallon production credit for second generation biofuels, energy efficiency credits, and a renewable electricity production ...
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Case study - Multi-tenant building energy efficiency
Buildings accounted for roughly 40% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2010, according to the United States Energy Information Association. “[New York] City's roughly 1 million buildings cost $15 billion a year to power and heat and account for 80% of the city's greenhouse gas emissions”(1). The proliferation of smart energy devices and building management systems will result in the ...
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Case study - Managing complex energy systems
Introduction: Campus on a Renewable Mission The Chewonki Foundation owns and runs a school campus in Wiscasset, Maine that supports a high school program, a boys and girls summer camp, and an organic farm. Chewonki is an alternative school with a focus on environmental education and natural history. ch-classroom.jpgAs such, one of the Foundation’s goals is to teach its students about ...
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Thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulose residues: assessment of the effect on operational conditions and their interactions on the characteristics of leachable fraction
Annually, large amounts of agricultural residues are produced in Chile, which can be turned into a good opportunity to diversify the energy matrix. These residues have a slow hydrolysis stage during anaerobic digestion; therefore, the application of a pretreatment seems to be an alternative to improve the process. This work focused on applying a thermochemical pretreatment with NaOH on two ...
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The impacts of organic matter on the distribution and methylation of mercury in a hydroelectric reservoir in Wujiang River, Southwest China
In order to understand the impacts of organic matter on geochemical process of Hg in hydroelectric reservoir, spatial and seasonal distributions of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) both in solid and liquid phases of sediment cores were investigated in Wujiangdu Reservoir (WJD) in Guizhou province, China. Four sampling sites with different intensities of cage aquaculture activities ...
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Pros and Cons of Fossil Fuels
Used for centuries, fossil fuels have played a vital role in every individual’s life. It has been used for domestic and industrial purposes all across the world. Alike any other thing, it also has some advantages and disadvantages. Fossil fuels are the derivative of plant and animal fossils. As the name suggests, these are made from organic remains or decay of plants and animals. These ...
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Why airlines keep pushing biofuels: They have no choice
The number of global fliers is expected to more than double in the next two decades. In order to carry all those extra passengers, airlines are turning to a technology very few can make work on a large scale: converting trash into fuel. They have no other choice. As people in countries such as China, India and Indonesia get wealthier they are increasingly turning to air travel for vacation or ...
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EPA issues draft GHG analysis for cottonseed oil feedstock in biofuels
EPA is inviting public comment on its analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the production and transport of cottonseed oil feedstock used in the production of biofuels. The Federal Register notice also provides an overview as to how EPA may apply its analysis in future determinations, as to whether biofuels from cottonseed oil will meet the criteria for renewable fuel under the ...
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Department Of Energy awards $18 million to algae biofuel projects
On July 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $18 million in funding for six projects to develop bioproducts and biofuels from algae. The funding is intended to reduce the cost of algae-based biofuels to less than $5 per gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) by 2019 to help reach DOE's target of $3 per gge for advanced algal biofuels by 2030. The projects that were selected for the ...
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Airbus CEO talks about emissions, innovation and more
These are heady times for the commercial-aircraft business at Airbus and Boeing, as airlines place huge orders for new planes. Each is working on more fuel-efficient aircraft to satisfy airlines that want lower fuel bills and regulators who want lower emissions from aircraft. Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders spoke last month to an aviation conference in Dallas and urged the industry to put more ...
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How to Set Up Biomass Wood Pellets Production Line
The wood pellets production technology goes this way: 1. Raw material crushing Process: usually wood chips, logs or timber, etc. must be crushed before pelletization. The reason is that these wood raw materials are large pieces and can’t be pelletized directly. This process will need wood chipper and hammer mill. 2. Crushed material sieving process: sometimes the raw materials have ...
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Bioproducts to enable biofuels workshop announced
On July 9, 2015, the DOE announced a public workshop to collect information about challenges that occur during coproduction of biobased chemicals, products, and biofuels. The Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels Workshop was organized by the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and will cover the following topics: Identifying and evaluating economic drivers for producing bioproducts. Identifying ...
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Anaerobic digestion of mixed microalgae cultivated in secondary effluent under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions
The anaerobic digestion of mixed indigenous microalgae, grown in a secondary effluent, was evaluated in batch tests at mesophilic (35°C) and thermophilic (50°C) conditions. Under mesophilic conditions, specific methane production varied from 178 to 207 mL CH4/g volatile solids (VS) and the maximum production rate varied from 8.8 to 26.1 mL CH4/(gVS day), depending on the type of microalgae ...
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Viessmann Group/BIOFerm Energy Systems Selected for Municipal Anaerobic Digestion Project with The City of Edmonton and The University of Alberta
Viessmann Group/BIOFerm Energy Systems Selected for Municipal Anaerobic Digestion Project with The City of Edmonton and The University of Alberta July 8, 2015 Written by Whitney Beadle PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Madison, WI – Viessmann Group/BIOFermTM Energy Systems’ high solids anaerobic digestion technology was selected by The City of Edmonton and The ...
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M+M Power, Milton Farm, Marches Biogas - Case Study
Milton Farm is set within the heart of Herefordshire’s scenic countryside, owned by the Morris family whom have been farming there since 1960. As a means of diversifying from the mainstream farming business, the family choseMarches Biogas to design, build and maintain the newanaerobic digestion (AD) plant. Clarke Energy supplied, installed and maintain GE’s Jenbacher 312 gas engine ...
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