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Federal wood burning rule prompts rural backlash
A federal proposal to clean up the smoke wafting from wood-burning stoves has sparked a backlash from some rural residents, lawmakers and manufacturers who fear it could close the damper on one of the oldest ways of warming homes on cold winter days. Proposed regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would significantly reduce the amount of particle pollution allowed from the ...
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EPA Tips to Help Reduce Health Concerns and Improve Efficiency When Using Wood Heaters
With a very cold winter in full swing in New England, many people seek to reduce their heating costs by turning to wood as a cost-saving, renewable source of energy. However, both indoor and outdoor wood heaters may be inefficient and emit more pollutants into the air than heat sources that burn oil or natural gas. By following some wood-burning tips, people can help ensure that wood is burned ...
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With Cooler Weather, advice to New Englanders for safer, cleaner wood-burning (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
As cooler temperatures return in the northeast and many people seek to avoid high heating costs, more and more New Englanders are turning to wood as a cost-saving, renewable source of energy. EPA reminds New Englanders that wood heaters may emit more pollutants into the air than the heat sources they replace such as oil or natural gas. Following some easy recommendations and tips can help ensure ...
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As Wood Stove Changeout Program Brings Cleaner Air to Southeastern New England, EPA Offers Advice for Safer, Cleaner Wood-Burning
Southern New England will enjoy cleaner air this winter as a result of a Clean Air Act enforcement settlement between Dominion Energy and EPA involving three Dominion power plants in Illinois, Indiana and Massachusetts. The settlement, finalized in July 2013, required Dominion to meet stricter emission limits and to install or upgrade pollution control technology on two plants and to permanently ...
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Cheap beads offer alternative solar-heating storage
A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on paraffin wax and stearic acid is described in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology and could help keep homes warm in sunny parts of the world that get very cold ...
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"Enerstena" will develop a biofuel gas plant
From the beginning of 2018, UAB "Enerstena", together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and 8 other partners from Lithuania, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, will launch a new bio-plant project for biofuel conversion to gas. "The new bio-plant will not burn wood chips, sawdust or other biomass, but will convert it to gas, from which it will produce necessary product for ...
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Coal continues to give way to alternative fuels in powering University of Missouri campus
Tom Hellauer reports in The Missourian on the continuing trend toward wood and natural gas and away from coal as fuel for the University of Missouri (MU) Power Plant. The University of Missouri is a member of the International District Energy Association (IDEA). The MU Power Plant continues to throttle back on its use of coal in the face of stiffening environmental regulations and the ...
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Modern wood heating industry celebrates 1GW milestone under Renewable Heat Incentive
Installed capacity of modern wood heating systems under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) have broken through the 1GW milestone earlier this month, thanks to strong demand in commercial, industrial and public sector organisations. Modern wood heating boilers burn wood pellets, chips, briquettes or logs and feed the heat into a central heating system or, in some cases, directly into industrial ...
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Illegal wood burning caught on camera
Two skip companies repeatedly supplied wood to an illegal wood burning site. The Environment Agency had the site in Upminster, Essex under surveillance for several days in January 2012. Yesterday (Thurs) the man responsible for burning the waste, landowner Kevin Harding was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay a contribution towards costs of £1000, both based on his means, after pleading ...
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Biomass `hungry animal` is `morally wrong`
The biomass sector’s use of high quality wood, which still has recycling value, as feedstock is “inefficient and immoral” – according to wood panel industry insiders. Board mill professionals say that within a rightly held enthusiasm to commit to green processes, energy from waste plants are burning higher quality material and virgin fibre rather than using lower grades that can no longer be ...
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New maps reveal Enviva’s Ahoskie wood pellet facility threatens southern wetland forests, surrounding ecosystems and wildlife
New maps and a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Dogwood Alliance reveal the ecological threat a major wood pellet manufacturing mill in Ahoskie, North Carolina, poses to surrounding endangered forests. The facility, operated by the South’s largest exporter of wood pellets, Enviva, produces approximately 400,000 tons of wood pellets per year to ship ...
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EPA, Industry Launch Agreement for Cleaner Outdoor Wood Heaters
Washington, D.C. - Under a voluntary partnership agreement with EPA, key manufacturers have agreed to make cleaner outdoor wood-fired heaters available for purchase this year. Outdoor wood-burning units provide heat and hot water for homes and other buildings. The new heaters will be about 70 percent cleaner than models currently on the market. 'This partnership, along with efforts from ...
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Prize honours green innovations in small island states
A social enterprise that says it helped to cut binge drinking in Vanuatu by selling solar-powered lanterns is one of ten nominees for a new award that aims to highlight organisations that champion green energy in small island developing states (SIDS) . Four of the ten candidates for the SIDS Awards 2013 are from the Pacific, including Green Power, which is shortlisted for its work selling ...
By SciDev.Net
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First boiler inspection in Finland
ECOMB has recently invested more time and resources abroad than earlier. This has had a positive effect in both Poland and the UK. We have now got an order on a new market: One of the largest paper mills in Finland has asked us to investigate the potential benefits an Ecotube installation could offer on their plant, one of the largest biomass fired boilers in the world. The boiler is burning 240 ...
By Ecomb AB
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Buying A Wood Charcoal Making Machine 2023
As being the name suggests, a wood charcoal making machine is utilized to make charcoal from biomass. Charcoal continues to be made for centuries through similar processes in different parts of the globe. It really is a clean fuel with high energy density and this is, it will always be in demand. Within the last few decades, charcoal has found uses in various other industries such as beauty ...
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Economic hardship in Greece has increased wood burning to keep warm in winter
Air quality in the Greek city of Thessaloniki has worsened during the recent economic crisis, as residents burn more wood and other types of biomass to keep warm. A recent study has found a 30% increase in the concentration of fine particle (PM2.5) emissions associated with wood smoke from residential heating in 2012 and 2013, with implications for the health of local residents. Thessaloniki is ...
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India court orders action on crematorium near Taj Mahal
India's Supreme Court has ordered a state government to remove a wood-burning crematorium from near the Taj Mahal to protect the iconic monument from pollution damage. The judges said Monday that the government of Uttar Pradesh state could either move the crematorium away from the Taj Mahal or install an electric one in its place. They made their order after a letter from another Supreme Court ...
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Rising living standards propel energy needs
Exxon Mobil says the drive for higher living standards around the world will keep demand for electricity and transportation fuels growing even as economies get more efficient and governments put a price on pollution. The company's annual long-term energy outlook, released Thursday, predicts world energy demand will grow 35 percent by 2040 as electricity and modern fuels are brought to some of ...
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How To Pick The Best Charcoal Making Machine For Your Business
A charcoal making machine could be used to produce wood-fired fuel from waste. The process of charcoal making is undoubtedly an eco-friendly method that can generate multiple incomes. The machine can produce high-quality charcoal within thirty minutes. Additionally, it is a renewable resource that is not going to produce pollution. Charcoal making machines can be bought at various prices, from ...
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Foster Wheeler selects Emerson’s automation technology for the world’s largest 100 percent biomass-fired boiler
Foster Wheeler has chosen Emerson Process Management’s PlantWeb™ digital plant architecture with the Ovation™ expert control system and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software to control a new biomass boiler at the Polaniec Power Station in Poland. When operational in 2012, this will be the world’s largest 100 percent biomass-fired boiler. Foster Wheeler is building the ...
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