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Soil is Not Renewable
– by Friends of the Wild Swan and Swan View Coalition Soils are the foundation of terrestrial life. Forest productivity is directly tied to soil conditions. Soil takes thousands of years to develop and is not “renewable”on a human time scale. Soil is an ecosystem in itself that must be healthy in order to provide…
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Planned La Pine, OR Biomass Facility Hinges on Market
– by Dylan J. Darling, March 17, 2015, Bend Bulletin A wood-burning power plant remains a possibility for La Pine, with the city now taking the lead on the project from Deschutes County and the company behind it waiting for a change in the energy market. “It’s just been on hold due to market conditions,” said…
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RWE Drops Biomass Power, Adds Biomass Thermal, Wind
– by Anna Simet, March 12, 2015, Biomass Magazine While RWE Group reported it achieved its earnings targets for 2014 and EBITDA was significantly better than planned, low electricity prices and unusually mild weather negatively affected business performance, which dropped 25 percent from 2013 to 2014. Peter Terium, CEO of RWE, said that currently, 35 to 45…
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