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Ethanol Spill in Greensboro, North Carolina
– December 8, 2014, Biofuels International Firefighters in Greensboro, North Carolina, responded to a leaking tanker at a Ryder truck rental facility. Approximately 2,000 gallons of ethanol spilled in an accident in south Greensboro North Carolina. A tanker filled with ethanol burst after the landing gear, which is used to keep the trailer upright when not…
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Census Bureau Releases Biomass Incinerator Data
– by Erin Voegele, December 3, 2014, Biomass Magazine The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new economic census statistics on renewable energy, reporting that revenues for electric power generation industries that use renewable energy resources increased 49 percent from 2007 to 2012, reaching $9.8 billion. In 2007, revenue was only $6.6 billion. Biomass is among the…
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Over 1,200 New Biomass Incinerators to be Constructed Within the Next 10 Years?
– December 4, 2014, AltEnergyMag Electricity generation from solid biomass continues to increase throughout the world. In late 2013, around 2,800 operational power plants worldwide were incinerating biomass only or very large shares of this fuel. These plants had an electricity generation capacity of about 42 GWel. Additionally, around 350 fossil power plants were co-incinerating biomass.…
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