economics

Electricity Generation from Biomass: Installed Capacity Forecasts for Dedicated, Co-Fired, Anaerobic Digestion, and Biorefinery Facilities

May 27, 2013. Source: PR Newswire 

Project withdrawn after federal funding source issues

June 14, 2013. Source: Andrew Creasey, Herald and News

Proposed Klamath Falls, Oregon Biomass Incinerator Will Not Be Built

June 13, 2013. Source: Herald and News

New Report Spells Out Potential Negative Impacts of Bioeconomy and Markets in Environmental Services on Women

President Barack Obama and Republican Party Nominee Mitt Romney may not see eye to eye on issues like same-sex marriage, immigration, or abortion, but when it comes to the candidates’ harmful stances on biomass energy and biofuels, the two might as well be running on the same ticket.

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Governor Mitt Romney 

Residents of six counties in North and South Carolina facing massive chicken and pig-manure burning biomass power incinerators, including a man dressed as a chicken [pictured below], were barred from giving testimony at a North Carolina Utilities Commission hearing over biomass electricity requirements on August 28 in Raleigh.

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An 11.5 megawatt biomass power incinerator proposal for the 6,400 person central-Colorado town of Gypsum is moving along swiftly, despite concerns of community members and at least one town councilor.