Citizens Protest Proposed DeKalb Biomass Plant

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 Citizens Protest Proposed DeKalb Biomass Plant
MyFox Atlanta
Outraged citizens rallied in DeKalb County on Monday, protesting plans for
a proposed biomass energy plant near Lithonia. The plant is planned for
Rodgers Lake Road in south DeKalb County in a community which includes both
homes and industrial business ...
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Citizens-to-Protest-Proposed-DeKalb-Gas-Incinerator-Plant-20110613-am-sd


Real Ventures seeks construction capital for £260m of biomass projects
NewNet
Project developer Real Ventures is looking to invest £260m in the build of
two biomass projects in the UK, and has revealed to NewNet that it is still
seeking construction capital. Last year, the company announced plans to
build a 49MW facility on the ...
http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/renewable-energy-news/by-technology/biofuel-biomass/real-ventures-seeks-construction-capital-for-260m-of-biomass-projects.html


Vt capital weighs heating downtown with wood
BusinessWeek
Common in Europe and already in place in a handful of places around the US,
district heating systems fueled with wood or other plant matter -- known as
biomass -- appear to be gaining interest in Vermont and elsewhere. St.
Paul, Minn., has had such a ...
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9NR2GO80.htm


US pours $36 million to advance drop-in biofuel technologies
EcoSeed
But this award will allow us to move quickly to leverage our recent
breakthroughs with cellulosic biomass conversion,” explains Dr. Randy
Cortright, founder and chief technology officer of Virent. Virent applied
for the DOE award in February. ...
http://www.ecoseed.org/politics/funding-a-incentives/article/35-funding-incentives/10163-u-s-pours-$36-million-to-advance-drop-in-biofuel-technologies


Iberdrola's natural gas plant proposal amended to biomass
Biomass Power and Thermal
By Lisa Gibson | June 13, 2011 A proposed natural gas power plant in
Klamath Falls, Ore., will instead be a 35-megawatt biomass-fired power
plant supplying power to the grid. Developer Iberdrola Renewables will put
its biomass plant on the same site it ...
http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/5582/iberdrolaundefineds-natural-gas-plant-proposal-amended-to-biomass/


Buena Vista Biomass Power project proceeds
Biomass Power and Thermal
By Lisa Gibson | June 13, 2011 With an environmental lawsuit behind it, the
18-megawatt Buena Vista Biomass Power plant in Buena Vista, Calif., will
continue its reconfiguration from coal to biomass, having suffered no
significant setbacks as a result ...
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/articles/5585/buena-vista-biomass-power-project-proceeds


Wood waste fuels debate on measure to exempt biomass from state solid
waste ...
OregonLive.com
By Jayme Fraser, The Oregonian Most Oregon legislators agreed Monday that
one man's trash is another man's fuel and the state shouldn't interfere
with his ability to put it to good use while others opposed a measure to
exempt woody biomass from ...
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/wood_waste_fuels_debate_on_mea.html

Thermya builds three facilities for the torrefaction of biomass
BioEnergy News
Thermya, a French engineering firm dedicated to biomass-to-energy
conversion technologies, has begun building three industrial biocoal
production units using Torspyd – the company's biomass torrefaction
process. The first unit is currently in ...
http://www.bioenergy-news.com/index.php?/Industry-News?item_id=3687