Mass. proposes regulations for wood burning plants
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts regulators are seeking public comment on proposed new rules governing the state’s biomass energy industry. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources said the new regulations followed more than two years of evaluation, public input, and careful consideration. Regulators said they were looking for the best rules to govern the use biomass resources for energy — including trees — in a manner that is consistent with...
read moreSuperior hospital set to unveil biomass project
SUPERIOR- Mineral Community Hospital will officially unveil their new Biomass Energy system on Wednesday. Hospital officials say the new biomass system uses a combustion boiler that burns 180 tons of pellets per year and replaces the facility’s 1975 fuel-oil burning system. It will create fewer emissions and lower heating and cooling costs by over $48,000 annually according to...
read moreCMP upgrade found wanting
May 13 Shortcomings spotted in $1.4 billion project by Tux Turkel tturkel@mainetoday.comStaff Writer Central Maine Power Co.’s $1.4 billion transmission system upgrade isn’t designed to handle the power that can be made available at times from new and existing alternative energy plants in northern and eastern Maine, federal utility regulators and the region’s grid operator have determined. The shortcoming has financial effects...
read moreIs Biomass Electricity Right for You?
Biomass refers to biological material found in organic waste. Biomass electricity (BE) is the process of harnessing the energy stored in this biomass material and using it to produce electricity to meet your power needs. this is a great renewable source of energy and is a very green choice – but is BE right for you? Questions to Ask In making...
read moreTwenty per cent of enquiries from Germany interested in renewable energy in Malaysia
19th April, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR: About 20 per cent of the 2,000 enquiries from Germany received annually by the Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed interest to participate in Malaysia’s renewable energy business, says General Manager Thomas Brandt. He said the remaining 80 per cent were involved in traditional businesses and were mostly in green-related and energy efficient businesses. “At present, there is an immense...
read moreFor alternative energy producers, is it worth plugging in?
1:00 AM Questions about the adequacy of CMP’s transmission grid – and the risk of losing so-called future capacity payments as a result – prompt questions on the part of several developers. By Tux Turkel tturkel@mainetoday.comStaff Writer Central Maine Power Co.’s $1.4 billion transmission system upgrade isn’t designed to handle the power that can be made available at times from new and existing alternative energy...
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