Germany had so much renewable energy on Sunday that it had to pay people to use electricity QZ, May 10, 2016 On Sunday, May 8, Germany hit a new high in renewable energy generation. Thanks to a sunny and windy day, at one point around 1pm the country’s solar, wind, hydro and biomass plants were […]
Metal Powder: the New Zero-Carbon Fuel? IEEE Spectrum, December 16, 2015. Image credit: rgouveia The two solid fuel boosters that burned for two minutes helping the U.S.’s old space shuttle fleet to reach its orbit each contained 80 tons of aluminum powder, which corresponds to 16 percent of the total weight of the solid fuel. “This idea of […]
Kerri-Ann Richard, October 7, 2015. Image credit: Biomass Magazine When considering the conversion of their existing coal-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant in 2011, Finnish utility Vaskiluodon Voima evaluated a number of technical options before settling on biomass gasification as the best alternative. Integrating a biomass gasification plant with the existing coal-fired boiler was a […]
White House rejects biomass as carbon neutral Utility Dive, July 2, 2015. Image credit: markusspiske Dive Brief: The White House has issued a policy statement declaring its strong opposition to a House measure it believes would undermine President Obama’s ability to put environmental reforms in place, and specifically rejecting calls to declare biomass fuels as “carbon […]
Renewables Re-energized: Green Energy Investments Worldwide Surge 17% to $270 Billion in 2014 Frankfurt School Press Release, March 31, 2015. Image credit: Kreatif Global investments in renewable energy rebounded strongly last year, registering a solid 17% increase to $270 Billion in 2014 after two years of declines and brushing aside the challenge from sharply lower […]
According to Global Bioenergy Supply and Demand projections, a working paper for REmap 2030, global biomass demand could double to 108 EJ by 2030 if all its potential beyond the business as usual is implemented. Nearly a third of this total would be consumed to produce power and district heat generation with a total of 47% going between…
