Stories Tagged "biomass"
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Algae Biomass Takes Commercial Step
posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:04 PM
A Midwestern ethanol company has harnessed what they call "the next generation of renewable fuel" -- algae-based biofuel. Their towering vials of churning green biomass are known as photobioreactors.
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EPA Eases up on Biomass Industry Over Regulating Carbon Dioxide Pollution
posted on January 14, 2011 at 5:01 PM
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Under pressure from some members of Congress, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is easing up on regulating global warming pollution from facilities that burn biomass for energy.
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POET Gathers Biomass for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
posted on August 27, 2010 at 2:08 PM
House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson this week expressed frustration that an EPA decision on increased blends of ethanol in U.S gasoline -- scheduled to have been made in May -- continues to be mired in delays.
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Califorina Firm Plans to Turn Iowa Cobs into Ammonia
posted on April 3, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Des Moines, Iowa (AP) - A San Francisco-based company plans to build a plant in central Iowa where it will produce anhydrous ammonia fuel and fertilizer from corncobs and other biomass.
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Biomass Could Heat Schools
posted on March 14, 2008 at 8:03 PM
ST ANSGAR, Iowa (AP) — Officials in this northern Iowa town are considering using biomass to heat school buildings throughout the district.
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Willows for Biomass
posted on October 25, 2002 at 8:10 PM
And you say these willows will do what now?
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Farm Bill Could Fuel Alternative Energy
posted on July 5, 2002 at 8:07 PM
Lloyd Ritter, Majority Counsel, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee: "The department of energy, DOE, estimates tripling the use of biomass could provide up to 20 billion dollars in new income for farmers and rural areas and...
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