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How important is it that an additional criteria for ILUC is added to the EU sustainability schemes?
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Tank Storage Canada expo & conference
28 September 2010 - 29 September 2010
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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FAME 2010
13 September 2010 - 14 September 2010
Berlin, Germany |
Biodiesel Congress
22 September 2010 - 24 September 2010
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Tank Storage Association conference and exhibition
23 September 2010 - 23 September 2010
Coventry, UK |
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Volume 4, Issue 6
Feature: Biomass challenges and potential in the US |
The tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the US’ urgent need for alternative energy sources to fossil fuels. The biomass industry started as an idea in California in the late 1970s: how can we put forest brush and industry waste to good use, and while we’re at it, reduce forest fires and landfill waste? Since then, biomass in the US has grown into a $1 billion (€0.8 billion) industry that supports 18,000 jobs in 80 plants located in 20 states around this country. As a carbon-neutral resource that uses organic waste, like scrap lumber, forest debris, agricultural harvest waste, and other industry byproducts, to generate electricity, biomass power has a unique and invaluable place in the green arena. The industry is now facing some serious regulatory challenges and rapidly spreading myths about biomass power that as an industry must be challenged: • Educating the public about biomass and the ways we generate power. Like in many other countries, US biomass facilities have always used organic waste material, specifically wood waste, to generate power. However, as of late, environmental reports have falsely implied that biomass uses merchantable, mature timber as a fuel.
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