biomass energy
As part of the RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which manages the Superfund reclamation initiative, and the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, are considering using brownfields and closed landfills to develop renewable energy projects.
Stocks were up nearly two percent Tuesday after Argan, Inc (NYSE AMEX: AGX) announced that its subsidiary Gemma Power Systems (GPS) had been awarded a contract to build a biomass-fired power plant for East Texas Electric Cooperative Inc.
Backed by Denham Capital, Greenleaf Power continues to grow its biomass energy portfolio.
In a new two-year study, partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, two biomass companies are joining forces to determine which variations of biomass crops are optimal for thermochemical conversion and how to optimize their usage.
The U.S.Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Electric Power Monthly finds that shares of electricity from non-hydro renewable sources grew in the double-digits over the past year.
Check out the podcast interview I did recently on biochar company Re:Char. Apologies for the background noise.
Re:char is the brainchild of Jason Aramburu, a recent Princeton University graduate and now self-styled biochar entrepreneur and researcher.
