Biomass
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EcoZoom cooks up Kenya office plans
A Portland company that makes clean-burning cookstoves is opening its second office in a very far-off market. But it makes sense for EcoZoom to move overseas because the company’s second office will…
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Future Energy Conference: Biomass communications
Could Oregon's forest-based economy be making a comeback? Absolutely, said four speakers at a Tuesday Future Energy Conference presentation on biomass. Presenters at the Northwest Environmental Business…
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Joule says it can now produce renewable gasoline & jet fuel without biomass
Bedford-based Joule Unlimited said Monday that it has extended its renewable fuel production process to produce the essential components of gasoline and jet fuel. The company is currently scaling its…
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Boardman plant produces ZeaChem's first alt-fuels
A Boardman plant is ready to commercialize a biofuel form its operators forged from locally sourced biomass materials such as wood and grass. ZeaChem Inc. said it has produced "commercial-grade cellulosic…
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Oregon's energy dept. issues rural-aimed grants
Oregon's energy department and the U.S. Forest Service have kicked six grants over to small wood energy project operators.Each of the six projects, which will share the Oregon Department of Energy's $168,000…
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Poor air quality prompts request for biomass moratorium in two Oregon counties
A spate of air pollution bad enough to be in violation of the Clean Air Act and comparable to the well-known pollution in Beijing has prompted an activist group to request an emergency moratorium on biomass…
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Southern Research Institute gets $1.5M for alternative fuels work
The Southern Research Institute has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to test a method for producing liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass, the organization announced…
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ZeaChem closes $25M investment, touts Boardman biorefinery
ZeaChem Inc. announced Monday morning the company closed a $25 million Series C investment and the completed construction of its demonstration biorefinery in Boardman. The refinery has the capacity to…
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Iberdrola's Lakeview biomass plans call for more emissions
Iberdrola Renewables Inc. is looking to more than double the amount of emissions allowed at its planned biomass plant in Lakeview, following word from a supplier that its equipment doesn’t work as well…
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OSU studying 'semi-dwarf' trees for greener forest management
Oregon State University researchers are studying how growing shorter trees can lead to more sustainable and productive forest management practices. The work of the OSU forest genetics scientists, published…
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General Biofuels building $60M wood pellet plant in Georgia
General Biofuels Georgia LLC will spend $60 million to build a wood pellet manufacturing plant in Sandersville, Ga., and create 35 jobs. Gov. Nathan Deal’s office said plant will make industrial-grade…
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Columbia Biogas signs grid-connection agreement with PacifiCorp
Officials at Columbia Biogas announced Tuesday that they signed an agreement to connect the food waste-to-energy plant to the grid at PacifiCorp’s Killingsworth substation in Northeast Portland. The…
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Southern Oregon University gets grant to study biomass plant
Southern Oregon University landed a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to determine whether or not to build a large woody biomass co-generation facility that could generate 100 percent…
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HM3 Energy lands Oregon BEST grant
The Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Center announced its second commercialization grant in as many months, awarding $86,000 to HM3 Energy for emissions testing of its biomass energy…
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Oregon lands grant for wood energy cluster
Gov. John Kitzhaber announced Thursday that Oregon won the nation's first-ever grant to support a wood-energy cluster, a pilot project that will be developed with the U.S. Forest Service. The $168,000…
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Group releases draft of biomass strategy for Oregon
The state's Forest Biomass Working Group released this week a draft strategy document that aims to focus efforts to develop the state's biomass industry. The Forest Biomass Strategy, available for download…
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Go Green International plans Texas biomass plant
A company has come up with a profitable solution to assist Bastrop County property owners recovering from the 2011 wildfires and the drought. Go Green International Inc. plans to invest $18 million in…
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OSU, ZeaChem land federal funds for bioenergy research
Oregon State University, ZeaChem Inc. and other partners this week landed just over $7 million in research grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of a federal…
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Austin's $2.3B biomass deal no longer sweet
The nation’s largest biomass plant has gone online and it will supply all its renewable power to Austin Energy, but the same deal would probably not be approved today. The Austin City Council approved…
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A $500M biomass plant cranks up in Texas
A biomass power plant in Texas that Southern Co. took over in 2009 started commercial operations Wednesday. The Nacogdoches Generating Facility represents a capital investment of about $500 million, Atlanta-based…
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Columbia Biogas signs on PacifiCorp as power customer
Columbia Biogas and PacifiCorp signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the energy output of the waste-to-power plant planned for Northeast Portland. The formal agreement is a key step toward securing…
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ZeaChem adds to Boardman plant, hosts Gov. Kitzhaber
ZeaChem CEO Jim Imbler was in Boardman Monday to play host to Gov. John Kitzhaber and talk about the jobs his company's plant will provide for eastern Oregon. The company also formally announced construction…
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Cleantech Open offers startups access to cash
Cold-calling venture capitalists is pointless. Even for those with solid business plans and strong management, dialing Bay Area financiers out of the blue is less productive than buying lottery tickets. That’s…
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Virdia raises $20M, plans Mississippi plant
Virdia Inc. came out of stealth with a new name, a fresh $20 million round of funding, and $230 million in financing by the state of Mississippi to build its first major manufacturing facility in that…
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Pepco building waste-to-energy plant in D.C.
A Washington D.C. wastewater treatment plant will generate some of the power required to run itself, after a Pepco Holdings Inc. (NYSE: POM) subsidiary completes its work. Pepco Energy Services has been…
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