
Energy from biomass
Boardman coal-burning plant may have a future after all: biomass
OregonLive.com, January 31, 2010
Portland General Electric isn't the only utility considering replacing some of their coal with plant material, but they are among the few thinking about doing away with coal entirely using biomass, said Christopher Wright, a research engineer and biomass energy specialist at Idaho National Laboratory. "In that regard, they are on the forefront of that thinking when we look out on the landscape," Wright said... [Read more]
Biofuels vs. Biomass Electricity
MIT Technology Review, May 8, 2009
A study published today in Science concludes that, on average, using biomass to produce electricity is 80 percent more efficient than transforming the biomass into biofuel... [Read more]
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