Wood-burning isn’t just great for pizza. It’s great for power. Georgia Power is using energy from wood biomass as part of its commitment to use independent renewable power producers. Georgia Power and Yellow Pine Energy Company, LLC, a biomass-fired facility to be located near Fort Gaines, Ga., recently signed a 20-year contract for electricity that will be generated from environmentally-friendly …
BioGold From the USA to the UK and Beyond
BioGold Fuels is extending the reach of its operations throughout the Western World. The company has entered into a joint venture with a company in the United Kingdom to establish waste to energy plants throughout Europe. BioGold Fuels Corporation in a joint venture with Jack Allen Holdings Limited, has formed BioGold Fuels U.K. Limited and BioGold Fuels Europe Limited. The …
Babcock & Brown Wind Up Wind Energy
One of the largest wind farms in the U.S. has reached full operation. Babcock & Brown and BP have successfully reached full capacity with their wind farm in Weld County, Colorado. The 300.5 megawatt wind-power facility has been delivered on time, on budget and without a single lost time incident during its construction. General contractor Mortenson Construction has received industry …
Low-Cost Biodiesel from BioGold
Production of biodiesel is getting cheaper and cheaper. At least, it is for BioGold Fuels. Through its acquisition of Full Circle Industries, research and development, and strategic relationships, BioGold Fuels Corporation has developed a low cost method of producing diesel fuel and other types of energy derived from municipal solid waste and other types of waste. While other producers of …
Ethanol Production Moves Full Steam Ahead
The latest technology for producing ethanol is getting steamy. Literally. A new patent means more environmentally-friendly production of ethanol. Interstate Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation, and AE&E – Von Roll, Inc., a technology provider of steam generating systems using renewable, waste and conventional fuels, have together patented(*) a technology application that helps ethanol plants run …
Turning Waste to Energy
Two more landfill gas-to-energy facilities are slated for development in Virginia by Allied Waste. The second-largest non-hazardous solid waste services company already operates more than 50 landfill gas-to-energy products. The Brunswick County Landfill in Lawrenceville, Virginia is an 8-megawatt generating facility that has been developed with Richmond, Virginia-based Ingenco, which builds, owns and operates distributed generation facilities. The Brunswick County …
Panda Puts Ethanol in Texas
Texans in Sherman County can expect a new ethanol refinery. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has given Panda Ethanol the okay for an air permit for the company’s plans to build a 115 million gallon-per-year ethanol refinery. Panda says the refinery will be fueled by biomass. The facility will be designed to annually refine an estimated 38 million bushels …
VeraSun Gets Two For One
VeraSun Energy has broken ground on a new Oil Extraction Facility in Aurora, South Dakota. The new facility will use technology that enables the large ethanol producer to generate two renewable fuels from one kernel of corn. VeraSun Energy Corporation, one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, today announced that it began work on an oil extraction facility at its …
China Invests in Silverado Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Technology
Silverado Green Fuel Inc. has contracted China business development experts to spearhead its “Silverado Asian Business Development Team”. Synergy Management Group Ltd. will serve as Silverado´s portal into North American-Chinese joint ventures. Synergy represents an extensive network of key China-based contacts. The company’s North America-China, deal-making expertise has assisted a number of other North American companies in successfully accessing the …
Allstate Generates Wind in Texas
Allstate Insurance Company is making a “green” donation to 2,000 Texans. The insurere is wiring selected homes into the wind grid in an effort to provide clean, renewable, wind energy for one year. Allstate purchased 24.5 million kilowats of wind energy from the Horse Hollow II wind energy farm in West Texas for its 2,000-home donation. Allstate has made a …