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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 19, 2009 /PRNewswire - The City of Santa Clara and Ameresco today unveiled an innovative clean energy project that will capture and put to use gas created naturally at the city's closed municipal landfill. More...
Decomposing trash at Lewisville landfill used to power homes
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Biomass study aired Thursday
Nov 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Bob Audette Brattleboro Reformer, Vt. - The question about whether it's feasible for Brattleboro to heat and power its downtown and commercial areas with locally produced biomass will be answered on Nov. More...
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Grant to assess area forests' biomass potential
Nov 13 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John Myers Duluth News Tribune, Minn. - The feds want to know if there's enough wood in Great Lakes forests to handle the growing demand for biomass energy, and they're giving the University of Minnesota $2.7 million to find out. More...
City park eyed for wood biomass storage
Nov 13 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jim Sullivan The Ironton Tribune, Ohio - Ironton City Council's penultimate session before replacing two of its current members had the city's legislative body spending most of its time Thursday night listening and learning. More...
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The Greenstuff File

By Roger Feldman
As Snow White grew older, she had more difficulty using all those new fangled labor saving and communications devices around the cottage. She began to give her seven renewable energy dwarfs helpful little hints and more...
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Biomass Seeks Higher Profile

By Bill Opalka
While biomass energy doesn't have the cachet of other renewable energy sources like solar and wind, the industry is taking steps to change that perception. And it's started a multi-pronged effort in two areas where more...
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Biomass Wastes

By Salman Zafar
Biomass is the material derived from plants that use sunlight to grow which include plant and animal material such as wood from forests, material left over from agricultural and forestry processes, and organic industrial, human more...
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Making Green Power Greener

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