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Company bids for biomass contract
Nov 5 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Nick Sambides Jr. Bangor Daily News, Maine - Brookfield Renewable Power has bid to supply electricity to the state's utilities from a biomass boiler it hopes to install at its local paper mill, a next step among several needed to restart the mill, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. More...
El Dorado County OKs plan to use landfill gas as fuel
Nov 5 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Cathy Locke The Sacramento Bee, Calif. - El Dorado County plans to boost production of electricity from methane gas at its Union Mine Landfill. More...
WPL tests biomass at Cassville power plant
Nov 05 - The Wisconsin State Journal - Wisconsin Power & Light has started testing various types of biomass to fuel its Nelson Dewey power plant at Cassville, along the Mississippi River in Grant County. More...
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Power plant wants to keep it clean
Nov 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Bob Downing The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio - Two engineers from Akron-based FirstEnergy Generation Corp. More...
State launches new Web site for biomass economy
Nov 2 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. - The N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance has announced a new online commodity trading Web site for organic materials to help expand the development of the biomass economy in North Carolina. More...
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