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What are the Environmental Benefits of Biomass Power?

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Emily Newton is the Editor-in-Chief of Revolutionized Magazine, an online publication that explores innovations in science and technology.   Renewable energy sources are slowly becoming more popular and some, like biomass power, could change the energy sector forever. Biomass is one of the main renewable energy sources available to us today, though it tends to get overlooked in favor of …

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EV Charging Stations

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Blink Sells or Deploys 539 EV Charging Stations Across 24 States and 4 Countries During Summer Covid-19 Lockdown New Equipment Installations Expand the Company’s Footprint in Major and Emerging EV Markets Miami Beach, FL, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading owner and operator of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment …

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Using COVID-19 Changes to Analyze Your Company’s Energy Impacts

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There’s a silver lining to the pandemic: the worldwide quarantine measures that have shut or slowed down production, travel, and the way people commuted daily have helped the environment recover. The change in the daily habits of companies and individuals means that air quality has improved and wildlife has started roaming freely in places they never dared to venture before.  …

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Solar PV Tracker Rankings

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Array Technologies Led Global Solar PV Tracker Rankings in 2014, IHS Says Global PV tracker market increased by more than 60 percent, reaching 4 GW in 2014 View image | gettyimages.com EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (May 14, 2015) –The global PV tracker market increased by more than 60 percent, to reach 4 gigawatts (GW) in 2014, according to a new report …

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PROCTER & GAMBLE AND CONSTELLATION ANNOUNCE ONE OF NATION’S LARGEST BIOMASS RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANTS

  Scrap wood to create 100% of the steam needed to run one of P&G’s largest paper manufacturing facilities The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) and Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), today announced the development of an up to 50-megawatt biomass plant that will help run one of P&G’s largest U.S. facilities. The plant will significantly increase P&G’s use of …

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Geothermal Industry Asserts Technology as Beneficial and Affordable

Nearly 300 industry leaders gathered in Reno last week for the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) National Geothermal Summit. The leading forum for Western State policy discussions, the National Geothermal Summit brought together the industry for a dialogue with state and federal policy makers. The industry met to discuss such issues as moving geothermal forward in Nevada; utility perspective on renewable …

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Microgrids part 2

Microgrids, Money and the Utility ‘Death Plunge’   This is the second part of our coverage on microgrids from last week’s Northeast Sustainable Energy Association BuildingEnergy 14 conference in Boston. Read Part I here. If distributed generation is accelerating the utility death spiral – as some say – will microgrids cause a total utility plunge? That’s the question Galen Nelson, director …

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SEIA Applauds White House Efforts to Boost Use of Renewable Energy

Reacting to today’s presidential memorandum requiring the federal government to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch released the following statement: “This is a landmark moment in our nation’s history. Today, climate change is a real and growing threat to America and the rest of the world. It’s indisputable. Sea …

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Fuel Job Growth with Wise Energy Investments, Scientist Urges

First Solyndra, then Beacon Power Corp. Both alternative energy companies declared bankruptcy this year after receiving millions in federal job stimulus dollars. It’s just what the United States does not need right now, says nuclear scientist Michael T. Gamble, an alternative energy researcher and investment-banking analyst. The public backlash to ill-spent tax dollars could hurt a vital emerging industry – …

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Fuel Job Growth with Wise Energy Investments, Scientist Urges

First Solyndra, then Beacon Power Corp. Both alternative energy companies declared bankruptcy this year after receiving millions in federal job stimulus dollars. It’s just what the United States does not need right now, says nuclear scientist Michael T. Gamble, an alternative energy researcher and investment-banking analyst. The public backlash to ill-spent tax dollars could hurt a vital emerging industry – …

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Super-Green, Enviro-Friendly, Solar-Powered Home in Newport Beach, California has applied for LEED Platinum Designation

This homeowner is determined to make his home as Planet-Friendly as possible When Steve Rizzone set out to build a new custom home on a hillside lot in Newport Beach, California he wanted to “walk the talk” about living green by building the most environmentally-friendly home possible. It took five years of planning by Mr. Rizzone and his architects and …

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Alternative Energy Updates – week 07

pellet press The choice of wood pellet storage can have a substantial impact on the wood pellets charge For case biomass pellets in bags are more expensive than bulk deliveries in either large bags or blown loose into a silo The obvious reason for this is there is no fee associated by way of bagging the pellets Though there is …

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Wood Pellet Mill As Well As Wood In Addition To Climate Change

Wood pellets can be made from any source of wood residue plus waste with-products, yet the quality of the raw matter, end use plus value does change. The most common use of a biomass pellet mill is to create biomass pellet fuel. The most common wood pellet energy are premium biomass pellets. Premium biomass pellets are the highest quality wood …

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