The country’s largest biomass plant, the 100 megawatt Nacogdoches Generating Facility in northeast Texas, has been switched on by its owner Southern Company. And also this week, the country’s first grid-connected commercial tidal energy project is on schedule for deployment off the coast of Eastport, Maine by developer Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC). via Smart Continue reading →
A recent study by the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) looked at what it deemed as “One of the most important emerging challenges facing the grid . . . the need to incorporate more renewable generation in response to policy initiatives at both state and federal levels.” At issue is the intermittent nature of many renewables, namely Continue reading →
Humans have used biomass for fuel ever since harnessing the ability to light fires. In the early 1800s, before the advent of modern energy systems (oil, gas, coal, hydro and nuclear), a majority of all primary energy consumption was derived from biomass. Although traditional biomass products like ?rewood, charcoal, manure and crop residues still provide Continue reading →
Dorothy Thompson’s vision to transform Britain’s biggest power station into one of the largest renewable plants in the world moves into a critical phase in the coming months as Government decides how much backing to give to biomass. Drax plc has so far invested £100m to burn organic plant-based materials alongside coal at its power Continue reading →
Distributed ICT [information and communication technologies] will organize distributed energies. Renewables like wind, solar, geothermal and biomass are found in some proportion everywhere, in people’s backyards. As people begin to harvest these renewable energies they can share electricity peer-to-peer across an internet-like smart energy grid that extends across nations and even continents. We see buildings as the Continue reading →
Michigan’s power needs can be delivered by a combination of wind power, biomass, and other sources of renewable energy coupled with aggressive energy efficiency programs, according to a new energy report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The report comes as the Michigan Public Service Commission is set to make recommendations to the Department Continue reading →
