One potato, two potato
Following the all-but-certain defeat of a renewal of the ethanol tax credit, left-wing environmental activists, confederated into the National Anti-Biomass Incineration and Forest Protection Campaign, are making a move to destabilize support for biomass-based power generation.
At issue: is burning biomass carbon-neutral, and are there other emissions associated with it that make biomass an unappealing alternative [...]
Biofuels Digest announces Advanced Biofuels Markets, November 9-10 in San Francisco
Readers: I am delighted to announce Biofuels Digest’s Advanced Biofuels Markets on November 9-10, 2010 in San Francisco, which will feature the largest assemblage of CEOs of the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” since our Washington DC conference in April.
The full agenda and registration information is here.
Sponsorship and exhibition information is here.
Our goal in San [...]
The busy person’s guide to a 20 percent Renewable Power Standard
For a long time there has been discussion of 20 percent renewable power standards in a wide assortment of countries. There’s squabbling about the exact percentages, and the merits of solar, wind, biomass, geo and hydro — but it’s a conversation that hasn’t gone away, and won’t.
Why? To meet the 2050 global carbon goals [...]
Hakuna Matata – to worry or not to worry about the policies of biomass
Paul Hodson, Deputy Head of Unit, DG ENER, European Commission, opined recently that there are no reasons to worry about the future of biomass within the overall transition to a low-carbon society. “Without biomass,” he said, “you can’t write a de-carbonized story. It’s just not possible.”
Ah, no reasons to worry. As in, Hakuna matata. She’ll [...]
