Category: Biomass

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Categories:
Data Center Design: Construction, Container, Data Center Outages, Monitoring, Power and Cooling
Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
Power: Biomass, Fossil Fuel, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer

  1. Oops, Biomass may not be Carbon Neutral

    Explore Article greenm3.com (Jun 13 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Biomass , Fossil Fuel

    Oops, Biomass may not be Carbon Neutral Forested regions around the world are pursuing biomass as a renewable energy source but a study finds that the carbon footprint from burning biomass can be worse for global warming than coal. The Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences on Thursday published the findings of a six-month study to measure the greenhouse gas impacts of using biomass, which, in many cases, does not meet claims of being "carbon neutral" over short periods of time.

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  2. National Life Launches $2 Million Biomass Project

    Explore Article environmentalleader.com (May 13 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Biomass

    National Life Launches $2 Million Biomass Project RELATED STORIES Xcel Energy Plans Midwest Biomass Plant Biomass CoGen Project to Produce Power for NMU With Little Waste Despite Hurdles, UW Converting Coal Plant to Biomass RELATED TOPICS Biomass Carbon Footprint Contracts & Installations Energy Efficiency Facilities U.S. National Life Group has unveiled a biomass energy project that will meet 90 percent of the heating needs of its Montpelier, Vermont campus while reducing the company’s annual carbon footprint by 45 percent. The $2 million project, scheduled to be completed in late summer, is expected to cut National Life’s annual usage of heating oil from 210,000 gallons to about 30,000 ...

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  3. Southern Power Sinking $500M Into Biomass Facility

    Explore Article environmentalleader.com (Nov 12 2009) Construction , Biomass

    Southern Power Sinking $500M Into Biomass Facility Austin, Texas, will be closer to meeting its goal of 30 percent renewable energy once a biomass facility from Southern Power comes into play. Southern Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, recently acquired a not-yet-constructed biomass facility from American Renewables LLC. The facility is being built in Sacul, Texas. Southern Power plans to spend $475 million [...]

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  4. Put Bio Diesel in your backup generator? By Doug Mohney

    Explore Article Views and Opinions on Green IT (Oct 22 2009) Power and Cooling , Biomass

    Put Bio Diesel in your backup generator? By Doug Mohney Diesel generators are the stock-in-trade of the majority of backup power solutions for data centers around the globe. Some companies have smelled the French fries, so to speak, and have started buying generators tweaked (just a little) for specifically burning biodiesel. Others are comfortable, with the right supplier, using a biodiesel blend as a drop-in replacement for the petroleum-based product. Bio-diesel is a fuel derived from any natural fat or oil and designed to burn in (what else?) a diesel engine. Every couple of months you have probably come across the cliché' story of a diesel vehicle – Mercedes-Benz cars ...

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  5. Blue Marble scores cash to convert waste products to fuel

    Explore Article TechFlash (Jul 15 2009) Biomass

    Blue Marble scores cash to convert waste products to fuel Maybe clean tech venture deals come in waves. No sooner did I complete the post on the funding for biodiesel startup Bio Architecture Lab that another Seattle area alternative energy company announced the close of its series A financing.Blue Marble Energy Corp. -- which is developing ways to convert algae, plants and food waste into fuel -- didn't disclose the size of the round in a press release. But in a SEC filing from April, the company indicated that it had raised $1 million of a $2 million round."With the tightness in the financing markets, it is very gratifying to ...

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