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November 5, 2012 – Telvent GIT, S.A., a leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that it has been selected to design, manufacture and program a distributed control system for Hugoton, Kan., second generation biomass plant, the first commercial-scale cellulosic biomass refinery in the world. Using Telvent solutions will allow operators to control and supervise all plant processes and respond to current operating conditions. As the first ever commerci...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: BioFuels, Biomass
State College, Pa. -- 16 July 2012 -- AccuWeather.com the ongoing drought and Corn Belt disaster is likely to further drive down yields in the United States for 2012. Despite the most acres of corn planted since the 1930s and high expectations this spring by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for this year's crop, the 2012 yield is likely to be even lower than current official government forecasts. In June, the USDA was projecting a record 166 bushels of corn per acre to be harvest this ...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Biomass
WASHINGTON. D.C. – As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to deploying every available source of American energy and reducing our reliance on imported oil, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced new funding available to pursue new innovations in biofuels technologies, increase production of U.S. biofuels, and strengthen American energy security. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Navy and Departm...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Biomass
WAUKESHA, WIS.—May 3, 2012 —GE’s (NYSE: GE) Waukesha gas engines factory manufactured and recently delivered two, 1-megawatt (MW) cogeneration sets for the Forest County Potawatomi Community’s (FCPC) planned biogas combined heat and power (CHP) project in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley. The biogas project will convert waste from area food processing operations into a reliable supply of renewable energy for the tribal community as well as the local grid. GE delivered the two Waukesha APG1...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Biomass
COVINGTON, N.Y.—May 1, 2012 —U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined state and local officials today at the grand opening of New York state’s largest on-farm, ‘co-digestion’ biogas power project, marking an important boost to the state’s renewable energy production and sustainability efforts. The facility is located at Synergy Dairy, a 2,000-head dairy farm in Covington, Wyoming County, southwest of Rochester. CH4 Biogas LLC built, owns and operates the project under the name Synergy...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Biomass
WASHINGTON, D.C. (APRIL 3, 2012) —The U.S. geothermal industry continued its steady growth adding approximately 91 MW of newly installed capacity in the past year, according to the annual update on the geothermal industry from the Geothermal Energy Association . The Annual U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Report shows that the industry currently has 3,187 MW of installed capacity, significantly outpacing every other country in the world. As a renewable, baseload energy supply, geot...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Biomass