State regulators are generally giving their approval, although environmentalists are warning that cutting down trees to make it work is a no-no and that using wood waste or scraps is a more plausible option.
He admits that it is not simple to pull the sugars out of non-food material like pulp or wood waste, but says that even factoring in the extraction process, the final cost should be lower than using corn starch or sugar cane, both of which are much higher-priced commodities.
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The recycling plant blaze, in which about 8, 000 tonnes of wood and waste caught fire, was put out in November and is still under investigation.
The Environment Agency revoked the permit of Wood Recycling Services Ltd to store wood and composting waste.
The company plans to build one or two bio-refineries per year, initially in North America, and then expanding into Brazil, Asia and other locations near waste wood sources.
Dominion is converting its three remaining coal-fired power stations in Virginia to those that can also run on waste wood, all of which are expected to be operational by year-end.
Prior to WW1, most fuel ethanol came from wood logging and milling waste using the Scholler process.
This type of ethanol refers to fuel made from waste, wood, plants and other products, as opposed to the now widely produced corn ethanol.
Greenco Environmental collects the residual food from places like the Hyatt and blends that with wood and yard "waste" from tree companies, landscapers and municipalities.
Advanced bio-fuel centers, which can take landfill waste and wood chips to make cellulosic ethanol, are also part of that universe and are attracting enthusiasts and naysayers alike.
The bags, which contained waste such as plastic, wood and metal, should have been sent to the Low Level Waste Repository, at Drigg.
Now BP will try to continue where Verenium left off, trying to turn sugarcane bagasse, agricultural waste, and wood products into liquid fuels for transportation.
The pile is owned by Weston Super Mare based Good 2 Grow, but the company laid all its staff off and effectively shut down just days before the thousand tonnes of wood chippings and other green waste spontaneously combusted.
Young problem solvers make fuel wood-alternative from bio-waste: Jon Kubricki and Bridget Zarych , both 16-year-old students at Pinelands Eco Regional High School in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey , are winning team-members of the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge.
The fire involves wood chips, tree cuttings and garden waste which had been destined to be turned into compost.
And the feedstock, or food for the microbes, can be any type of agricultural product, from sugar cane to waste such as wheat straw and wood chips.
Many waste management companies covert discarded trees into wood chips or mulch that can be used in local parks or gardens.
But the key going forward is going to be, can we create biofuels out of switchgrass and wood chips and other materials that right now are considered waste materials?
The wood mulch belongs to Good2Grow, which leased the land from waste management firm Grundon.
Mr. ROB ROUTS (Executive, Royal Dutch Shell): Waste materials could be straw, they could be wood and in some cases, for instance, old railroad ties, trees, what have you.
Just so we are clear about this particular waste let me explain directly from the European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production: CND waste includes soils, concrete, bricks, glass, wood, plasterboard, asbestos, metals and plastic.
Jon, Bridget, and their teammates designed a low-cost, easy-to-ship mini-press that can turn biomass waste products, such as banana peels, into a viable wood-alternative for cooking.
It also consumes an awful lot of other materials in the process as well, like wood and paper and all of those sorts of things, which produce a lot of waste at the end of the production.
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