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Administered by Ofgem, the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme is a fixed, index-linked income paid to organisations for each kWh of heat produced by renewable technologies such as biomass boilers over a 20-year period.
Held on 5-6 October 2011 at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, EBEC (European Bioenergy Expo and Conference) provides a unique opportunity for those involved in the production of bioenergy to make direct contact with visitors who are interested in maximising the financial ben... [more]
The four authorities in the West of England Partnership (B&NES, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) worked together to produce a Joint Waste Core Strategy (JWCS) to set out policies which will help planners make decisions about where major waste facilities should be located.
The Odd Down site and one at Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, are the two sites in the Bath and North East Somerset district earmarked as key strategic waste sites by the JWCS.
The boss of Bath’s leading recy... [more]
The environmental benefits of using sugarcane-based ethanol are substantial:
* Reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by approximately six percent, or 6,500 metric tons. This is equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of more than 1,800 cars on Brazilian roads.
* Reduces water consumption (used as a diluent in the combustion process) by approximately 20 million liters. This is equivalent to the amount of water used by 72,000 people in Sao Paulo on an average day.
* Eliminates 100 p... [more]
Just enough - lessons in living green from traditional Japan, by Azby Brown, presents the mentality that pervaded Japanese society then and which can serve as a beacon for our own efforts to achieve sustainability now. This book gives a remarkable look at how traditional Japanese were able to find meaning and satisfaction in a life in which the individual took “just enough” from the world and not more.
This is a book of stories, depictions of vanished ways of life told from the point of view ... [more]
Wisconsin’s dairy industry is demonstrating the benefits of using cow manure methane digester biogas. In the last several years, a growing number of dairy farms in Wisconsin have installed GE Energy’s Jenbacher biogas engines to generate needed renewable electricity for onsite power and the local grid.
GE’s newly installed, advanced Jenbacher biogas engine technology is generating 633 kilowatts (kW) in renewable energy at the Crave Brothers Farm, LLC in Waterloo, Wisc.
“Installing GE Energ... [more]
In the European Union, where agriculture is responsible for 9% of greenhouse gas emissions, countries are being encouraged to expand the use of cogeneration technologies to reduce various industrial source points of methane gas emissions, including agricultural operations.
With the international community seeking to expand the development of different types of renewable energy, more farmers in North America and Europe are using GE Energy’s ecomagination-certified Jenbacher engines to generat... [more]
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