New Guide Promotes Alternative Fuel Use By Forest Products Industry
Alternative fuel use by the wood products industry could reduce the industry’s dependence on fossil fuels and decrease its emissions. A new resource guide created by the Pennsylvania Technical...
View ArticleCool Planet Breaks Ground On Louisiana Biomass Fuel Plant
Cool Planet Energy Systems will begin construction soon on its alternative fuel production facility at the Port of Alexandria. Company officials and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal were in town Wednesday...
View ArticleBiomass Energy Has Replaced Coal In Ontario
Coal is no longer being used to generate electricity in the Canadian province, which is now utilizing alternative energy sources to produce power in place of coal. Advanced biomass has been selected as...
View ArticleZilkha Biomass Energy Announces New Arkansas Facility
Zilkha Biomass Energy, a producer of biomass solutions to electric utility customers, today announced it is building a facility in Monticello, Arkansas, to manufacture their Zilkha Black Pellet, the...
View ArticleMaine Forests Bring Hopes Of Alternative Fuel Revolution
Seven years ago, many in Maine held high hopes for a “marriage of manufacturing and technology” promised by a new owner of the longstanding Old Town mill. That owner, Patriarch Partners, planned — with...
View ArticleFive Bio-Based Jet Fuels Approved For Air Travel
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it has played an integral role in development of new alternative, environmentally-friendly, bio-based jet fuel, bringing the total number of these...
View ArticleCross-Country Alaska Airlines Flight Powered By Logging Slash
A project to demonstrate that jets could someday be powered by logging leftovers from Northwest forests gets a culminating test Monday morning. A Boeing 737 is scheduled to take off with fuel tanks...
View ArticleWSU Tri-Cities Grant Will Test Biojet Fuel Market Potential
Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities were awarded a $50,000 grant to explore the market potential of their biojet fuel research. The team has demonstrated a new, water-based process...
View ArticleBiofuels: From Wood To Wing?
The northwest United States has an abundance of forest residuals – underbrush and slash– left over from harvesting and forest restoration treatments, as well as mill and urban wood waste. All of these...
View ArticleBiofuel From Forests Lightens Jetliner Carbon Footprint
Alaska Airlines made history recently, flying the first commercial flight using the world’s first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from the remains of logging and thinning in sustainably managed...
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