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Information about biofuels and bioenergy and North Carolina.
Events
- 28 January 2009, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA: Southeastern United States RSB Stakeholder Consultation. (Themes: Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, standards, sustainability)
News
- 'Green coal' to get a tryout, 13 January 2009 by The News & Observer: "North Carolina is about to become the nation's test case for what marketers call 'green coal' -- wood that has been baked into charcoal. If successful, the experiment -- a partnership of sorts between Progress Energy, N.C. State University and an Asheville start-up -- could mark the end of the state's reliance on dirty coal."
- "The wood has to be treated in an industrial oven until it turns to charcoal. It remains to be seen if the experimental ovens can mass-produce charred wood of a uniform quality that won't clog power plants sensitively calibrated to burn coal."
- "The process of torrefaction is so experimental that it has only been tested in a power plant once, in the Netherlands in 2005, for a 24-hour period. Even if power plants can burn the fuel successfully, electric utilities won't sign long-term contracts for charred wood if they lack confidence they can count on steady supplies. Currently there are no commercial suppliers in the world." [1]
Organizations
- Piedmont Biofuels - "A worker and member-owned cooperative promoting and offering biodiesel fuel made from vegetable oil."[2]
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