Bio-based Electricity: How Biomass Resources can Support Renewable Electricity PoliciesKocoloski, MattJaramillo, Paulina
Wastewater treatment plants across the country are using high heat, composting, and devices akin to pressure cookers to transform leftover biomass into rich fertilizers, mulches, and other soil additives with names like Bloom and TAGRO (short for “Tacoma Grow”). Som...
But the splendid science behind this amazing trick has less to do with the power plant than with the fuel it burns. The real magic isn't that power plants turn fuel into electricity: it's that even small amounts of fossil fuels contain large amounts of energy. A kilogram of coal or ...
From start to finish, the process of generating electricity from wind -- and delivering that electricity to people who need it -- looks something like this: Turbine Aerodynamics Unlike the old-fashioned Dutch windmill design, which relied mostly on the wind's force to push the blades into moti...
Biomass for Electricity Generation - Is it Renewable? by J Todd - 《Biocycle》 被引量: 14发表: 2002年 United States biomass energy: An assessment of costs and infrastructure for alternative uses of biomass energy crops as an energy feedstock Comparative economic analysis of biomass and fossil fu...
The U.S. energy transition that began during the nineteenth century—a shift from biomass to coal, which was jump-started by technological improvements to the steam engine—took nearly 100 years. If the world is to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it must tra...
Biomass is a valid alternative to recycling and could become a part of the array of solutions needed, but players will need to take great care to benefit from economic and sustainability claims. Although biomass can enable lower-emission footprints, there is significant variation depending on the ...
serotina aboveground biomass = 47.11 Mg ha-1; Table 1) gave a strongly biased result, we excluded it from all analyses. The aboveground biomass of P. serotina trees in this area was about three times higher than the next highest result. Due to differences in species pools in each habitat...
This solves one of the biggest solar glass hurdles — maintaining window transparency without sacrificing the efficiency of converting light into electricity.According to the team’s estimate, there is currently enough usable window space to supply 40% of US energy needs with solar glass.3. Smart ...
to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for every city resident. And it’s not just a matter of contracting with suppliers for the provision of low-carbon electricity. Rather, cities will need to think holistically about...