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W O O DY BI O MASS PRO JECT RECEI VES 4 . 2 M I L L IO N I NUSDA
G RANT SThe U .S. Departmen t of Agriculture aw arded $4.2
millionto 18 small en terprises to develop innovative products
andrenewable energy from woody biomass from national
forests.Altbougb many recipients are forest products
companies,funds were also awarded to tbe Cawaco Resource
Conserva-tion & Development Council which will co-fire biomass
withcoal; Big Valley Power, a biomass power plant in
Redding,California; the Montana Community Development Corp.,wbicb
bas been experimen ting witb usin g wood waste fromlogging
operations to fuel a boiler at a paper mill; Mt. TaylorMacbine in
New Mexico that makes fuel for pellet stoves;and tbe town of Red
River, NM whicb plans to ship woodchips from forest thinning to a
biomass power plant. Accord-ing to tbe USDA, tbe gran t program
improves forest bealtband reduces wildfires by removing built-up
fuel ba zard s.STEEL CAN RECYCLING RATE INCREASEDTO 6 3PERCENT I NU
.S . FO R 2 0 0 5According to tbe Steel Recycling Institute,
recovery ratefor steel cans jumped to 63 percent in 2005 an otber
in-crease from tbe previous year's record-setting rate of
61.7percent. Nearly 1.4 million tons were recycled back into
var-ious steel products "a solid demonstration tba t A
mericansunderstand tbat they can become part ofthe solution,"
saysBill Heenan, Institute president.T E C H N O L O G I E S E X A
M I N E DF O R R E M O V I N G I M P U R I T I E S F R O M B I O G
A SBiogas is generated by biodigesters at the city of Ed-monton,
Alberta's Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant,as biosolids are
broken down. While some biogas currentlyfuels hoilers, contam
inants in tbe gas create scaling prob-lems with existing equipment.
"At certain times oftheyear, we could potentially use up to twice
as much ofthehiogas as we now do," says Darryl Seebagel, supervisor
ofthe Wastewater R esearcb and Training Center. Marketvalue of tbe
gas is "probably over a million dollars a year."Officials at the
city, the Edmonton Waste ManagementCenter of Excellence, and
Alberta Research Council areexamining ways to remove hydrogen
sulfide, siloxanes,carbon dioxide and otber impurities from the
hiogas.Tbe cleaning project could also bave otber benefits,
saysSeebagel. "If we did clean it up, our boilers would runmore
efficiently. There would be far less maintenance, andtbere would be
options of using technology sucb as micro-turbines to create clean
renewable energy onsite."BI O DI ESEL F UEL AND W I ND PO W ERT E A
M U P I N AURI TESTTbe Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
(AURI)is pairing two renewable energy sources -wind andbiodiese to
produce electricity even wben tbe wind isn'tblowing. Tbe
demonstration project links seven wind tur-bines with a 2,800 hp
diesel engine fueled by 100 percentbiodiesel. The goal is to gua
rantee two megaw atts of re-newable electricity. Cogeneration would
also provide soy-
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