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Georgia biopower plant put on hold

By Charity Pennock, on February 4th, 2010

From Biofuels International:

In 2008, Georgia Power announced that one of its plants would convert from burning coal to burning woody biomass in an attempt to generate green electricity. The conversion of Plant Mitchell would make it the largest biomass plant in the country and was given the go-ahead last March by the [...]

Public meetings in LA & GA scheduled on BCAP environmental impact statement

By Charity Pennock, on May 26th, 2009

The Department of Agriculture is accepting comments on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program’s (BCAP) environmental impact analysis. The Farm Service Agency is soliciting
input about potential alternatives for program implementation and the
potential associated environmental concerns. Comments can be made online here by Friday, June 12th. Two public meetings are scheduled in the South in Louisiana and [...]

Ceres and UGA partner on high-yielding switchgrass project

By Charity Pennock, on April 15th, 2009

From Ceres:

Energy crop company Ceres, Inc., announced today that it will work
with University of Georgia researchers to develop new high-yielding
switchgrass seed varieties and improved crop management techniques for
the southeastern United States. Switchgrass, which can reach yields of
6 to10 dry tons or more in the Southeast, is widely considered an ideal
raw material for next-generation biofuels [...]

Southern state legislatures pass biomass definition resolutions

By Charity Pennock, on April 9th, 2009

In response to the restrictive definition of “biomass” that was used in the federal renewable fuels standard (RFS), Southern state legislatures are passing resolutions asking Congress to expand the definition of biomass to include additional forest biomass resources from private and federal lands. The states are asking Congress to change the definition in the RFS [...]

Georgia Power wins approval to switch coal plant to biomass power

By Charity Pennock, on April 9th, 2009

From the U.S. Department of Energy

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a request from
Georgia Power Company to convert its Plant Mitchell Unit 3 from a
coal-fired power plant to a biomass power plant. Located near Albany,
Georgia, the facility will be able to produce 96 megawatts of power
once the conversion is completed in June 2012, [...]

PowerSouth signs biopower purchase agreement

By Charity Pennock, on March 25th, 2009

From Andalusia Star-News:

PowerSouth joins 36 other cooperatives and municipal electric
companies in Georgia, Alabama and Florida in agreeing to purchase power
from a planned 100-megawatt biomass-fired power plant near Fort Gaines,
Ga. The contracts are for an initial term of 30 years, with options to
extend the term to 40 years. All the plant’s output is committed, as
are all [...]

Biopower facilities emerge in Georgia

By Charity Pennock, on October 1st, 2008

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Georgia, already a national leader in turning wood into electricity,
could get two more wood-burning power plants by 2015, in a plan
announced Thursday by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

Tucker-based Oglethorpe Power Corp., the nation’s largest power
supplier to co-ops, is ready to spend about $1 billion to build the
plants. They would generate enough electricity from Georgia [...]

Georgia & South Carolina receive DOE state-level grants

By Charity Pennock, on September 10th, 2008

Georgia and South Carolina have received DOE grants to pursue renewable energy initiatives. According to the DOE press release:

Georgia will build on a variety of ongoing activities
to create the infrastructure that will enable Georgia, South Carolina
and North Carolina to integrate clean energy supplies into their
electricity portfolio ($257,459).

South Carolina will seek to overcome existing barriers
for coastal [...]

Georgia, Mississippi & North Carolina: “Best place for biomass”

By Charity Pennock, on July 15th, 2008

A recent report from Forbes magazine ranks the top five states for alternative energy in the categories of wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. Rounding out the top five best places for biomass are Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina. Georgia’s 25 million tons of mill wood debris; Mississippi’s 3.6 million
tons of logging waste, and North Carolina’s [...]

Energizing Appalachia – a regional blueprint for economic and energy development

By Charity Pennock, on January 15th, 2008

In October 2006, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) released the report Energizing Appalachia – A regional blueprint for economic and energy development. The report focused on promoting energy efficiency, increasing the use of renewable energy resources, and supporting the development of conventional energy sources. The paper state that

The commission’s objective was to provide a [...]

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