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The North Carolina News & Observer reported on concerns being raised by the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Environmental Defense Fund regarding the use of wood to fuel biopower in the state. Biopower fueled by wood and wood waste will be a large part of North Carolina meeting the 12.5 percent renewable electricity standard. [...] A new report commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center compares the economic impacts of a 25% renewable electricity standard (RES) and a 20% RES to the impacts of the North Carolina Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (NC REPS). The study projected impacts from renewable electricity generation, renewable electricity feedstock production, and from electricity [...] From the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association: The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) has released the 2009 North Carolina Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Industries Census, which identified 10,250 green energy jobs in all 100 counties of North Carolina… The 2009 report estimates that the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries employ 10,250 full-time equivalent [...] From Triangle Business Journal: North Carolina State University researchers have received a four-year, $3.72 million grant to study how genes impact the type and amount of lignin produced in trees. Lignin binds fibers together to form wood, and the amount that can be harvested is a factor in the production of paper products, biofuels and construction [...] From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): NOAA scientists have teamed up with experts from the University of Maryland and North Carolina State University to form the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites. The new institute will use satellite “To The Institute for Emerging Issues’ Business Committee on Energy has made two recommendations to North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue and the North Carolina General Assembly. The two recommendations were made to “ensure an energy future that enhances North Carolina’s short-term and long-term economic competitiveness and maximize the number of green jobs created and retained in [...] Following the continued success of REBN NY, The Biofuels Center of North Carolina is giving the emerging biofuels sector in the state a $2.77 million boost. The Center received 49 grant applications totaling almost $7.2 million in requests for funding on 15 January 2008 in response to the Center’s request for proposals (RFP). The Center, which is tasked by the General Assembly [...] North Carolina State University will be home to a new national research center aimed “to revolutionize the nation’s power grid and speed renewable electric-energy technologies into every home and business.” The NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems is focused on developing technology for transforming the nation’s [...] 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 |
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