Londres: resíduos de cozinha vão gerar energia para 40 mil casas

Retirado do site GreenSavers:

"11-04-2013

Publicado em 09 de Abril de 2013.

Todos os dias, cerca de 30 toneladas de gordura proveniente de fritos e outros alimentos serão recolhidas dos restaurantes, bares, cafés e empresas de Londres e encaminhadas para aquela que será a maior central de energia de resíduos de gordura do mundo.

District heating company calls for an end to inefficient use of biomass in conventional power stations

Retirado do site Renewable Energy Magazine:

"Robin Whitlock

Friday, 29 March 2013

The Renewables Obligation (RO) is incentivising a wasteful use of biomass which squanders waste heat

Mark Whettall, a director of Hampshire district heating company CPV Ltd, has called for an end to the way in which the Renewables Obligation (RO) provides incentives for electricity producers to use biomass fuel in inefficient, conventional power stations.

“I of course acknowledge that using biomass is much better than simply burning fossil fuels  such as coal, but to do it at such a low level of efficiency - and furthermore provide financial incentives for doing so - really has to be brought into question” Mr Whettall said. “It's a finite resource and as such, we must make sure that we benefit from every milligram of the carbon saving inherent in the fuel, by utilising as much of the energy produced and not simply reject it into the atmosphere via a cooling tower.”

"Biofuels 101"

Uma fonte de energia que até agora tinha sido pouco explorada no blog. E o que seria melhor que começar pelo básico?

Retirado do blogue Renewable Globe:

"To reduce our dependence on imported oil we need an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy to develop every available source of American energy. This includes investments in clean, renewable biofuels.

So what exactly is biofuel²? It’s clean, renewable fuel produced from biomass -- organic material such as plants, residue from agriculture, and even algae.