March 19, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Vail Daily "How the biomass operation would work"

Hip, Hip Hooray!!!!


Congratulations to  Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC!!!

Just in time as the Coloradoan reports that pine beetles are now mating twice yearly.

This biomass plant will be a huge boon to Gypsum.

Derek Franz:
"GYPSUM, Colorado — On Tuesday, Gypsum Town Council approved annexation, zoning and other agreements that prepare the way for a biomass power plant to be built next to the American Gypsum plant north of U.S. Highway 6.

Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC is the entity behind the plan. It includes some Eagle County residents and Dean Rostrom, who has been the primary spokesperson for the group, which is based in Provo, Utah.

A biomass plant burns biological material to produce electricity. That is most commonly done by heating water with the burning material to produce steam, which turns a turbine that produces electricity, a process referred to as direct combustion. Biomass plants are most prevalent along the Pacific coast, and assuming it is built, Gypsum's will be the first commercial-grade biomass power plant of its kind in Colorado.

In terms of its carbon footprint, Rostrom said a biomass plant is considered carbon neutral because its fuel regrows, as opposed to being mined like coal...."  (Read more?  Click title)

"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."

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