JULY 2011 | VOLUME 5 | ISSUE 7
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FEATURES 22 GASIFICATION Full Steam Ahead Jim Taylor is building what could be the first large-scale biomass gasification plant in the U.S., turning waste into 20 megawatts of renewable electricity. By Anna Austin
30 EFFICIENCY Cleaner and Leaner Covanta Energy and Wheelabrator Inc. share insights into improving biomass power plant productivity, decreasing harmful emissions and maintaining the plants and the landfills that fuel them. By Anna Austin
36 MARKET Inspiring Investment
42 DEPARTMENTS 04 EDITOR’S NOTE From Budgets to Biomass Gasification and Combustion By Rona Johnson
06 INDUSTRY EVENTS 08 POWER PLATFORM MACT Rules Threaten to Derail Biomass Industry By Bob Cleaves
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory study conducted in 2009 has prompted some states to provide funding for gasification technology and demonstration projects. By Lisa Gibson
42 INTERNATIONAL Biopowering India India has experienced a surge in biomass gasification development that could potentially bring power to rural areas that have never had it before. By Lisa Gibson
CONTRIBUTIONS 48 STUDY How Manomet Got It Backwards: Challenging the ‘Debt-Then-Dividend’ Axiom New study finds flaws in the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences woody biomass carbon accounting method. By William Strauss
12 ENERGY REVIEW Anaerobic Digestion ABCs By Paul Pansegrau
13 LEGAL PERSPECTIVE California Cap-and-Trade Wars By Lee N. Smith
14 BUSINESS BRIEFS 16 FIRED UP
ON THE COVER: Jim Taylor Jr. (right) and his son Jim Taylor III survey the construction site of Taylor Biomass Energy, a gasification plant that will convert construction and demolition debris and municipal solid waste into 20 megawatts of electricity. PHOTO: CHUCK HAUPT
56 MARKETPLACE 57 ADVERTISER INDEX
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