North Carolina power company Duke Energy has won approval to count five biomass co-generation units toward renewable energy standards. Regulators rejected an attempt by opponents to intervene in the company’s application to register two units at its Buck Steam Station plant and three units at its Lee Steam Station as producing renewable energy. The 370MW [...]
Deere, Adage Make Biomass Alliance
John Deere and Adage LLC, a bioenergy joint venture between Areva and Duke Energy, have announced an alliance to bring technology and process innovation to the fuel supply for sustainable woody biomass power projects. The first project to be developed as part of the alliance will be Adage’s proposed facility in Mason County, Wash., 80 [...]