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1. Balanced Biomass Definition

(File; Thu Oct 01 13:45:00 CDT 2009)

Using biomass to generate renewable electricity can decrease carbon emissions, reduce our dependence on and impo rtation of coal and liquid natural gas, and create new mark ets for farmers and forest owners. For biomass to deliver t he...

Description: A fact sheet that outlines how a balanced definition of renewable biomass, that includes sustainability standards along with a broad definition of sources, will lead to a renewable electricity source with great benefits without significantly increasing the costs of forest owners.

2. Letter to the Editor: Biomass energy benefits

(Web Page; Mon Oct 19 15:05:00 CDT 2009)

To see the article in the Tallahassee Democrat, where it ran on October 14th, 2009, follow this link: http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20091014/OPINION05/91014007/1006/OPINION/My+View++Done+right++biomass+energy+can+benefit+Port+St.+Jo...

Description: Ben Larson's Letter to the Editor about a biomass plant in Florida.

3. How Biomass Energy Works

(Web Page; Tue Sep 07 14:45:00 CDT 2010)

To many people, the most familiar forms of renewable energy are the wind and the sun. But biomass (plant material and animal waste) supplies almost 15 times as much energy in the United States as wind and solar power combined—and h...

Description: How biomass energy works. Renewable energy technologies tap into natural cycles and systems, turning the energy all around us into usable forms. Wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass energy are all clean, natural resources that can supply our needs in a sustainable way. Because they are homegrown, renewables can also increase our energy security and create local jobs.

4. How Biomass Energy Works

(File; Mon Jul 07 12:09:00 CDT 2008)

Description: How Biomass Energy Works

5. Appendix G. Biomass Energy Supply and Land-Use Assumptions

(File; Tue May 19 13:27:00 CDT 2009)

Climate 2030 Blueprint, Union of Concerned Scientists 1 Appendix G. Biomass Energy Supply and Land-Use Assumptions This appendix describes the cellulosic biomass energy supply curves for the United States ...

Description: Climate 2030 Blueprint: Appendix G. Biomass Energy Supply and Land-Use Assumptions

6. Agriculture fact sheet: Biomass Energy and Agriculture

(File; Mon Jul 07 10:16:00 CDT 2008)

Description: Agriculture fact sheet: Biomass Energy and Agriculture

7. Great Lakes Increase Biomass Energy

(Web Page; Wed Aug 06 18:59:00 CDT 2008)

RENEWABLE ENERGYElectricity generation from fossil fueled power plants is a major source of the human-caused emissions of heat trapping gases. Burning coal also releases toxic air emissions and causes smog, soot, and acid rain. ...

Description: Great Lakes Increase Biomass Energy

8. IS BIOMASS COFIRING GREEN?

(File; Mon Jul 07 12:22:00 CDT 2008)

Description: IS BIOMASS COFIRING GREEN?

9. Growing Energy on the Farm: Biomass and Agriculture

(Web Page; Sat Aug 09 13:34:00 CDT 2008)

overview solar wind biomass Tripling U.S. use of biomass for energy could provide as much as $20 billion in new income for farmers and rural communities and reduce global warming emissions by the same amount as taki...

Description: Information on renewable energy, including wind and solar power; nuclear-power safety issues and work of the Union of Concerned Scientists to switch America to clean, safe, renewable, and affordable power.

10. Production Tax Credit extension and expansion

(Web Page; Mon Aug 04 09:30:00 CDT 2008)

Congress has restored the vitally important federal renewable energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind and biomass energy, and expanded the credit to new sources. The PTC expired at the end of 2003, eliminating 1.8 cents per kilowatt-...

Description: Congress has restored the vitally important federal renewable energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind and biomass energy, and expanded the credit to new sources.