Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume II, Issue 17, April
23,
2012
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
The Day After Earth Day
2012
This wet
blue ball we’re riding,
she’s tough
She fixes
her problems and heals her
own wounds
Despite
how her critters play
outside of bounds -
She could
just as easily say,
enough’s enough.
We’re
sheltered from her
nightmares
Plagues
of Time and Space, dying
suns
Forgetting
about what the ol’ girl’s
done
We fret
and fret about what isn’t
here.
Ten
thousand years since the
last Ice Age
Whole
races of Man migrating back
and forth
That’s
what’s written on just this
last page
Yet it holds the sum of
Man’s path and
worth.
We’re so
self-important! So sure and
secure
In
knowing who the Good and
the Bad guys are
It’s
Government! It’s Industry!
It’s the Dogs of
War!
When for
she that circles, it’s the
life of her Star…
Hey
Rube!
Due Process
is comforting at times. The
California Energy Commission
now must meet and confirm its
implementation policy for the
Renewables Portfolio Standard
at their next Business Meeting.
One of the topics is this
business about suspending the
Eligibility Guidebook sections
on certification of projects
that would put biomethane into
pipelines. OK, OK, so I don't
really think they'll listen any
more than they did for the
March 28th meeting when almost
everyone in attendance was
objecting to their 10-Day
Eviction Notice leveled on the
industry, but that doesn't mean
we shouldn't say something,
LOUDLY. Check out our Action
Item below on the CEC's request
for comment on the topic, file
your comments, and show up on
May 9th in
Sacramento.
The
Week's News
First
Biomass Gasification Plant
In Philippines Converts Ag
Waste to
Energy
Eco Market
Solutions (EMS) has opened the
first biomass gasification
plant in the Philippines in
Dinalungan, Aurora, providing
"renewable energy for rural
electrification."
04/21/2012
ProSelect
Launches GC6 Carbon Capture
and ReUse System for
Greenhouses
Canadian firm
ProSelect Gas Treatment Inc.
launched its GC6 Carbon Capture
System yesterday with a
facility tour and ribbon
cutting ceremony at the
SunSelect Produce greenhouse
complex demonstration
installation in Delta, British
Columbia. 04/21/2012
EERC Unveils
Mobile Waste Biomass
Gasification to Methanol
Unit
University of
North Dakota's Energy and
Environmental Research Center
(EERC) has announced successful
demonstration of a unique
trailer-mounted wood
gasification to methanol system
designed for remote conversion
of woody biomass to liquid
fuel. 04/20/2012
Enel Green
Power to Integrate
Concentrating Solar with
Biomass
Gasification
The Italian
utility Enel has announced that
its publicly traded renewables
company Enel Green Power (EGP)
has entered into a memorandum
of understanding (MOU) for
pilot assessment, construction
and operation of an integrated
concentrating solar power (CSP)
and biomass gasification
renewable power plant.
04/20/2012
Conifex
Receives BCUC Approval for
BioEnergy Purchase
Agreement
Canadian
timber harvest and milling
company Conifex Timber Inc. has
announced approval by the
British Columbia Utilities
Commission (BCUC) of its
Electricity Purchase Agreement
with BC Hydro.
04/19/2012
Gevo
Receives 8th Isobutanol
Pathway Patent in Eight
Months
Colorado-based
all-sugar to biofuels
specialists Gevo announced
receipt of its eighth US patent
in only the past eight months,
dramatically accelerating the
company's progress toward
commercialization.
04/19/2012
Intertek
Awards ISC Certification for
Biofuels to Raizen North
America
Global
auditing, certification, and
safety services provider
Intertek has announced the
award of an International
Sustainability and Carbon
Certification (ISCC) for
biofuels to Raizen North
America, Inc.
04/19/2012
ORNL Uses Light to Boost Enzyme
Activity for Biomass to
Biofuels
Production
The US
Department of Energy's
(DOE)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL) has announced a research
breakthrough in the use of
specific wavelengths of light
to dramatically increase enzyme
function. 04/18/2012
MagneGas Will Furnish Syngas
for 300-acre Steel Structure
Demolition
Florida's
producer of hydrogen-based
renewable metal cutting gas,
MagneGas, has announced its
selection by Marathon
Construction and
Demolition,
LLC to provide the metal
cutting gas for
dismantling 300 acres of
steel structures in a
former automotive
manufacturing plant in
Alabama.
04/18/2012
Xergi
Secures Danish Support for
NiX Manure Pretreatment
Technology
Danish
anaerobic digestion (AD)
specialists Xergi announced
that its patented NiX®
"pressure cooker" nitrogen
extraction technology has now
passed assessment and secured
funding support by the Danish
government.
04/18/2012
OriginOil
Successfully Treats
Hydraulic Fracturing
Flowback
Wastewater
Los
Angeles-based algae-to-biocrude
company OriginOil has announced
success in clarifying
hydrocarbon-laden water
produced in oil well water
flooding and hydraulic
fracturing or "fracing".
04/18/2012
WM Opens 3.2
MWe Landfill Gas-to-Energy
Facility at Lockwood
Landfill
Waste
Management (WM) recently
celebrated northern Nevada's
first landfill gas to energy
plant with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony featuring Nevada
Governor Brian Sandoval.
04/17/2012
RES £250MM
North Blyth Biomass Project
Application
Accepted
The United
Kingdom based renewable energy
firm RES has announced that the
planning application for its
proposed biomass to energy
plant has been accepted by the
national government's Planning
Inspectorate.
04/17/2012
Florida
Energy Bill HB 7117 Passes
Without Governor's
Signature
Last Friday evening, Florida
Governor Rick Scott allowed a
controversial energy bill to
become law without his
signature, ushering in a new
era for Florida renewable
energy and energy efficiency
development. The provisions of
the new law (HB 7117) take
effect on July 1, 2012.
04/16/2012
The Week's Action
Items
Due
05/02/2012: Comments to CEC
on Draft RPS Guidebook
Changes
The California
Energy Commission (CEC) has
issued a Notice that it will
consider approval of Lead
Commissioner Draft changes to
the Overall Program Guidebook
for the Renewable Energy
Program (REP) and the
Renewables Portfolio Standard
(RPS) Eligibility Guidebook at
its May 9, 2012 Business
Meeting. 04/19/2012
Due
05/14/2012: Comments to RSB
on Indirect Impacts of
Biofuels
The Roundtable
on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB)
has posted details on opening
the Public Consultation seeking
comment regarding the potential
indirect impacts associated
with biofuel production.
04/17/2012
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