Tallahassee Florida USA Plans 35MW Wood Powered Gas & Electric Plant
by John Laumer, Philadelphia on 10.21.06
Tallahassee Florida USA is the perfect place for large-scale Tree-fed biogas generator (a process that converts biomass, mainly wood in this case, to electric power in an oxygen-free environment). The major factors in favor of Florida are: coal filths up the Everglades with mercury and acid rain; Florida lacks landfills that can sustainably handle coal fly ash, demolition debris, and tree limbs. Conversely, hurricanes periodically provide a massive supply of limbs, roots, and stems, free to the hauler. Or else delivered at government expense! Did we mention sugar cane bagass? Considering all these Florida-positive factors, it is no surprise that the Biomass Gas & Electric Company (BG&E) has announced an agreement with Florida's Capitol city, Tallahassee , to provide the city's utility with 35 megawatts of electric power…an estimated 8% of demand…and also “60 decatherms of methanated biomass process gas”. Emission profile looks good too: “The process, called advanced pyrolysis gasification, provides energy with 95% lower emissions than fossil fuel technology”.
Side benefit: “As part of its commitment to environmentally sound energy production and to the Tallahassee area, BG&E will commit to providing funds for a national hydrogen research facility at Florida State University (FSU), which is located in Tallahassee”.
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I wish we had something like this in play for Western New York.
I also wish that the Western Fire prone states had debris gathered and put into power stations like these. It would be a much better alternative then letting the forests burn.
burning biomass and pulp mill knots and shives and sludge is not green. toxics such as dioxins will be emitted. you can't "burn" without oxygen - this is bull - it's incineration in disguise.
burning biomass and pulp mill knots and shives and sludge is not green. toxics such as dioxins will be emitted. you can't "burn" without oxygen - this is bull - it's incineration in disguise.
Burning wood is all about energy. It has nothing to do with climate change nor preserving biodiversity. This is the problem with getting stuck on one and only one aspect of our current mess. It's not about JUST energy--renewable or otherwise. Please remember that logging is destructive to habitats, deprives the atmosphere of the cleansing activities of trees and leads to the same dead end . "Take the only tree that's left and stuff it up the hole in your culture" Leonard Cohen. Tree Hugger might consider renaming this site "Tree Mugger".