Biomass plant moves nearer as firm prepares to submit application (From Daily Echo)

The plans have actually moved further!

To me it is no surprise Helius at the end of the first quarter now go for the equally "vague" summer application. Still moving the goal posts as they wish and not admitting to their flawed consultation to date! Disappointed once again.

The EU set these carbon targets.
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The EU count wood as "carbon neutral" giving it access to subsidies, feed-in tariffs and electricity premiums at national level.
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This has less to do with renewable energy and everything to from politics from Brussles.
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We are paying people to cut down their forests in the name of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and yet we are actually increasing them.

Looks quite impressive, would definitely be an improvement on the current state of the Southampton waterfront.

Chemically combusted Coal, heat without burning... Unsustainable Wood Biomass is Dead

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Helius proposed subsidised (Southampton) 100-megawatt, land grabbing, pollution generating Biomass incinerator will be competing with agricultural land.. Helius will be incinerating 120,000 (agricultural) acres of Miscanthus grass per year, Wood Biomass is Dead.


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OHIO STATE DEVELOPS CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY .

February 18, 2013.

Professor L.-S. Fan has pioneered a new clean coal technology that could create jobs and help the U.S. achieve energy independence.

When a team of Ohio State students worked around the clock for nine days straight recently, they weren't pulling the typical college "all-nighters."

Instead, they were reaching a milestone in clean coal technology.

FOR 203 CONTINUOUS HOURS, THEY OPERATED A SCALED-DOWN VERSION OF A POWER PLANT COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH A UNIQUE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN--ONE THAT CHEMICALLY CONVERTS COAL TO HEAT WHILE CAPTURING 99 PERCENT OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED IN THE REACTION.

This new technology, called coal-direct chemical looping, was pioneered by Liang-Shih Fan, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and director of Ohio State's Clean Coal Research Laboratory. (Fan is a Distinguished University Professor and a 2012 Innovator of the Year.)

Typical coal-fired power plants burn coal to heat water to make steam, which turns the turbines that produce electricity. In chemical looping, the coal isn't burned with fire, but instead chemically combusted in a sealed chamber so that it doesn't pollute the air. A second combustion unit in the lab does the same thing with coal-derived syngas, and both produce 25 thermal kilowatts of energy.

"In the simplest sense, combustion is a chemical reaction that consumes oxygen and produces heat," Fan says. "Unfortunately, it also produces carbon dioxide, which is difficult to capture and bad for the environment. So we found a way to release the heat without burning."

Dawei Wang, a research associate and one of the group's team leaders, says the technology's potential benefits go beyond the environment: "The plant could really promote our energy independence. Not only can we use America's natural resources such as Ohio coal, but we can keep our air clean and spur the economy with jobs."

THE RESEARCHERS ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY TO THE NEXT LEVEL: A PILOT PLANT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NATIONAL CARBON CAPTURE CENTER. SET TO BEGIN OPERATIONS IN LATE 2013, THAT PLANT WILL PRODUCE 250 THERMAL KILOWATTS USING SYNGAS. TESTS THERE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

"At Ohio State, with a team of creative minds, we can take a technological concept closer to real commercial use," Wang says.

The technology looks promising: as doctoral student Elena Chung explained, the 203-hour experiment could have continued even longer.

"We voluntarily chose to stop the unit. Honestly, it was a mutual decision by Dr. Fan and the students. It was a long and tiring week where we all shared shifts," she says.

Fan's students were thrilled to be involved in this breakthrough, even if they did lose some sleep.


"Ohio State has been very supportive of our research efforts," Fan says. The result of the university's backing? A place, he says, where "brilliant invention and cutting-edge research can be successful and progressive."


http://www.osu.edu/f
eatures/2013/ohio-st
ate-develops-clean-c
oal-technology.html

Chemically combusted Coal, heat without burning... Unsustainable Wood Biomass is Dead

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Helius's proposed subsidised (Southampton) 100-megawatt, land grabbing, pollution generating Biomass incinerator will be competing with agricultural land.. Helius will be incinerating 120,000 (agricultural) acres of Miscanthus grass per year, Wood Biomass is Dead.


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OHIO STATE DEVELOPS CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY .

February 18, 2013.

Professor L.-S. Fan has pioneered a new clean coal technology that could create jobs and help the U.S. achieve energy independence.

When a team of Ohio State students worked around the clock for nine days straight recently, they weren't pulling the typical college "all-nighters."

Instead, they were reaching a milestone in clean coal technology.

FOR 203 CONTINUOUS HOURS, THEY OPERATED A SCALED-DOWN VERSION OF A POWER PLANT COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH A UNIQUE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN--ONE THAT CHEMICALLY CONVERTS COAL TO HEAT WHILE CAPTURING 99 PERCENT OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED IN THE REACTION.

This new technology, called coal-direct chemical looping, was pioneered by Liang-Shih Fan, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and director of Ohio State's Clean Coal Research Laboratory. (Fan is a Distinguished University Professor and a 2012 Innovator of the Year.)

Typical coal-fired power plants burn coal to heat water to make steam, which turns the turbines that produce electricity. In chemical looping, the coal isn't burned with fire, but instead chemically combusted in a sealed chamber so that it doesn't pollute the air. A second combustion unit in the lab does the same thing with coal-derived syngas, and both produce 25 thermal kilowatts of energy.

"In the simplest sense, combustion is a chemical reaction that consumes oxygen and produces heat," Fan says. "Unfortunately, it also produces carbon dioxide, which is difficult to capture and bad for the environment. So we found a way to release the heat without burning."

Dawei Wang, a research associate and one of the group's team leaders, says the technology's potential benefits go beyond the environment: "The plant could really promote our energy independence. Not only can we use America's natural resources such as Ohio coal, but we can keep our air clean and spur the economy with jobs."

THE RESEARCHERS ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY TO THE NEXT LEVEL: A PILOT PLANT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NATIONAL CARBON CAPTURE CENTER. SET TO BEGIN OPERATIONS IN LATE 2013, THAT PLANT WILL PRODUCE 250 THERMAL KILOWATTS USING SYNGAS. TESTS THERE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

"At Ohio State, with a team of creative minds, we can take a technological concept closer to real commercial use," Wang says.

The technology looks promising: as doctoral student Elena Chung explained, the 203-hour experiment could have continued even longer.

"We voluntarily chose to stop the unit. Honestly, it was a mutual decision by Dr. Fan and the students. It was a long and tiring week where we all shared shifts," she says.

Fan's students were thrilled to be involved in this breakthrough, even if they did lose some sleep.


"Ohio State has been very supportive of our research efforts," Fan says. The result of the university's backing? A place, he says, where "brilliant invention and cutting-edge research can be successful and progressive."


http://www.osu.edu/f
eatures/2013/ohio-st
ate-develops-clean-c
oal-technology.html

Dan Soton wrote:
Chemically combusted Coal, heat without burning... Unsustainable Wood Biomass is Dead

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Helius's proposed subsidised (Southampton) 100-megawatt, land grabbing, pollution generating Biomass incinerator will be competing with agricultural land.. Helius will be incinerating 120,000 (agricultural) acres of Miscanthus grass per year, Wood Biomass is Dead.


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OHIO STATE DEVELOPS CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY .

February 18, 2013.

Professor L.-S. Fan has pioneered a new clean coal technology that could create jobs and help the U.S. achieve energy independence.

When a team of Ohio State students worked around the clock for nine days straight recently, they weren't pulling the typical college "all-nighters."

Instead, they were reaching a milestone in clean coal technology.

FOR 203 CONTINUOUS HOURS, THEY OPERATED A SCALED-DOWN VERSION OF A POWER PLANT COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH A UNIQUE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN--ONE THAT CHEMICALLY CONVERTS COAL TO HEAT WHILE CAPTURING 99 PERCENT OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED IN THE REACTION.

This new technology, called coal-direct chemical looping, was pioneered by Liang-Shih Fan, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and director of Ohio State's Clean Coal Research Laboratory. (Fan is a Distinguished University Professor and a 2012 Innovator of the Year.)

Typical coal-fired power plants burn coal to heat water to make steam, which turns the turbines that produce electricity. In chemical looping, the coal isn't burned with fire, but instead chemically combusted in a sealed chamber so that it doesn't pollute the air. A second combustion unit in the lab does the same thing with coal-derived syngas, and both produce 25 thermal kilowatts of energy.

"In the simplest sense, combustion is a chemical reaction that consumes oxygen and produces heat," Fan says. "Unfortunately, it also produces carbon dioxide, which is difficult to capture and bad for the environment. So we found a way to release the heat without burning."

Dawei Wang, a research associate and one of the group's team leaders, says the technology's potential benefits go beyond the environment: "The plant could really promote our energy independence. Not only can we use America's natural resources such as Ohio coal, but we can keep our air clean and spur the economy with jobs."

THE RESEARCHERS ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY TO THE NEXT LEVEL: A PILOT PLANT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NATIONAL CARBON CAPTURE CENTER. SET TO BEGIN OPERATIONS IN LATE 2013, THAT PLANT WILL PRODUCE 250 THERMAL KILOWATTS USING SYNGAS. TESTS THERE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

"At Ohio State, with a team of creative minds, we can take a technological concept closer to real commercial use," Wang says.

The technology looks promising: as doctoral student Elena Chung explained, the 203-hour experiment could have continued even longer.

"We voluntarily chose to stop the unit. Honestly, it was a mutual decision by Dr. Fan and the students. It was a long and tiring week where we all shared shifts," she says.

Fan's students were thrilled to be involved in this breakthrough, even if they did lose some sleep.


"Ohio State has been very supportive of our research efforts," Fan says. The result of the university's backing? A place, he says, where "brilliant invention and cutting-edge research can be successful and progressive."


http://www.osu.edu/f

eatures/2013/ohio-st

ate-develops-clean-c

oal-technology.html

Scotland Caps Biomass AID@15 Megawatts.. One law for the North one lousy law for the South.

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Ironic or what.. Helius a Scottish PLC wants planning permission to build a subsidised 100-megawatt biomass power station in Southampton, I thought RBS was destined to be Scotland's most toxic export. ?

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SCOTLAND CAPS BIOMASS AID AT 15 MEGAWATTS, SETS SOLAR RATE.

By Sally Bakewell - Feb 7, 2013 11:14 AM GMT .

Scotland removed a subsidy for biomass power plants that generate more than 15 megawatts because of concerns they will use up too much wood.

Facilities that use the heat they produce as well as power will still get the subsidy, known as a Renewables Obligation, the Scottish government said today in an e-mailed statement.
Scotland is trying to balance a goal of boosting investment in renewable energy with the needs of industries such as timber. The country plans to get all of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of the decade and on Jan. 29 set a goal to cut emissions from the power industry by 2030.

"WE HAVE MADE CLEAR OUR CONCERNS OVER COMPETITION FOR A FINITE SUPPLY OF WOOD, AND OUR BELIEF THAT THERE SHOULD BE A GREATER FOCUS ON BIOMASS IN SMALLER SCALE ENERGY PROJECTS WHEREVER POSSIBLE," ENERGY MINISTER FERGUS EWING SAID.

Generators will retain support for a maximum of five years should they lose customers for the heat produced because of circumstances beyond their control, according to the statement.

The government also said that from April building-mounted solar plants will get 1.7 Renewables Obligation Certificates a megawatt-hour and 1.4 ROCs from 2016. Ground-mounted solar will get 1.6 ROCs from April, falling to 1.2 ROCs in 2016.