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“Stale sandwiches and squidgy potatoes – waste food from some of Britain’s biggest supermarkets – could be used for fuel in an experimental biomass plant being planned by Infinis, a renewable power company backed by private equity group Terra Firma.” Please click link to read full article.
Source: Technology Review published by MIT
As corn ethanol becomes less attractive as an alternative fuel, other fuel types such as higher alcohols, oils, and cellulosic biofuels are becoming more popular. However, Gregory Stephanopoulos outlines the challenges in converting biomass to biofuels in this article.
Ottawa is being asked for additional support for the existing $1.5 billion dollar ecoEnergy program, which is expected to run out of money by 2009. The program offers a 1-cent-per-kilowatt-hour incentive for those building alternative energy such as green hydro, wind, geothermal, tidal or biomass projects.