/tags/biomass-energy Biomass Energy en-US Copyright Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:56:06 GMT /news/2022-04-06/active-energy-abandons-plans-for-biomass-plant-in-lumberton The facility was going to produce and export wood pellets for other countries to burn for energy. Local advocates said the plant would've brought more pollution to the area. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:56:06 GMT /news/2022-04-06/active-energy-abandons-plans-for-biomass-plant-in-lumberton Celeste Gracia /podcast/tested-podcast/2021-12-13/the-past-present-and-future-of-wood-pellets-in-nc Host Dave DeWitt talks to Celeste Gracia, ��������վ's environment reporter, and David Boraks, climate reporter at WFAE, about the wood pellet industry in North Carolina. Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2021-12-13/the-past-present-and-future-of-wood-pellets-in-nc Dave DeWitt /environment/2020-01-14/a-closer-look-at-the-wood-pellet-industry Are wood pellets a renewable energy? In 2009, the European Union declared wood pellets a “carbon-neutral choice,” and in 2018 the EPA followed suit. Yet… Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:39:36 GMT /environment/2020-01-14/a-closer-look-at-the-wood-pellet-industry Dana Terry, Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-14/a-closer-look-at-the-wood-pellet-industry Are wood pellets a renewable energy? In 2009, the European Union declared wood pellets a “carbon-neutral choice,” and in 2018 the EPA followed suit. Yet… Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:39:36 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-14/a-closer-look-at-the-wood-pellet-industry Dana Terry, Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /environment/2019-05-08/biomass-fuel-not-the-carbon-neutral-choice-promised Burning wood pellets as a form of energy has been a growing trend since 2009 when the European Union deemed it carbon neutral and began to subsidize the… Wed, 08 May 2019 16:21:37 GMT /environment/2019-05-08/biomass-fuel-not-the-carbon-neutral-choice-promised Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-08/biomass-fuel-not-the-carbon-neutral-choice-promised Burning wood pellets as a form of energy has been a growing trend since 2009 when the European Union deemed it carbon neutral and began to subsidize the… Wed, 08 May 2019 16:21:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-08/biomass-fuel-not-the-carbon-neutral-choice-promised Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /environment/2017-10-03/controversy-simmers-over-nc-wood-pellet-plant A biomass fuel plant that processes tree scraps into wood pellets has some North Carolinians concerned about its potential environmental and health… Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:46:19 GMT /environment/2017-10-03/controversy-simmers-over-nc-wood-pellet-plant James Morrison /science-technology/2014-01-08/nc-state-researchers-develop-cheap-biofuel-production-without-touching-food-supply As corn prices rise and ethanol production competes with food sources, the energy industry is looking for other ways to produce biofuels.Researchers at… Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:47:46 GMT /science-technology/2014-01-08/nc-state-researchers-develop-cheap-biofuel-production-without-touching-food-supply Rebecca Martinez