Friday, September 25, 2009

UN General Assembly offsets carbon emissions by investing in a Biomass project in India

Please read this article. It confirms that the UN see Biomass energy as carbon neutral.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/science/earth/23offsets.html?_r=1&sq=UN carbon offst&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1253901783-aI+0xukr32ziQD3PmVoMfw

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

200,000 Sq Miles of solar could power the world

The web site provides an excellent analysis of what would be needed to power the world with various different types of renewable energy. Check it out.

http://www.landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/127

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Kandiyohi helps Marquette Plaza Go Green

Kandiyohi is assisting Marquette Plaza Managment achieve LEED-EB Gold in 2009

Marquette Plaza a landmark office building in downtown Minneapolis at 250 Marquette Avenue has registered and is pursuing certification under the LEadership for Energy and Environmental Design for Existing buildings Operations and Maintenance (LEED-EB) program of the US Green Building Council.

For more information contact Craig Wilson at Kandiyohi at 612-455-2177 or CraigW@Kandiyo.com

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Similar biomass power facility coming to Georgia

A biomass power facility approximately the same size as Great Northern Prairie Energy is being proposed for Valdosta, GA. Read the full story through this link.

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/local/local_story_134235900.html

Monday, May 11, 2009

Kandiyohi Client Murphy Warehouse greens up their buildings

Murphy Warehouse has hired Kandiyohi to complete LEED certification of several of their buildings in Fridley, MN including the warehouse buildings discussed in this article. Check it out.

http://www.startribune.com/business/44624592.html?elr=KArksUUUU

Thursday, September 11, 2008

New Biofuel Plant coming to MN

Cleveland-Cliffs to build biomass fuel plant near Orr
Peter Passi Duluth News TribunePublished Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. plans to build a plant near Orr that produces biomass fuel for its taconite operations.
The project, announced at a press conference this morning at the Orr City Hall, is expected to directly create jobs for about 25 people, with an annual payroll of more than $1 million. It also would provide additional work and revenue for loggers, suppliers, vendors and farmers in the area.
The proposed $15 million, 100,000-square-foot facility would be located four miles north of Orr in the small town of Cusson (pronounced cousin).


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Peter Passi ArchiveThe plant would be part of a Cleveland-Cliff’s subsidiary called Renewafuel, a company that expects to be producing 2.5 million tons of biofuel within five years. Renewafuel already has a 500,000-ton-per-year plant in Battle Creek, Mich., and has plans for another production center in Marquette, Mich.
The Cusson plant hinges on final approval by Renewafuel’s board of directors. Cleveland-Cliff’s indicated it will seek loans and grants from the Iron Range Resources Board and the Minnesota Department of Economic Development in support of the project.
Before the company can proceed, however, it will need to obtain permits and approvals from the state.
Nevertheless, Cleveland-Cliffs projects the Cusson facility should be ready to begin production by the fourth quarter of 2009.
Renewafuel produces a cubed fuel about the size of a charcoal briquette. In terms of energy content, the fuel is similar to coal from the western United States, but Renewafuel cubes produce 90 percent less sulfur dioxide, 35 percent less particulate matter, 50 percent less mercury and produce 30 percent less acid gas than coal.