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The Centers for Renewable
Energy and Biomass Utilization
are a designated Center of Excellence located at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) on the University of North Dakota (UND) campus. The Centers conduct critical research, development, demonstration, and commercial deployment of technologies utilizing biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro-electric energy sources. The Centers also aid in the development of technologies focused on energy efficiency.
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All—Designing the Right Biomass System for You
By Tera Buckley
Renewable energy advocates are praising the 30 states and the District of Columbia for adopting regulatory policies requiring the increased production of renewable energy and the five states that set voluntary goals. It’s a good thing right? After all, those states will be limiting fossil-based carbon emissions and will create green energy jobs to counter the effects of the recent recession.

But some of these renewable portfolio standards aim to achieve 25 percent renewable energy in just a decade or so, with much of that energy coming from biomass. Relying on biomass, without a good basis for that reliance, may violate some of the basic principles of supply and demand… (READ MORE)

 

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