HM3 Energy, Inc.
Replacing coal with torrefied biomass
Glorified, Torrefied & Cofired
Biomass Power & Thermal, August 23, 2011
"Moving beyond coal, Morihara points out that torrefied biomass is capable of things that traditional wood pellets aren't -- including being pulverized and blown into the furnaces of coal-fired power plants". [Read more...]
Torrefied Wood, a Bio-Energy Option That is Ready to Go
Worldbiofuels Markets News, March 10, 2010
Torrefaction is a proven technology that is on the cusp of being scaled up to commercially viable levels. And torrefaction is significantly less capital intensive as biorefining and the costs of producing TW on a commercial scale is relatively low. [Read more...]
Bioenergy and Greenhouse Gases
White Paper by Gregory Morris, Ph.D., Pacific Institute May 2008
Bioenergy production reduces atmospheric greenhouse-gas levels by enhancing long-term forest-carbon sequestration and by reducing the greenhouse-gas potency of the carbon gases associated with the return of biomass carbon to the atmosphere that is an intrinsic part of the global carbon cycle. These greenhouse-gas benefits are provided in addition to the benefit common to all renewable energy production of avoiding the use of fossil fuels. The value of the greenhouse-gas offsets that are expected to become available in the next several years should improve the competitiveness of energy production from biomass and biogas resources in the marketplace of the future...
Environmental Quality Commission gives final approval to DEQ recommendation for Board Power Plant
Portland General Electric Website, Dec 9, 2010
The company will engage with stakeholders in a comprehensive analysis of potential options to replace the power from the Boardman Plant – or convert the existing plant to a different fuel – as part of its next integrated resource planning cycle. [Read more...]
NEWS
NOV 2011: HM3 Energy Northwest Cleantech Open regional finalist, competes in national competition in San Jose. READ MORE
AUGUST 2011: HM3 Energy featured in Biomass Power & Thermal magazine. READ MORE
JUNE 2011: HM3 Energy awarded SBIR-USDA Phase 2 grant, worth $460,000. READ MORE
HM3 Energy receives US Endowment for Forestry and Communities grant, worth $241,000. The award will be used for pilot plant operation and key commercial scale equipment design and fabrication... READ MORE
Successful test burn completed with 100% torrefied biomass in pulverized coal-fired combustion facility proves torrefied biomass can replace coal directly in coal-fired power plants... READ MORE
Torrefied biomass energy can come from a variety of feedstock sources.... READ MORE
Torrefied biomass energy costs compare very favorably with other clean energy forms, such as solar and wind...READ MORE