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August 31, 2012
A weekly look at sustainable bioenergy, farm, and forest policy issues
White House Calls for Boosting Combined Heat and Power: Biomass Can Help
On August 30, the White House issued an Executive Order to "encourage efforts to achieve a national goal of deploying 40 gigawatts of new, cost effective industrial CHP in the United States by the end of 2020." The Department of Energy released a report on Combined heat and power (CHP) at the same time. While low-priced fossil natural gas is the leading fuel of choice now for new CHP systems in most energy markets, locally-produced, renewable biomass can be a better choice in many parts of the country.
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Writer: Ned Stowe
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