A US-Chinese research group has developed a hybrid system proposal based on photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) modules, a heat pump, a backup electric boiler, and biomass generating units. They say it could ...

J.D.: "Biomass" sounds like a new, high-tech heating method, but it actually is as old as the discovery of fire itself. Firewood, which has been used to heat homes for thousands of years, is still the ...

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2022 – Adding an organic matter power source to a solar energy unit could provide 100% heating for a single-story home during the coldest months of the year and help the ...

After operating the first biomass boiler in the Ketchikan, Alaska, Federal Building, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has concluded that biomass boilers are a viable alternative for ...

BENNINGTON — A recent tour of two of the county's large-scale biomass heating systems highlighted the growing use of wood chips or pellets in meeting the state's energy needs. Facilities visited last ...

Researchers from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have demonstrated a hybrid system for drying woody biomass that utilizes both solar thermal energy and a heat pump. “We have indeed ...

PRIAM -- The Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers are ready to take another try at developing a biomass energy product. The farmer-owned cooperative in Priam has obtained the permits needed from the ...

As a result of a cooperative effort between the Renew Energy, Grain Millers and the school leaders, St. Ansgar is now the first Iowa school district with a building heated entirely by biomass energy.

A new heating system at Sunapee Elementary School is the “Corvette” of wood-burning operations, said Mathew Bouranis, the school district’s facilities director. But a “Prius” may be a more apt ...

We are currently on faculty exchange at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and have had the opportunity learn about integrated land uses, forest management and energy issues in the Alps. We recently ...

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The tiny Council School District used to pour thousands of dollars into outmoded oil and electric heaters. Nearby, the Forest Service burned brush piles on the mountainsides to keep the brush from ...