http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/16/first-commercial-scale-biofuel-plant-from-waste-operational-within-a-month/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/16/first-commercial-scale-biofuel-plant-from-waste-operational-within-a-month/#comment-5029 DG Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:07 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1897#comment-5029 Actually, the waste wood comes after the poles are run through a mill to recover any reusable lumber from the middle of the pole. So, they're being shipped anyway and this just means the outer part of the pole (which can't be reused for lumber because of the way it's treated) is being put to use rather than going to a landfill. Actually, the waste wood comes after the poles are run through a mill to recover any reusable lumber from the middle of the pole. So, they’re being shipped anyway and this just means the outer part of the pole (which can’t be reused for lumber because of the way it’s treated) is being put to use rather than going to a landfill.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/16/first-commercial-scale-biofuel-plant-from-waste-operational-within-a-month/#comment-21901 DG Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1897#comment-21901 Actually, the waste wood comes after the poles are run through a mill to recover any reusable lumber from the middle of the pole. So, they're being shipped anyway and this just means the outer part of the pole (which can't be reused for lumber because of the way it's treated) is being put to use rather than going to a landfill. Actually, the waste wood comes after the poles are run through a mill to recover any reusable lumber from the middle of the pole. So, they’re being shipped anyway and this just means the outer part of the pole (which can’t be reused for lumber because of the way it’s treated) is being put to use rather than going to a landfill.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/16/first-commercial-scale-biofuel-plant-from-waste-operational-within-a-month/#comment-5028 chrisp Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:09:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1897#comment-5028 So how many gallons of fuel will it take to get one ton of old poles to the power plant? I promise you it will be more than 95 gallons once everything is factored in. Why not switch-grass? So how many gallons of fuel will it take to get one ton of old poles to the power plant? I promise you it will be more than 95 gallons once everything is factored in. Why not switch-grass?

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/16/first-commercial-scale-biofuel-plant-from-waste-operational-within-a-month/#comment-21900 chrisp Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1897#comment-21900 So how many gallons of fuel will it take to get one ton of old poles to the power plant? I promise you it will be more than 95 gallons once everything is factored in. Why not switch-grass? So how many gallons of fuel will it take to get one ton of old poles to the power plant? I promise you it will be more than 95 gallons once everything is factored in. Why not switch-grass?

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