In the meantime, the same larger entity can afford to import alternate
source feedstocks at prices much lower than local areas with weak or spent land can produce.
This is said to enable a scalable production process that also enables «localization» by
sourcing feedstock from near the production facility instead of from across the world.
Not exact matches
Aims to
source 100 % of its agricultural
feedstocks from sustainable agriculture and to improve the lives of 1 billion people.
Chemical and fertilizer companies, which use gas as both a
feedstock and energy
source, say lower prices have reduced costs and made the U.S. a more competitive manufacturing location.
While the debate continues over potential pesticide accumulation in compost
sourced from conventional
feedstock, National Organic Program (NOP) Guidance 5016 helps to address the requirements of unavoidable residual environmental contamination (UREC).
Also, as polymers
sourced from renewable
feedstocks become more cost competitive and their performance is improved, preliminary life cycle assessments have shown that these will improve the sustainability of the package.
«We're looking at wood chips and other
feedstock sources that are not necessarily in the mainstream for ethanol but are in abundance in our region.
Domestic industries can make it from a range of chemical
feedstocks and energy
sources (for instance, from renewable, nuclear and fossil - fuel
sources), and the nontoxic gas could serve as a virtually pollution - free energy carrier for machines of many kinds.
Synthetic biology could usher in a new bioeconomy where biomass becomes the primary
source of
feedstocks for chemicals and materials currently manufactured from crude oil and natural gas.
The two main factors that contribute to a sustainable future industry are the
source of electric energy and the carbon
feedstock.
And catalysts both speed reactions in water and use the liquid as a
feedstock to create renewable energy
sources such as hydrogen.
Using leucaena, as an example of an anaerobic fermentation
feedstock — does not provide the «best» of «best» as a
source of energy.
The LANL report is a proposal to use combustion products (water and carbon dioxide are both combustion products, not
sources of chemical energy) as
feedstock for synthesizing a liquid that conveniently stores some of the energy produced by the nuclear power
source.
Just been looking up the
sources for commercial CO2 and here is a short exerpt from google: «The most common operations from which commercially - produced carbon dioxide is recovered are industrial plants which produce hydrogen or ammonia from natural gas, coal, or other hydrocarbon
feedstock, and large - volume fermentation operations in which plant products are made into ethanol for human consumption, automotive fuel or industrial use.
So the company spend a lot of time, energy and money
sourcing recycled
feedstock, getting it processed into footwear grade materials, and supplying it to shoemakers.
A straightforward comparison of the adoption and emissions results with other
sources is not possible, due to the specificities of the
feedstock considered herein, since all other global energy system models consider aggregate numbers for biomass and waste.
The U.S. government considers biodiesel to be carbon - neutral because the plants that are the
sources of the
feedstocks for making biodiesel, such as soybeans and palm oil trees, absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) as they grow.
This analysis focuses on perennial biomass, and models both woody and herbaceous plants as the main
source of
feedstock for dedicated electricity generation and combined heat and power generation.
Under the agreement, Cooper Marine & Timberlands («CMT») will supply BlueFire's Fulton, Mississippi project with all of the
feedstock required to produce approximately 19 - million gallons of ethanol per year from locally
sourced cellulosic materials such as wood chips, forest residual chips, pre-commercial thinnings and urban wood waste such as construction waste, storm debris, land clearing; or manufactured wood waste from furniture manufacturing.
This technical document focuses on the potential of renewable energy
sources for process heat in the industrial sector and for biomass
feedstock substitution in industrial processes.
Under the Agreement, CMT will pursue a least - cost strategy for
feedstock supply made possible by the project site's proximity to
feedstock sources and the flexibility of BlueFire's process to use a wide spectrum of cellulosic waste materials in pure or mixed forms.
As wind, solar, and other energy
sources come to meet civilization's energy needs, use of perennial biomass may shift to clean cookstoves and
feedstock for paper, bioplastic, and other bio-based products.
Farmers and rural landowners can generate new
sources of supplemental income by producing
feedstocks for biomass power facilities.
«The biology of the microbes that make the gas and the
feedstocks that provide the
source of energy are unique from site to site, and require time and expertise to understand.
You can use just about any form of energy /
feedstock which might be the problem getting approval, since there are taboo
sources even though the process removes most of the taboo elements.
While the debate continues over potential pesticide accumulation in compost
sourced from conventional
feedstock, National Organic Program (NOP) Guidance 5016 helps to address the requirements of unavoidable residual environmental contamination (UREC).
Renewable diesel fuel (other): Diesel fuel and diesel fuel blending components produced from renewable
sources that are coprocessed with petroleum
feedstocks and meet requirements of advanced biofuels.
This growing
source of
feedstock has made it more economically attractive to produce petrochemicals here in the United States.
Below is a collection of data
sources on production, consumption, prices, and trade in
feedstocks, coproducts, and the biofuels themselves.
This has direct negative effects within the US; including a rise in the price of electricity, a rise in the price of foods (natural gas is a
feedstock for fertilizers), a rise in the price of goods (natural gas is a
feedstock, and
source of industrial fuel), and a rise in the price of home heating fuel.»
The waste
feedstocks for the process will most likely come from a mixture of
sources ranging from food scraps and other household material such as grass and tree cuttings, to agricultural and industrial waste.
Low Carbon Fuel Standard Influenced
Feedstocks,
Sourcing Harry Simpson, Crimson's president and co-founder, says that they will be «creating a sustainable approach to our business by focussing on the use of a wide variety of feed stocks, trying to
source as much as possible within California and by minimizing waste streams.»
He estimates algae has an «oil - per - acre production rate 100 - 300 times the amount of soybeans, and offers the highest yield
feedstock for biodiesel and the most promising
source for mass biodiesel production to replace transportation fuel in the United States.»
One of the benefits of biodiesel is that if you have access to a good
source of
feedstock, you can make your own.
Other biofuel
feedstock sources, including cellulosic biomass, are promising, but technological barriers make their future uncertain.
Locally -
Sourced Wheat to be
Feedstock Located near Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, the Terra Grains Fuels ethanol plant has officially opened and is claiming to be the largest wheat ethanol project in North America.
Many landfills are already prized turf with methane being used as a fuel
source, and cellulosic biofuel plants pillaging the refuse headed towards landfills as
feedstock.
Coal is an abundant natural resource that can be used as a
source of energy, as a chemical
feedstock from which numerous synthetic compounds (e.g., dyes, oils, waxes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides) can be derived, and in the production of coke for metallurgical processes.
In most cases ash becomes an undesirable residue and a
source of pollution, but for some purposes (e.g., use as a chemical
feedstock or for liquefaction) the presence of mineral matter may be desirable.
Standard fertilizers are mined from the ground, but Morash is turning to an urban
source for his
feedstock: the 43bn pounds of food that grocery stories throw away each year, according to a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council.