“Stale sandwiches and squidgy potatoes – waste food from some of Britain’s biggest supermarkets – could be used for fuel in an experimental biomass plant being planned by Infinis, a renewable power company backed by private equity group Terra Firma.” Please click link to read full article.

Source: Technology Review published by MIT

As corn ethanol becomes less attractive as an alternative fuel, other fuel types such as higher alcohols, oils, and cellulosic biofuels are becoming more popular. However, Gregory Stephanopoulos outlines the challenges in converting biomass to biofuels in this article.

Ottawa is being asked for additional support for the existing $1.5 billion dollar ecoEnergy program, which is expected to run out of money by 2009. The program offers a 1-cent-per-kilowatt-hour incentive for those building alternative energy such as green hydro, wind, geothermal, tidal or biomass projects.

The Toronto Star

Nanticoke generating station in Haldimand County is the largest coal-fired power plant in North America and as the workhorse for Ontario’s electricity system, shutting it down by 2014 won’t be easy.

It employs 600 people. It’s an anchor for the provincial power grid, providing the voltage support needed to push electricity around southern Ontario. It’s capable of supplying 4,000 megawatts of power, or enough to supply 15 per cent of the province’s electricity needs.