Dear Cornelio The 'big future for biomass in the formal sector power generation sector' was the idea that wood is renewable so it makes sense to plant and harvest huge areas as a sort of slow farming of energy.
There are two problems emerging: people object to the entire idea when it comes to actually planting and harvesting forests in the developed world, and the energy equation is not perhaps as positive as initially hoped. The idea that forests should not be cut at all is pretty ingrained in the US mental space even though the area covered by forests in the East has increased enormously in my lifetime. That is why the deer population is so high (and the number of crashes between them and cars). I think Dan D may have something say about that. The biomass potential in the Eastern US is huge but getting it to happen is not looking good. Austria seems to have achieved the right balance - I think they have two wood fired generating stations now and they are probably the world leaders in small wood burners, certainly on the research front. I am impressed anyway. In the rest of the world a lot of people want everyone to move away from wood for all sorts of obvious reasons and I am left wondering if perhaps processed wood is a best available option for some time to come. There is increasing interest in what I can call artificial charcoal from processed biomass as a cheap and non-wood alternative for peri-urban modernizing areas. What do you think?? Best regards Crispin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of cornelio torrijos Sent: Sunday, 25 July, 2010 20:50 PM To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves Subject: Re: [Stoves] New Rules May Cloud the Outlook for Biomass Hi Crispin, You said in this stoves forum: "Biomass still has uphills to face as a more widely adopted fuel." What perhaps did you mean to say? Isn't biomass already the mostly used fuel for cooking? Has been and will be for decades or centuries to come? By the poorest families? Cornelio On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends > > > > Biomass still has uphills to face as a more widely adopted fuel. > > > > Regards > > Crispin > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/business/energy-environment/10biomas > s.html > ?_r=1 > > > > "An energy technology that has long been viewed as a clean and > climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels is facing tough new > regulatory hurdles that could ultimately hamper its ability to compete > with renewable power sources like wind and solar." > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_listserv.repp.org > http://stoves.bioenergylists.org > http://info.bioenergylists.org > _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_listserv.repp.org http://stoves.bioenergylists.org http://info.bioenergylists.org
