The California Public Utilities Commission has just voted unanimously to approve Southern California Edison's plan to install scores of tiny (for a utility) 1 MW to 2 MW grid-connected systems scattered across the rooftops of commercial buildings throughout the utility's Southern California service area - to eventually add up to a half Gigawatt of distributed solar power.

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International Paper's closure of its Bastrop, La. pulp mill creates an opportunity for ethanol producers.  For communities, such as Bastrop, which have biomass resources and the other critical location factors, the workforce comes tailor-made for ethanol production.  Kris Bevill writes about this issue in the January issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine.

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Make plans to attend the 9th Annual Southern BioProducts and Renewable Energy Conference from April 13-14, 2010 in Tunica, Mississippi.  The conference will be held at the Harrah's Sheraton resort and the theme this year is "growing the regional bio-based economy" with great emphasis on the regional aspect of developing bio-based products and energy systems.  This conference serves as a focal point in this region to attract speakers from all over the country who represent new and emerging businesses in this industry as well as cutting edge research.  It provides and excellent opportunity to network with other professionals and individuals with diverse backgrounds such as farming and energy producers.  The conference is co-hosted by the Mississippi Biomass and Renewable Energy Council, Mississippi Technology Alliance - Strategic Biomass Solutions and Mississippi State University - Industrial Outreach Service.  For more information contact Sumesh Arora at sarora@mta.ms or visit www.mta.ms/biomass.

 

Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America to be Held Feb. 23-25, 2010

Sumesh Arora, Director of Strategic Biomass Solutions at MTA will be chairing a session on biopower applications at the upcoming Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America in Austin, Texas from February 23-25, 2010.  Sumesh is a member of the conference program committee and has served in the capacity for the last three years.  The program committee is comprised of renewable energy leaders from the business, technology and industry sectors. For seven straight years, this event has been leading the way for the renewables industry. Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America 2009 had nearly 4,000 renewable energy power professionals in attendance and attendance is expected to reach almost 5,000 in Austin.

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Featuring insightful discussions and presentations during technical sessions related to technology, markets, business strategies and policy covering the wind, solar, biomass, hydro, geothermal, ocean/tidal/wave, bio-power, bio-fuels hydrogen and energy sectors. There has never been a better time to be a part of the exciting, ever-growing world of renewable energy!  For more information contact Sumesh Arora at sarora@mta.ms or visit www.mta.ms/biomass.