There’s a new energy in town! This past week at the energy conference held in Rockford, Illinois, some 156 attendees learned of a new bio-mass furnace which will produce electricity. The conference became a common meeting ground for green energy enthusiasts where they could share ideas and explore new solutions to old problems.
Chip Energy’s bio-mass furnace will go on line this month. It will warm sewage eating bacteria which will cause the bacteria to produce methane gas to produce electricity. The remaining waste, biochar can be used to improve land. (Leaf 2010)
The bio-mass furnace is currently used at the municipality of Höör in Southern Sweden to produce 85% of heat used by the network. (Unknown)
With innovations such as this and working together toward green energy, we may soon find bio-mass furnaces popping up across the country positively reducing our waste and creating renewable green energy.
References
Leaf, Brian (2010, October 10) Displays, demonstrations at show nurture new green ideas, (article) Rockford Register Star (The) (IL)
Unknown, Low Emission Biomass plant in Höör Sweden, (article) http://www.aboutbioenergy.info/Hoor.html, last accessed October 14, 2010
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