When they transport the wood in sailing ships I'll give the whole scheme some credit, until then it is as ridiculous as corn ethanol
My brother works at Drax (the plant burning the overwhelming majority of imported wood), and among other things approves the wood as being suitable to burn in the plant. As I understand it Drax would have to close in the near future if it hadn't been converted to wood firing thanks to the UK commitment to phase out coal plants ASAP - indeed only half of the power station has been converted and my understanding is that the options are to convert or close the rest over the next few years.Ten years back the rallying cry was American energy independence. Now the new budget bill seems to proclaim, how quickly can we sell the stuff.
Does that not pose other problems ...local polutants come to mind..not all garbage is as clean as woodI'd rather they burn their own garbage (literally) as fuel for heat and power.
Fluidized bed combustors help clean up sulfur and nitrogen oxide emissions. I'm not aware that they do anything for mercury, lead, or other heavy metals, but municipal waste is probably no worse off than coal in that regards.
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