http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2007/20070131.html
The Prenergy Power Limited Company in Great Britain is building a 350 megawatt energy facility in South Wales. The company which basically is a power plant for renewables will be called the Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant will operate on a 24hour a day 7 day a week schedule. Upon its completion the plant will generate enough power to service about half the homes in Wales. The power plant alone will contribute about 70% to the Welsh government's energy target, which all will originate from a renewable source of energy. When generated by the plant the new electricity will travel via underground cables to local holding facilities. The renewable source of energy the power plant is relying on to make electricity is being shipped from America. The biomass source is from wood chips that America is exporting to Great Britain directly to the Port Talbot Energy facility. One ask why is America shipping out valuable biomass to another country. The answer is that enough facilities do not exist here in America for us to begin processing biomass into energy. There obviously is a problem that exist here. I believe that we should follow the lead of the Europeans, and begin building more facilities. The problem always leads back to the mighty dollar because these plants are extremely expensive to build, however the environmental payoff will be felt for generations to come.
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