Kansas Renewable Energy

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Renewable Energy Issues

Geothermal

Resources/Data

Kansas Geothermal Resources - Info from EREN, includes a geothermal map

Regional Heat Flow Data Base - Kansas database for 1989 and 1996,
Source: Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory

Geothermal Systems - Basic Info from KEPCO

News

Mining heat from the earth? New technology shows promise.
(Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 7, 2007)

US to cut funds for two renewable energy sources
(Christian Science Monitor, September 15, 2006)

Texas could hit renewable energy goal this year
(The Kansas City Star , March 29, 2005)
(Registration required)

A hotbed of energy waits to be tapped in Indonesia
(Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 9, 2004)

Biomass

Resources/Data

Alternative Energy Solutions, Wichita. Company specializes in gasification of biomass.

Prairie Grass Pellet Energy - K-State and Coriolis (Lawrence)

K-State Engineering Extension Biomass information

Kansas Primary Forest Products Industry and Timber Use, 1980

Kansas Bioenergy Resources, EREN

Western Regional Biomass Energy Program - Includes Kansas

Demonstration and Commercial Production of Biomass for Energy - ORNL

Growing Energy on the Farm: Biomass Energy and Agriculture, Union of Concerned Scientists

Kansas Bioenergy Resources - EERE

Wood-firing Resources - Greenwood Technologies

Current News

Kansas News

Sklar: An urgent Apollo project here on Earth
(Topeka Capital-Journal, March 8, 2004)

World News

Off Oregon's coast, researchers hope to pump electricity from surf to turf
(Christian Science Monitor, September 15, 2006)

Germany shines a beam on the future of energy
(San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 20, 2004)

Commentary

Commentary: A Call for Domestic Renewable Energy
(Washington Post, September 19, 2006)
(Registration required)

Editorial: Spoils of Pricier Oil
(Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 13, 2004)

News Archives

Renewable Energy Archives -High Country News

Methane Digesters

Information

Consumer Energy Information Brief: Methane (Biogas) from Anaerobic Digesters, U.S. DOE-EREN

Vermont Methane Pilot Project, Vermont Department of Agriculture

News

Bollinger and Wiser et al., PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL/TP-6A2-45359, March 2009, 19 p.

NEW When kitchen waste isn't wasted
(San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 25, 2006)

Central Valley dairy farmer shows UN delegates how he got off the grid
((Stockton, CA) Central Valley Business Times, June 26, 2006)

Symposium outlines possible use for manure
(The Garden City Telegram, Nov. 2, 2005)

Symposium explores methane as an energy source
(The Hutchinson News, Nov. 2, 2005)
(Registration required)

PG&E vs. cow power: Dairy farmers say the utility opposes energy from methane gas
(San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 2004)

Cows to heat homes
(High Country News, Nov. 19, 2001)

Cowadunga
(The (Minneapolis, MN) City Pages, Sept 13, 2000)

General Renewables Info

American Energy: The Renewable Path to Energy Security - Center for American Progress and Worldwatch Institute

Energy Tax Incentives - Tax Incentives Assistance Project, information on how to use tax incentives for new renewable energy projects

Kansas Renewable Energy Working Group - homepage (defunct)

KREWG Fall 2002 newsletter - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view

Kansas Energy Alternatives, EREN

Renewable Energy and Agriculture: A Natural Fit, Union of Concerned Scientists

Renewable Energy map for U.S. West North Central Division, EIA

KEIN Green Tags page

Links to Other Resources

Shell International Renewables - Renewable energy links

Renewable Energy Companies

Advanced Alternative Energy Corp., Distributed power technologies using municipal waste and biomass
Lawrence, KS

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