New Deal Will Send Parks Department's Wood Waste to Rubbertown Biomass Boiler
Metro Government will start selling landscaping debris gathered from Louisville parks to a Rubbertown facility that will burn it for energy.Last fall, a company called Recast Energy took control of a...
View ArticleNew Law Clarifies Regulation of Biomass, But Doesn't Provide Any Guarantees
A new bill signed into law by Governor Steve Beshear last week clarifies the rules that regulate biomass plants in Kentucky.The bill gives additional guidance to the Public Service Commission on how to...
View ArticleAmerica's New Energy Export Is...Trees?
When we talk about exporting energy sources to other countries, the conversation tends to center on fossil fuels. Here in Kentucky, it's all about coal, and even as the nation cuts back on coal...
View ArticleDoes a Biomass Plant Make Sense for Eastern Kentucky Ratepayers?
The Public Service Commission is scheduled to decide this week whether it will let Kentucky Power enter into a contract to buy all of the electricity produced by a proposed biomass plant in Eastern...
View ArticleState Regulators Approve Contract to Bring Biomass Energy to Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky regulators have approved a contract between an Eastern Kentucky utility and a proposed biomass plant, despite concerns from the state Attorney General and a consumer group. The biomass energy...
View ArticleHow Politics, Misinformation and Money Fueled a Power Plant in Kentucky's...
HAZARD, Ky.—Up a steep dirt road, atop a former strip-mine, sits a concrete slab roughly 30 feet square. It’s the only visible sign that a wood-burning, electricity-generating plant could someday...
View ArticleWould the Eastern Kentucky Biomass Plant be Good for the Environment?
This story is part of a series from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and WFPL. Read the other stories here.
View ArticleByline Today: Kentucky's Senate Race, Investigating an Eastern Kentucky Power...
On Byline today, we'll get an update on the U.S. Senate race, hear about how politics and misinformation pushed through a proposed biomass plant in Eastern Kentucky and much more.Join us at 1 p.m....
View ArticlePolicy Group Asks FTC to Review 'Misleading' Green Claims About Biomass
A policy group is asking the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize advertising claims by biomass plants that the energy produced is environmentally friendly and “green.”Biomass energy is produced when...
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