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June 28, 2016

Researchers in Idaho tackle the problem of turning a mountain of waste into fuel

  • Biomass has been overshadowed by other renewables but a warehouse in Idaho Falls houses all kinds of machinery for chopping, compressing and measuring the country's most abundant waste products.
    • By LUKE RAMSETH
    Post Register

    IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Most have heard of Idaho National Laboratory's nuclear research prowess, or its growing cybersecurity expertise.

    But the lab's biomass energy research program has largely flown under the radar, much like the renewable energy source itself, reported the Post Register. A warehouse on INL's Idaho Falls campus is home to all kinds of machinery used for grinding, chopping, compressing and measuring biomass fuels, from corn stover to woody waste.


     
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