Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Paper Industry Continues Growth into Alternative Energy
The worldwide producers of pulp and paper have substantially increased the use of renewal wood for biomass for their massive energy demands. The result is less (nonrenewable) fossil fuels consumed. A recent release from the Wood Resource Quarterly confirmed that since 2006, energy generated from biomass has gone up over 50%, last year accounting for 18% of the total energy consumption by this industry sector.
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This is really big and exciting news. The industry needs to do a better job at advertising this!
Wind Energy continues to be big and getting bigger. Hats off to the paper industry for consuming an alternative energy source.
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