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Mongabay
@mongabay.com

Once promoted as a green coal alternative, Japan’s biomass power sector faces growing backlash after a series of industrial accidents. With rising costs and expiring government tariffs, critics are questioning the industry's future. Learn more in this story by @nithincoca.com for #Mongabay.

mongabay.ccConcerns grow over ‘green’ biomass power in Japan after spate of accidentsFor the past decade, Japan has been expanding the use of woody biomass for power generation to replace or be mixed and burned with coal. The country is now the second-largest wood pellet consumer in…

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Alan Pater
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Burning stuff is never "green". It was only a solution to fossil fuel shortages. bsky.app/profile/how-...

How-Sen Chong@how-sen.com

The reason why electricity is so cheap is because unlike fuel engines, electricity can be produced without fuel. Energy is one of the most available substances in the universe. It literally falls onto our shoulders every day. Fuel is what makes energy expensive.

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