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Woody biomass is being framed as a #green alternative to coal, but the hidden costs include repeated fires, explosions, and deforestation in #SoutheastAsia.
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Concerns grow over ‘green’ biomass power in Japan after spate of accidents
For 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 the world after the U.K. But there are concerns that burning wood pellets or palm kernel shells to generate electricity […]