Harnessing green
energy is something that is occurring at an ever more
increasing pace, and it is happening away from the attention
of the popular media and the general public. Unless people
have viewed a scientific documentary on television, or seen
a wind farm in their travels, it is unlikely that they know
much about green energy. When most people think of windmills,
they think of Holland and tulips. Very few people in America
are likely to be aware that the architectural firm that won
the right to design the New World Trade Center in New York
envisions powering part of the building using this very technology.
• The International Market for Green
Energy
First National's focus is to become a power company by entering
into long term agreements with According to a EU report to
the European
Conferences on Green Energy held during March 2004, in
Lousanne Switzerland, over 2.5 million Europeans are now using
electricity generated from renewable sources. Solar energy,
wind energy, biomass, hydropower, and geothermal are all forms
of renewable energy, which are green and sustainable. Their
use is growing and the contribution made to reducing global
warming and combating climate change is increasingly important.
Green Energy production has come
of age and we believe that continued growth potential for
this segment of the industry is certain.
Another exciting area of development is electrical bioenergy.
Biomass is defined as any organic matter,
particularly cellulosic or lingo-cellulosic matter, which
is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including
trees, plants, and associated residues; plant fiber; poultry
litter and other animal wastes; industrial waste; and the
paper component of municipal solid waste. Cellulose is defined
as a polymer, or chain, of 6-carbon sugars; lignin is the
substance, or “glue,” that holds the cellulose chain together.
Biomass can be converted to a fuel and used to generate
electrical energy. Bioenergy provides critical economic,
environmental, and security benefits. The use of renewable
biomass creates additional value in farm, forestry, and other
industries, and reduces waste streams. Bioenergy also reduces
the emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants by displacing
fossil fuel use. By creating greater energy diversity, from
domestically available sources, bioenergy can reduce dependence
on imported energy. Our primary focus in the biomass sector
has been to develop or acquire facilities to convert solid
municipal waste into electrical energy that can be sold on
the existing electrical grid.
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