Subject: Re: Simple bioenergy questions

From: [email-masked] (Caltech Environmental Task Force)
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 02:07:55 -0700

At a meeting of the American Society for Solar Energy a few years ago, I
heard about a fantastic project in Malaysia.

It seems that made export commodities for Malaysia are products made from
the coconut.  One problem with this is that coconut shells do not degrade
very easily.  Soon the "countryside" was littered with mounds of shell.

A private company came in and oversaw the construction of a biomass
gasification plant that could use the shells.

check the following web pages to get in touch with folk who've done similar work

"Solar Energy Industries Association"
   http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/seia/index.html
"American Solar Energy Society"
   http://www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/sel/ases/ases2.html
"International SES"
   http://www.ises.org/
"National Renewable Energy Labs"
   http://www.nrel.gov/

g'luck

chuk