Genera Energy believes that the training and development of our employees is vital to the success of our company in the ever changing biomass supply industry. Training and development can be initiated for an employee or group of employees for many reasons. A few of these reasons include when performance improvement is needed, as part [...]
Genera’s proprietary Energy Grange™ management system, is designed to select the appropriate acreage, select the most economical crops for a project, contract the best seed, recruit and lease the land for increments of five to 10 years, and establish and manage high yielding crops, all of which aim to reduce price fluctuation and set long-term [...]
The final yield tally after dedicated energy crops are harvested gets a majority of the attention when evaluating these crops. Standing next to 12 foot tall grass and realizing big yields once the crops are harvested is always impressive, but Genera Energy appreciates the importance of waist high grass during the spring season as well. [...]
If you hang out with chemists very often, you’re bound to hear one of their favorite witty wisecracks about lignin at some point: “You can make absolutely anything out of lignin … except money.” This full of potential yet still scorned complex polymer, lignin, is nature’s glue filling up spaces in plant cell walls, helping [...]
Just about anything we do in the biomass feedstock supply business can be broken down into the basic process groups typically defined by standard project management practices. These process groups are: Initiating Planning Executing Monitor and Control Closing […]
Biomass is an environmentally clean alternative for producing fuels, chemicals, and bioproducts. Why then do we hear about cleaning or even washing biomass on occasion? Last week, I helped my wife preserve some of the bounty of our garden by canning bushels of tomatoes. There is nothing like fresh vegetables out of the garden. When I [...]
Short rotation woody crops are woody tree species that have been bred and selected to have extremely high rates of growth, allowing them to be harvested after a short growing period. They are an ideal feedstock component for biomass supply chains. While many hardwood species have full management rotations that may approach 50 years or [...]
At Genera Energy, we always make safety a top priority. However, no matter how much we train and prepare, bad things can still happen. Unexpected incidents can include injuries or health emergencies with visitors or employees, accidents related to equipment or could be caused by other factors, such as weather. […]
A well-executed new employee orientation program is not only helpful for the employee, but also benefits the company. Helping new hires become familiar with the company and their new coworkers is a vital part of creating a successful partnership. […]
Tough decisions would be made much simpler if the answers were always black and white. Unfortunately, managing a biomass supply chain does not always afford the luxuries of clear-cut decision making. We often get asked which feedstock delivery package is best; round bales, square bales, or field chopped material. It is not our intention to [...]
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