Round Bales, Square Bales, Field Chop . . . Which is Best?
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 [...]
Confined Space Entry Safety
In any biomass handling operation, bins or silos will be utilized for some type of storage or processing. These types of structures generally have areas either inside the structure itself or an area associated with [...]
Sustainably Produced Biomass
Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “sustainable” as an adjective that means a resource is “able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed.” In agricultural and environmental circles, defining what constitutes a sustainable [...]
Water Quality Monitoring for Industrial Operations
As part of its normal operations, Genera Energy, like any other industrial installation, is required to operate under the Tennessee Storm Water Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Activities. This permit requires companies to create a [...]
Quality Control and Monitoring Systems
We at Genera Energy understand that biofuels are a renewable energy source that can minimize the United States’ dependency on imported petroleum and improve the domestic economy. Systems for producing, harvesting, collecting, preprocessing, storing, and [...]
Safe Herbicide Use and Handling
Typically, herbicide use is fairly limited in well-established bioenergy crops such as perennial grasses. These high yielding crops may receive casual maintenance applications of herbicide for specific weed problems since the dense canopy has a [...]
