Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Avista wants to expand program

  June 7, 2010 in City on Page A6 Avista Utilities is asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to allow an increase in the size of customer-owned power generation projects that qualify for the company’s net metering program. Avista …

• Biomass challenge

  May 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 KETTLE FALLS, Wash. – Roaring furnaces unleash the energy of wood at Avista Corp.’s Kettle Falls generating station. Chips and bark become white-hot ash as temperatures soar to 2,500 degrees … 4

• Small-scale projects utilize energy, heat

  May 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 The Northwest gets about 2.4 percent of its energy from biomass. Mills often burn wood waste for steam to run equipment and generate electricity. Wood also heats rural schools and …

• Stevens County company has state energy tie

  January 15, 2010 in Business on Page A14 Borgford BioEnergy LLC in Stevens County is one of four Washington companies that will work with the Department of Natural Resources on renewable energy projects using biomass from state lands. …

• Fueling a new industry

  October 4, 2009 in Business on Page E1 When Shawn Montee finished a logging job, thousands of BTUs of energy used to go up in smoke. His crews gathered up the logging slash and torched it. To Montee, …

• Sawmills could fuel vehicles, experts say

  April 2, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 Once upon a time, logs were used for making houses and paper. Now, they’re being looked at as one of the most promising tools for helping the United States grow …