BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY ENERGY GENERATION

BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY ENERGY GENERATION
ENERGY DEMOCRACY – SUPPORTING COMMUNITY INNOVATION BROADBAND IN MISSISSIPPI: TOWARD POLICIES FOR ACCESS EQUITY FROM JIM CROW JOBS TO EMPLOYMENT EQUITY PROGRAM REPORT 2010 A BUDGET BIND ON NEW YORK CITY 2011 RECESSION IMPACT INDEX VIDEOS FROM THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMMUNITY-SCALE BROADBAND THE PROMISE AND CHALLENGE OF COMMUNITY BROADBAND MODELS: LESSONS FROM THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMMUNITY-SCALE BROADBAND RACE REACTION: VOTER RESPONSES TO TEA PARTY MESSAGES IN ECONOMICALLY STRESSED COMMUNITIES RECOVERY, INTERRUPTED: GULF COAST COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FIVE YEARS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA ENERGY DEMOCRACY: COMMUNITY SCALE GREEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS BROADBAND EQUITY TODAY BUILDING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH BROADBAND: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN BROADBAND IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA: A 21st CENTURY RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE TOUGH TIMES IN MISSISSIPPI: HOUSING AND POVERTY, A CENSUS SNAPSHOT IN PLANNING FOR ANY ECONOMIC REBOUND, RACE MATTERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GENERATION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL LEADING REFORM: EDUCATION ADVOCACY CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES IN MISSISSIPPI WIND ENERGY GENERATION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL BIOFUELS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY ENERGY GENERATION BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY ENERGY GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE MEASURING THE RECESSION: AN IMPACT INDEX OPPORTUNITY MAPPING RACE, THE JOB MARKET, AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY: A CENSUS SNAPSHOT TALKING POINTS: STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY RACE AND PLACE: A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT LAND USE PLANNING IN RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. EDUCATION INEQUITY IN MISSISSIPPI GROWING TOGETHER: THRIVING PEOPLE FOR A THRIVING COLUMBIA CENTER FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION: ANNUAL REPORT THE DIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT PROJECT: THINKING CHANGE STRUCTURAL RACISM AND MULTIRACIAL COALITION BUILDING NEW YORK CITY IN CRISIS: RACIAL SEGREGATION, CONCENTRATED POVERTY AND THE NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL RACE RACE TO REBUILD ONE REGION: PROMOTING PROSPERITY ACROSS RACE SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER ENTER YOUR EMAIL SEARCH THE CSI SITE		November 16, 2009 BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO COMMUNITY ENERGY GENERATION DOWNLOAD PDF >> BRIEFING PAPER TWO OF BLACK, BROWN AND GREEN Black, Brown and Green, a program of the Center for Social Inclusion, explores the economic opportunities and hurdles facing green business models serving communities of color. Black Brown and Green will offer resources to help communities and companies identify their needs and develop a strategy to enter the Green Energy Sector. Policy makers, investors and stake holders need a firm grasp of business structures that protect community control. They also need strategies for raising the right type and levels of capital, and knowledge of accessible technology. Promoting control and ownership of the green energy supply by communities of color enables these communities to share in the tremendous economic potential of the green energy market, and adds depth to the broader economy. Businesses and communities must lay a foundation for success, one that expands and strengthens individual and community prospects today. The second paper in our series, Biomass Power Development, explores the technology and policies shaping the process of converting wood, agricultural waste, waste treatment sludge and gas, and municipal solid waste into energy. The briefing paper examines outlines the forces enabling community commercialization as well as the hurdles to participate in the biomass segment of the Green Energy sector.