BY Anna SimetFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe European Space Association announced it will begin monitoring the amount of biomass and carbon stored in the world's forests via satellite. ESA intends to use the satellite project as an way to provide long-term monitoring of forest lands. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, BiogasOn May 3, the U.S. Energy Information Administration published a set of annual statistics that include state-level estimates of consumption, prices and expenditures for woody biomass and waste biomass. The latest release includes data from 2011. READ MORE

BY NNFCC Found In:BiogasThe Waste & Resource Action Programme has awarded funding to a partnership between bioeconomy consultants NNFCC and biomethane injection specialists CNG Services to assess the feasibility of developing biogas networks in the U.K. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced the government's ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative is providing funding to 55 innovative energy projects, including several that address biomass power and thermal, biobased chemicals and biofuels. READ MORE

BY Anna SimetFound In:Power, Thermal, BiogasAfter seven years of planning, Vermont Technical College has broken ground on an anaerobic digestion project that will generate heat for the campus, and power that will be sold to the grid. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Power, BiogasThe Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection has published a final study on the state's existing renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The analysis recommends changing the way biomass and biogas power are treated under the program. READ MORE

BY Viaspace Inc. Found In:Power, BiogasViaspace Inc. has provided an update on the Tibbar Energy 7 MW anaerobic digestion power plant project on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, noting that Tibbar is continuing to plant its Giant King Grass nurseries. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsOn April 15, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released the initial sections of its Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013). Additional chapters will be released periodically through May 2, when the complete AEO2013 will be available. READ MORE

BY Clarke Energy Found In:BiogasClarke Energy has signed a contract with Bord na Mona to deliver a landfill gas power plant at the Drehid Landfill site in the Republic of Ireland. The project will utilize four of GE Power & Water's containerized Jenbacher 420 gas engines. READ MORE

BY Anna SimetFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe emphasis of the April 9 International Biomass Conference & Expo general session in Minneapolis could be summed up in one word: policy. READ MORE

BY Iona Capital Found In:Power, Thermal, BiogasIona Capital has announced the successful completion of an investment into JFS Howla Hay Biogas Ltd., a joint venture company with developer JFS & Associates Ltd. and a family run Farm in North Yorkshire, England. READ MORE

BY U.S. DOE Found In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe U.S. DOE has announced it will fund its three Bioenergy Research Centers for an additional five-year period, subject to continued congressional appropriations. The centers were established by the department's Office of Science in 2007. READ MORE

BY Ohio State University Found In:Power, BiogasOARDC is using agricultural and food-processing wastes to meet close to one-third of the 12-megawatt-hour annual electricity needs of its main campus via an anaerobic digestion system built by Quasar Energy Group. READ MORE

BY Doug VanOrnum Found In:BiogasBeing thrifty when building a biogas project may make or break a project. READ MORE