With Sept. 21 being the final day of the last scheduled legislative session prior to the November election, all whom have stakes in the agriculture industry continue to pressure Congress to pass a new Farm Bill or an extension.
To accommodate the need for increased cattle herds in New York to meet high demand for New York Greek yogurt, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has launched a plan that involves the revival of the federal U.S. Department of Treasury's 1603 program.
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reopening the EU co-financed Biomass Processing Challenge Fund, which can contribute up to 40 percent of the cost of an eligible project, up to a $515,000 per project.
The Water Environment Research Foundation released a report identifying the barriers to biogas use for energy at wastewater treatment facilities, and it indicates that inadequate payback and lack of available capital remain the dominant hindrances.
Gussing Renewable Energy GmbH has successfully fueled a micro-combined-heat-and-power (CHP) fuel cell system developed ClearEdge Power with biogas. The system has been running at its full 5 kW capacity since Aug. 20.
Work to develop London's first anaerobic digestion (AD) facility is underway. The TEG Group recently announced it has secured funding to construct an organic waste facility in London. Alkane Energy plc will provide the gas-to-power capabilities.
Bernard Matthews, the U.K.'s largest turkey farmer and supplier, is installing a biogas plant to improve the company's waste handling and energy costs. The project underlines the wide scope of Xergi's biogas technology for handling waste.
California has released its 2012 Bioenergy Action Plan, which is designed to accelerate clean energy development, job creation, and protection of public health and safety. The plan was developed by state agencies and outside experts.
Weltec Biopower GmbH started to build a 2.4 MW biogas plant in Darzyno, Pomerania, Poland. The plant will process farm waste, liquid manure and potato waste from a chip manufacturer. The facility is expected to be operational in mid-2013.
A biogas opportunity at a shuttered Brazilian landfill reveals U.S. Ex-Im Bank's potential, and how U.S. equipment providers can expand into the global marketplace.
Powered by GE gas engine technology, a combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Germany's Bitburger Brauerei brewery has surpassed 50,000 hours of successful operation. The facility uses a Jenbacher J312 gas engine to convert biogas into power.
On Aug.14 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 106 projects have been awarded funding under the USDA Rural Development's Rural Energy for America Program, including five biomass-related projects.
The U.S. EPA has awarded Colorado-based TDA Research Inc. a $300,000 contract under its Small Business Innovation Research program competition to support the demonstration of proprietary biogas purification technology.
The U.S. EPA released its top 25 onsite green power generators through its Green Power Partnership program for this quarter, and Coca-Cola has ranked third, mainly because of a 6.5 MW combined-heat-and-power system the company commissioned in April.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has approved the Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012. The bill includes a variety of tax incentives that benefit the biorefining and biopower sectors, and adds algae to the definition of cellulosic biofuel.
The Oregon Forest Biomass Working Group has issued a forest biomass strategy which includes four key initiatives. Made up of more than 40 stakeholders, the FBWG believes the measures will help expand the state's biomass industry.
Doyon Utilities LLC held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of the first landfill-gas-to-energy project in Alaska, which is powered by GE's ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher gas engines.
EurObserv'ER has released its annual Biofuels Barometer report, showing that growth in biofuel consumption in the 27 EU member states decreased in 2011. However, consumption of second-generation biofuels is expected to increase in the future.
The USDA announced payments to 125 biofuel producers on July 27, including several biogas and pellet companies. The awards were made under the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels, which was established in the 2008 Farm Bill.
Waste collection, transfer and recycling company Waste Management Inc. announced is eliminating 700 jobs, or roughly 2 percent of its North American job fleet of over 40,000. WM owns and operates more than 100 landfill gas projects in North America.
Weltec Biopower GmbH is building a 370 kW biogas plant in Bure, Switzerland for Bio.Etique.Energy SA. The facility's power will be fed into the grid, while surplus heat will be used to heat local training barracks for the Swiss Army.
A new bioenergy hub in Europe that will focus on the deployment and investigation of sustainable bioenergy sources was announced July 17 by U.K. Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts.
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