BY Erin VoegeleFound In:PowerThe U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the April issue of its Monthly Energy Review, reporting net electricity generation for wood biomass and waste biomass in January. READ MORE

BY Anna SimetFound In:PowerA report by Carbon Connect says that biomass power stations and carbon capture and storage could play an important role in replacing the electric capacity that is shut down in the U.K lieu of stricter pollution laws. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:PowerThe International Energy Agency has made its annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial, reporting that renewable technologies are one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy. READ MORE

BY U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities Found In:Pellets, Power, ThermalThe U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has updated its one-of-a-kind database of industrial and selected community-scale users of wood-to-energy facilities across North America. 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 Erin VoegeleFound In:Power, ThermalA consortium of companies comprised of iCON Infrastructure Partners II L.P, EEA Holdings Ltd. and 2OC Ltd. is developing a 19 MW biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) project in the Beckton region of London. READ MORE

BY Kolby HoaglandFound In:Power, ThermalA dedicated group of biomass professionals braved winter storm Walda to visit District Energy St. Paul, Environmental Wood Supply (EWS), and Target Field on the final day of the 2013 International Biomass Conference & Expo. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, ThermalThe Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry has announced a decision to proceed with a 25-year timber sale on state land near Tok, an region approximately 200 miles south-east of Fairbanks. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:PowerThe U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the April 2013 issue of its Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook. The report predicts that wood biomass will be used to generate 105 gigawatt hours per day of electricity in 2013. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:PowerThe U.S. Internal Revenue Service has published 2013 inflation adjustment factors for the production tax credit for renewable electricity production in the Federal Register, increasing the PTC for closed-loop biomass by 0.1 cent per kilowatt hour. READ MORE

BY Chris Hanson Found In:PowerCharlie Niebling, general manager of New England Wood Pellet, received the 2013 Excellence in Bioenergy Award at the International Biomass Conference and Expo in Minneapolis, April 8-10. READ MORE

BY Chris HansonFound In:PowerKoda Energy LLC and Elk River Resource Recovery Project were the first two biomass industry tours at the International Biomass Conference & Expo being held April 8-10 in Minneapolis. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:PowerThe U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change recently released an updated set of statistics on energy trends and prices. According to the release, power generation from plant biomass more than doubled in 2012. READ MORE

BY Virginia Tech Found In:Power, Advanced FuelsA team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world. READ MORE