Forest2Market kicked off a 24-part series to educate wood pellet project developers about the complexities of the U.S. wood supply chain. Topics will range from feed-in tariffs and certificates for difference to sustainable feedstock demonstration.
At the Wood Stove Decathalon in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16-19, a panel of experts discussed growth of residential pellet heating, some pros and cons, as well its current role in U.S. renewable energy generation.
The Alliance for Green Heat's Wood Stove Decathalon is underway at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., an event during which twelve teams are competing for the title of the cleanest, most efficient and innovative wood stoves.
Biomass power is among the technologies addressed in the United Nations Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report 2013. The report considers what actions are necessary in order to limit global temperature increases to less than 2 degrees Celsius.
Metso's pulp, paper and power line is demerging from the company and in 2014 will once again be known as Valmet Corp., a name the business segment was known as prior to 2001. Valmet has announced is supplying a biomass cogeneration plant to Croatia.
More than $14 million in funding for 424 projects in 22 states, including several biomass- and biofuels-related projects, was recently awarded under the Rural Energy for America Program by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
We Energies has announced that the biomass-fueled power plant on the site of Domtar Corp.'s Rothschild, Wis., paper mill was placed into commercial operation Friday, Nov. 8, after testing and commissioning activities were successfully completed.
Capital Dynamics, as the private asset manager for a leading U.K. pension fund, has acquired a 68-megawatt (MW) portfolio of two base-load biomass power plants located in northern New South Wales, Australia.
Douglas Tiffany, assistant extension professor at the University of Minnesota, discussed the economics of co-locating torrefaction, ethanol and coal power plants at the University of North Dakota on Nov. 6.
Akron, Ohio-based KB Bioenergy has started up a new $32 million state of the art high solids anaerobic digestion system. The project includes three 600-kilowatt combined-heat-and-power units, which produce a combined 10,000 megawatt hours of energy.
Waste fuels are a major source of fuel for U.S. manufacturers, accounting for 29 percent of fuel in 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Agriculture waste, mill residue and wood waste accounted for 33 percent of that amount.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council and the Pellet Fuels Institute are urging stakeholders of the biomass thermal industry to contact their congresspersons about supporting the Biomass Thermal Utilization Act.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change has released updated energy trend statistics, showing that 1.55 million metric tons of oil equivalent fuel was used by the bioenergy sector to produce electricity during the second quarter of 2013.
Massachusetts is enticing residents, businesses and public agencies to reduce emissions and heating and cooling costs by making $32 million available to seven programs that will fund renewable heating and cooling projects.
Finland-based Helsingin Energia recently announced a collaboration with the Finnish Environmental Institute and Tampere University of Technology to evaluate the environmental impacts cofiring wood pellets at its coal-fired Salmisaari power plant.
In the last week, three letters have been sent to the ag committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, urging support for the Farm Bill's energy title programs. The letters have been issued by both federal lawmakers and trade groups.
In order to prepare for the upcoming launch of its domestic Renewable Heat Incentive program, the U.K. has made available GBP 500,000 ($800,000) to help expand and maintain expertise amongst the country's renewable heating engineers.
The leaders of the state of Vermont and the state of Upper Austria have signed an agreement to collaborate on the promotion of biomass heating. The agreement was announced at the annual Renewable Energy Vermont conference in Burlington, Vt.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced in October that it will support the development of two biomass projects; a renewable power plant in Ukraine and a district heating project in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Stobart Group Ltd. has released interim financial results for the six months ended Aug. 31. The company reported biomass tonnages increased to 354,000 for the period, up 52 percent from 232,000 tons in the comparable six months of 2012.
WE Energies' 50-megawatt biomass cogeneration plant in Rothschild, Wis., is nearly complete. The plant has been in development for the last four years and is located at the site of Domtar's century-old paper mill, which it will supply steam to.
After a year of development, the Forest Country Potawatomi Community's combined-heat-and-power biogas plant in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley has come on line, with an official grand opening held on Oct. 28.
The U.S. EPA has released its third year of greenhouse gas data gathered through its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which tracks more than 8,000 facilities in the U.S. An online tool provides users with easy access to the information.
Vermont's Norwich University celebrated the opening of its $6.2 million biomass heating plant Oct. 25. The facility will source and combust 13,000 tons of wood chips annually from locally harvested wood sources within a 100 mile radius.
U.K.-based Estover Energy Ltd. recently announced it has received planning consent from Dover District Council to proceed with a biomass-fired combined-heat-and-power (CHP) facility at Discovery Park at Sandwich, Kent, in England.
Koda Energy LLC will soon be back in operation after an April accident brought the 23.4-megawatt biomass generation plant in Shakopee, Minn., offline. The company is making $6.8 million in repairs and upgrades to improve safety and performance.
A group of 30 biomass companies and organizations recently wrote to four congressmen supporting mandatory funding for Farm Bill Energy Title programs. The letter highlighted the economic benefits those programs can bring to rural areas.
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