Local and state officials joined officials from the Millinocket Regional Hospital in late February to take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the commission of their wood pellet-powered steam boiler.
Ballard Power Systems has announced the sale of a 175 kW ClearGen distributed generation fuel cell system to the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Humboldt County, Calif. The fuel cell system will be integrated with a biomass gasifier.
President Obama has nominated Ernie Moniz as Secretary of Energy. Moniz is a physics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A nuclear physicist, Moniz has served as director of MIT's Energy Initiative.
President Obama has nominated Gina McCarthy as U.S. EPA administrator. McCarthy currently serves as assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. If confirmed, she would replace former Administrator Lisa Jackson.
Longwood University received a $50,000 Dominion renewable energy grant to commission a pre-planning study for a biomass fuel processing center. The focus of the study is to find efficient ways to dry sawdust used to fuel the biomass boilers.
Glenn Farris, marketing manager, biomass, at AGCO Corp. is a featured speaker in the "Walking the Sleeping Giant: Equipment and Approaches for Harvesting and Collecting Agricultural Biomass," panel at the 2103 International Biomass Conference & Expo.
Germany-based RWE Innogy GmbH, a subsidiary of RWE Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, has sold its share of two small-scale biomass power plants to Koehler Renewable Energy GmbH. However, the company is remaining active in the large-scale biomass sector.
Beaver Wood Energy and Vermont Hydroponic Produce announced on Feb. 26 plans to build a new biomass hub in Fair Haven, Vt. The hub will consist of a biomass power plant, pellet manufacturing facility, and a 10-acre greenhouse complex.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change has released a long-term plan, aimed at ensuring the government's renewable heat scheme for commercial, industrial and community organizations stays within budget.
U.K.-based Helius Energy has published its annual report for 2012, highlighting progress made on the company's three biomass power projects. The company's 7.2 MW facility is substantially complete and undergoing commissioning.
A $28 million, 3.2 MW biogas energy project under development by GreenWhey Energy Inc. in Turtle Lake, Wis., has secured funding and is on schedule to be complete this summer.
Solutions4CO2 has announced a product development agreement with Complete Senergy Systems and College Communitaire de Nouveau Brunswick to produce a commercial-scale, integrated biogas refinery in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada.
Pending legislation in New Mexico would enable renewable energy certificates to be issued for the generation and use of thermal energy produced from renewable resources, with extra credits assigned to thermal energy generated from forest biomass.
ElectraTherm distributor GB Consulting and biogas plant constructor EnviTec commissioned an ElectraTherm Green Machine to generate additional power and increase energy efficiency on site, and the machine has accrued more than 2,800 hours.
The U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently published experimental statistics on the quantity of land used to grow bioenergy feedstocks in the U.K..
When storms, disease or old age down trees and limbs in city parks, the wood waste will now be sold to Recast Energy Louisville LLC and turned into energy that helps power Louisville companies and organizations, instead of going to the landfill.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada has awarded $61.8 million in funding to 23 clean energy projects through its SD Tech Fund. Two of the projects focus on the production of bio-coal.
Nominations are now open for 2013 International Biomass Conference & Expo Bioenergy Awards. The awards will be presented during the opening general session at the sixth annual International Biomass Conference & Expo in April.
Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project has released a report highlighting the potential to combine bioenergy production with carbon capture and storage techniques to enable carbon-negative energy production.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects has released its Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2013, showing that six new biomass power units were brought online in January with a combined capacity of 6 MW.
More than 100 people attended an open house at Northern Maine Medical Center on Feb. 11 to view the hospital's new biomass-fueled boiler system. The Chiptec furnace, which came online in December, will save the hospital roughly $200,000 a year.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the February 2013 issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook. In 2013, power from wood biomass is expected to increase to an average of 106,000 MWh per day, and 110,000 MWh per day in 2014.
Legislation pending in the Washington State Legislature aims to extend the existing sales and use tax exemption for wood waste and residue used to produce electricity, steam, heat or biofuel through June 30, 2024.
Energy and climate change were two areas of focus in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Feb. 12. “Today, no area holds more promise than our investments in American energy,� he said.
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