On-site generation needs more than sustainability goals in order to expand from a niche play and grow into a large market. It needs better economics, with capital expenditure reductions being the most promising catalyst, according to Lux Research.
The U.S. EPA has presented its 12th annual Green Power Leadership Awards. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc. was recognized under the on-site generation category for its biogas project, a 6.5 MW combined-heat-and-power (CHP) system located in Atlanta.
During each presidential campaign, the American Farm Bureau Federation asks the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees to address issues that concern the farming and ranching communities. Responses to this year's questions are now available.
Enova Energy Group LLC a vertically integrated developer and asset owner of renewable energy projects, has announced that it will build three wood pellet projects in Georgia and South Carolina beginning in the first quarter of 2012.
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.
Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that General Biofuels Georgia LLC will construct a wood pellet manufacturing plant in Sandersville investing $60 million. The plant will manufacture industrial-grade wood pellets for sale to a European utility.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., recently announced that a biomass-related amendment she submitted for inclusion in the Tribal Energy Bill, S. 1684, was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Sept. 13.
Putting the water-use-efficient and turbo-charged photosynthesis from plants such as agave into woody biomass plants such as poplar can hedge against predicted long-term increases in temperatures and reduced precipitation.
Nexterra Systems Corp., the University of British Columbia and GE recently celebrated the successful completion of an energy-from-renewable-waste combined-heat-and-power system located at UBC's Vancouver campus.
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.
Envirotherm GmbH, an Allied Technologies company, and ZeroPoint Clean Tech Inc., the world's leading biomass gasification technology company, have announced they will join forces to build turn-key, biomass power plants.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change recently opened a consultation on its proposed changes to the biomass sustainability criteria set under the Renewables Obligation and proposed measures to ensure affordability and value.
The Maryland Energy Administration has launched a pilot rebate program for new wood and pellet stoves, which offers a $400 rebate for wood stoves and a $600 rebate for pellet stoves. Only U.S. EPA certified stoves that meet emissions levels qualify.
GCube Insurance Services Inc., a renewable energy insurance provider, has secured $175 million in additional construction underwriting capacity to assist the development and evolution of the international biomass and geothermal energy markets.
A demonstration project completed by The Earth Partners LP, Applied Ecological Services and Poet LLC has shown that biomass from native grasses, grown for conservation purposes, can successfully fuel a boiler to create heat and power.
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.
In conjunction with the release of a U.S. DOE report on the U.S. combined-heat-and-power (CHP) industry, President Obama has made an Executive Order to facilitate investments in energy efficiency at industrial facilities, focusing on expanding CHP.
During a special meeting on Aug. 29, the Montpelier, Vt., city council voted again on the fate of a district heating project that would replace an old state-owned plant with a new biomass plant, reversing its week-old decision to axe the project.
Nexterra Systems Corp. and Stopford Projects Ltd. have formed a strategic alliance to develop and market Nexterra's energy-from-renewable-waste gasification systems for the industrial and district energy markets in the United Kingdom.
Northern Ontario's Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy granted $467,000 to Confederation College to build a learning and research facility and is providing funding to Atikokan Renewable Fuels to test wood pellet additives.
On Aug. 22, the Montpelier, Vt., city council voted 4-2 to axe a biomass district heating project that has been in the works for several years, citing concerns about financial risks. The project is not dead yet, and will undergo another vote Aug. 29.
The Northeast Biomass Thermal Working Group is inviting comments on newly-released bulk pellet delivery and transportation recommendations, up until Oct. 1. NEBTWG and a group of other stakeholders began work on the recommendations in early 2012.
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