The 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update enhances its 2005 predecessor and finds potential for dedicated energy crops through direct inventory analysis and rigorous sustainability modeling.
How to improve briquetting operations to efficiently densify fibrous agricultural residues from crops, horticulture operations and forests.
The House and Senate agriculture committees are scheduled to deliver a legislative package to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Nov. 1, outlining suggestions to cut $23 billion from agriculture programs as part of the 2012 Farm Bill.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., visited her home state on Oct. 24 to discuss the importance of biomass heat and how to level the playing field so that it is able to compete with other renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
The U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change got approval from the European Commission Oct. 26 to launch its Renewable Heat Incentive with a sizeable reduction in the tariff for large biomass technologies.
Biomass Power Association President and CEO Bob Cleaves addressed the U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel at its meeting Oct. 25 to review its recently released Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions.
The U.K. DECC released its proposal for Renewables Obligation banding levels from 2013 to 2017 on Oct. 20, leaving a few biomass technologies at current levels, but proposing to add more, such as enhanced cofiring and biomass conversion.
The American Council on Renewable Energy assembled a Biomass Definition Subcommittee that has crafted a unified biomass definition, which its members will pitch to senators and representatives during the first week of November.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council held a webinar Oct. 19 titled "Regional Focus on Biomass Energy: the Northeast." The webinar is one of three exploring regional development of biomass heating in different regions of the U.S.
Once completed and operational, a 300,000-ton wood pellet mill near Portland, Maine, will export its product to European customers through one of only two deepwater ports in the Northeast U.S.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based Firebox Energy Systems Ltd. has announced plans to build a 30-megawatt (MW) biomass power plant on the designated lands of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Reserve #133 near Glenevis, Alberta.
A study conducted by the Combined Heat and Power Partnership, a voluntary program initiated by the U.S. EPA, found potential for increased combined heat and power systems at U.S. wastewater treatment facilities.
Just when the prospects for a biomass district heating plant planned for downtown Vancouver, Wash., were looking glum, it turns out there is hope for the project after all.
The Vancouver, Wash., city council has voted to place a six-month moratorium on a project to build a central heating biomass plant in downtown Vancouver, that would have replaced 11 fossil fuel boilers.
John Elliot, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corp. of Erie County, kicked off BBI International's Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show with discussion about the opportunities for worldwide export of biomass via the Great Lakes.
A single, science-based and inclusive biomass definition is the focal point in the biomass industry's efforts to bolster policy that can spur development, said Charlie Niebling at the opening session of the Northeast biomass conference.
As winter nears, beating the cold is on the minds of many U.S. homeowners. To help homeowners make informed decisions, the BTEC will present a three-part webinar mini-series that will examine biomass heating in different regions of the country.
As a way to enable Canadian pellet mill Nechako Green Energy Ltd. to make the most of its waste products, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems will install a 2-megawatt (MW) biomass waste heat recovery plant at the Vanderhoof, British Columbia facility.
What started as a trip to Gussing, Austria, to see a combined-heat-and-power plant in action has turned into developing plans for a similar facility in northern Pennsylvania's borough of Smethport.
Biomass torrefaction company HM3 Energy Inc. has been selected as one of three finalists in the 2011 Cleantech Open Business Competition's Pacific Northwest Division.
Making the connection between the local supply of woody biomass and the need for future energy cost reduction, a school district near Meadville, Pa., agreed to commission a thermally led combined heat and power project.
Calvin Ernst, owner and operator of Ernst Conservation Seeds, lives a biomass-related life every day. The Meadville, Pa.-based company was founded in 1965 and has expanded and now includes Ernst Biomass and a pellet manufacturing facility.
Recently released U.S. Census figures show the number of households heating with wood grew 34 percent between 2000 and 2010, faster than any other heating fuel. Electricity showed the second fastest growth, with a 24 percent increase.
Eastern Illinois University has commissioned a biomass gasification energy system that will annually consume about 27,000 tons of wood chips to provide heat and electricity to the campus.
Researchers from the University of Montana in Missoula have received $1.1 million to study various aspects of woody biomass feedstocks, technology and economics.
Minnesota-based General Mills was honored with the 2011 CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity by the Associate Member Council of the Grocery Manufacturers Association for its oat hull-to-energy biomass system.
The U.K.'s Renewable Heat Incentive will launch up to two months later than planned, following concerns from the European Commission regarding the tariff level for large biomass technologies.
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council held a community ceremony in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Oct. 3 to announce the development of a 36-megawatt biomass power facility on the site of its pellet plant outside of town.
With the construction start deadline of the end of this year looming for the Treasury Section 1603 Grants for Specified Energy Property in Lieu of Tax Credits program, the criteria for that specification is still not clear to many applicants.
Presenters during a Sept. 28 webinar produced by the Biomass Thermal Energy Council and titled "Agricultural and Woody Biomass: Contrasts and Comparisons," provided a thorough review of the potential for using ag biomass for energy in the U.S.
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