A study in northern Maine will evaluate St. John Valley's biomass potential.
A small Oregon town is the site for two biomass power proposals.
Biomass power combined with carbon capture and storage could be the UK's most effective tool in meeting its renewables goals.
While organic waste-to-biogas power technologies are common in Europe, they are first-of-a-kind in most U.S. states and need to prove themselves before they can become a trend.
Besides edging toward sustainability goals, a unique biodigester on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus will also provide learning opportunities, and eventually financial assistance, for students.
A five-farm digester venture in Massachusetts could be a game-changer for struggling dairy farmers.
Missouri has ample resources for a booming anaerobic digestion sector, but surprisingly few parties have taken advantage of the enormous opportunity.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the addition of six states and four new projects under the USDA's Biomass Crop Assistance Program. Project areas will be set aside in California, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Kansas and Oklahoma.
The EERC's Biomass '11: Renewable Power, Fuels, and Chemicals Conference welcomed over 250 attendees from 28 states, Washington, D.C., and 11 foreign countries, to discuss bioenergy trends, opportunities, economics and technological developments.
"Politics is based on relationships." Dave Devendorf, of legal firm Holland & Knight, confidently made the assertion to a group of about 85 people at the Pellet Fuels Institute Annual Conference July 24-26 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Three Dimensional Timberlands LLC is devoting its resources to the development of biomass pyrolysis facilities to produce biochar and bio-oil in Oregon, as well as ensuring the sustainable woody feedstock to supply them.
The Nebraska Forest Service has funding available for institutions interested in determining whether they are good candidates for converting from fossil fuels to biomass-based heating and cooling systems.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council and the Alliance for Green Heat co-hosted a webinar July 19 on the future of wood and pellet heat in the U.S., where presenters identified barriers to its growth and ways to overcome them.
The BTEC applauded the formation of the Congressional Biomass Caucus. Led by Rep. Charlie Bass, R-N.H., and Peter Welch, D-VT., this coalition will seek to support the development of biomass and elevate the renewable resource's profile in Congress.
A webinar co-hosted by the Alliance for Green Heat and the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, will address barriers to growing the use of wood or pellet heat, and how federal and state governments can prepare for an increase in residential wood heat.
Further expanding its global portfolio, equipment provider Metso Corp. will supply a combined-heat-and-power (CHP) system to a Fortum Power operation in Latvia, and another in Finland. The plants are scheduled to commence operation in 2013.
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development has awarded $4.2 million in grants and loans to 10 alternative energy projects in six counties, four of which are biomass and biogas projects.
A yet-to-be-released report by nonprofit group Alliance for Green Heat shows that wood heating in America dominates the residential renewable energy market, even with virtually no government subsidies to support it.
The NEBTWG is encouraging members of the biomass industry to submit their thoughts on the economic and environmental benefits of biomass energy in Vermont, so that biomass will be included in the state's Comprehensive Energy Plan.
The U.S. EPA has ruled that it will maintain its proposal to defer biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule for three years while the agency further studies the science and policy of regulating biomass energy.
The U.S. Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center is leading the way in rediscovering that woody biomass is an efficient, cost-effective energy source by establishing a Woody Biomass Technical Assistance Team.
Report says biomass crops can enhance anaerobic digestion.
The U.S.'s potential for CHP from biogas has attracted a European technology manufacturer.
Development of large-scale biomass gasification in the U.S. is in between demonstration and commercial scale, but a few companies are overcoming the challenges to make large-scale projects happen.
A 2009 NREL assessment of biomass combustion and gasification technologies may not have spurred rapid commercial development, but it has encouraged state investment in demonstration projects.
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