Biomass Week - January 6, 2012

First shipment of pellets leaves Va. port terminal The Port of Chesapeake in Virginia has officially entered the biomass shipping business. On Dec. 31, Enviva LP sent 28,000 metric tons of wood pellets to one of Enviva's European utility customers aboard the MV Daishin Maru. READ MORE SHARE
BDI-BioEnergy to build biogas facility in France BDI-BioEnergy International recently announced a $4.45 million plant for a waste disposal corporation in Marl, France, and has developed a new separation technology to be used there. READ MORE SHARE
	EU BIOBOOST to focus on biomass-based fuels, power The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany is leading a project that will focus on converting biomass into engine fuels and chemicals, as well as heat and electricity. READ MORE SHARE
N.H. biomass plants score PPAs while RPS undergoes revisions Five independent biomass power producers (IPPs) in New Hampshire have scored power purchase agreements (PPAs) from the state's largest electric utility, thanks to support from local and state officials. READ MORE SHARE
FlexEnergy to build landfill-gas-to-energy plant in California FlexEnergy Inc. subsidiary Flex OC Renewables has received permission from California's Orange County Board of Supervisors to build and operate a landfill-gas-to-power project at the Santiago Canyon Landfill in east Orange County. READ MORE SHARE
Enormous UK biomass power plant nears full commercial operation The world's largest wood pellet-based biomass power plant was fully commissioned in January, and is now producing electricity. READ MORE SHARE
Covanta teams up with Israeli company for biomass project The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has brought together a major U.S.-based biomass power entity and an Israeli-based advanced defense systems developer to partner on a biomass-to-fuel mobile system. READ MORE SHARE
DuPont, NexSteppe form biomass sorghum partnership Advanced plant genetic supplier DuPont has partnered up with biomass feedstock developer NexSteppe to develop new sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum hybrids for biofuels, biopower and biobased products. READ MORE SHARE