Biomass Week - January 27, 2012

USDA makes 2012 REAP funding available The USDA announced Jan. 20 a Notice of Funding Availability for its Rural Energy for America Program, and is inviting agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply. READ MORE SHARE
DP CleanTech grows with European biomass industry DP CleanTech has set up a new European headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, attributing its decision to the country's rapidly expanding biomass industry. READ MORE SHARE
	Wash. pollution board rules in favor of biomass project A $71 million combined-heat-and-power (CHP) project under construction at Port Angeles, Wash., received good news from the state's Pollution Control Hearings Board this month. READ MORE SHARE
Ohio landfill gas-to-pipeline project underway Texas-based Element Markets LLC has made public a landfill gas-to-pipeline project at the APEX Sanitary Landfill in Amsterdam, Ohio. READ MORE SHARE
Obama calls for clean energy standard U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress during his Jan. 24 State of the Union Address to get working on a national clean energy standard, and stressed the importance of new incentives for renewable energy innovation. READ MORE SHARE
SAB responds to EPA's biogenic emissions framework The U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) has issued a draft report response to the EPA's Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources. The framework was first issued by the EPA in September. READ MORE SHARE
Seven facilities in Calif. county will use only renewable power Sonoma County, Calif., officials want to use renewable energy and save money, so it will now power seven of its facilities with 100 percent renewable sources, including biomass. READ MORE SHARE
Maine college fires up biomass plant An $11.2 million biomass plant at Colby College in south central Maine is now on line and will provide heat, hot water and electricity for the campus. The facility is expected to save the school $1.5 million annually in heating costs. READ MORE SHARE