Biomass Week - February 3, 2012

UK rail operator awarded for biomass shipped to energy giant In less than one year, GB Railfreight (GBRF) has turned a train and freight shipping process designed to supply biomass to Drax Power Station, the U.K.'s largest power station, into an award winning business. READ MORE SHARE
B.C. Bioenergy Network funds AD demonstration The B.C. Bioenergy Network announced it has awarded a loan and grant totaling $1.5 million to Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre, a Harvest Power Inc. company, to support the development of an "Energy Garden" that will convert organic waste into power. READ MORE SHARE
	SMUD assists two Calif. dairy farms with AD projects Two dairy farm anaerobic digestion projects under development in Sacramento County, Calif., are making progress and may be operational by the end of the year. READ MORE SHARE
Wood pellet pricing now part of N.H. energy report The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) is now the second state-affiliated energy information provider in the Northeastern U.S. to include average residential pricing for wood pellets. READ MORE SHARE
D.C. clean energy investor calls biomass secure solution The Washington D.C.-based clean energy investment team at Leaf Clean Energy Company believes the 2012 biomass industry has tremendous promise based on a number of factors, and with two biomass power investments, the company is looking for more. READ MORE SHARE
Auditing agencies now accredited for PFI standards program The Pellet Fuels Institute's densified biomass fuel standards program may not be fully unveiled for several months, but PFI has completed accreditation of ten auditing agencies and two laboratories. READ MORE SHARE
Northeast Biomass Heating Expo agenda unveiled Now in its fourth year, the Northeast Biomass Heating Expo, slated for March 21-23 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has released its 2012 conference program. READ MORE SHARE
Mich. coalition calls for higher RPS A growing number of Michigan businesses, agriculture, health care and labor professionals are working to raise Michigan's current RPS of 10 percent by 2015, and are calling on the public's support of a ballot proposal. READ MORE SHARE