Biomass Week - February 24, 2012

MACT omitted from payroll tax cut bill A provision to grant the U.S. EPA more time to finalize and reevaluate the Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules for industrial boilers has been left out of the payroll tax cut extension bill that Congress has passed. READ MORE SHARE
British nursery planning biomass CHP plant One of Britain's largest nurseries has proposed an 8.5 MW combined-heat-and-power biomass plant at its New Milton, Hampshire County, location. READ MORE SHARE
	Swedish CHP plant to use Foster Wheeler boiler A publically owned energy provider in Southern Sweden will use a circulating fluidized bed boiler manufactured by Global Power Group, a subsidiary of Sweden-based Foster Wheeler AG. READ MORE SHARE
Canadian energy company to build biomass power station The team at Mustus Energy has been patient during its 5-year quest to develop a 41.5 MW biomass power station in La Crete, Alberta, Canada, but the company will break ground this spring. READ MORE SHARE
Standalone power now eligible for Oreg. biomass tax credit The Oregon Department of Energy has altered the biomass producer or collector tax credit, allowing for the first time standalone power to be eligible. READ MORE SHARE
Furnace system could boost pellet industry in U.S. Advanced Bio Heat Co. expects its wood pellet-fired forced-air furnace to bolster the U.S. wood pellet industry by creating a requirement for stocking inventory during the summer. READ MORE SHARE
Biomass intern program offers unique opportunity The Summer Biomass Internship Program, a collaboration among three upstate New York organizations, will give undergraduate and graduate students a chance to work in the biomass industry. READ MORE SHARE
GE engines to power China's largest landfill gas-to-energy plant A landfill gas-to energy project under development in Shanghai, China, is poised to be the largest of its kind in the country, and GE Energy has announced it will provide to the endeavor seven of its GE Jenbacher gas engines READ MORE SHARE