Biomass Week - March 23, 2012

Industry experts discuss wood pellet heat cost savings William Strauss, president and CEO of FutureMetrics, demonstrated the operation of a fuel calculator to the crowd at the Northeast Biomass Heating Expo in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., March 21-23. READ MORE SHARE
Heating expo keynote speaker highlights challenges for industry Carlton Owen, president and CEO of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, said typical problems such as project finance or feedstock availability are not the real challenges facing the industry. READ MORE SHARE
	NSAC suggests REAP, BCAP changes The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has released its 2012 Farm Bill platform, which provides suggestions to improve some federal bioenergy programs, including the Repowering Assistance Program and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program. READ MORE SHARE
Growth in grass pellet industry highlighted at heating seminar Several speakers presented a history of their paths from farmer to fuel pellet developer during the Northeast Agricultural Biomass Heating Seminar, a one-day event held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., that preceded the Northeast Biomass Heating Expo. READ MORE SHARE
Agricultural biomass heating seminar held in N.Y. Attendees at the Northeast Agricultural Biomass Heating seminar, held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in conjunction with the Northeast Heating Expo, included experts and novices focused on agricultural biomass applications. READ MORE SHARE
Weltec Biopower building giant biogas plant in Germany Already having built more than 200 biogas plants across Europe, Weltec Biopower GmbH has begun construction of another, to be one of Germany's largest when completed, according to the company. READ MORE SHARE
Dominion gets green light to convert to biomass One year after announcing intentions to convert three coal-fired power plants to biomass, Dominion Virginia Power Corp. has received permission from the Virginia State Corporation Commission to do so. READ MORE SHARE
Ceres, UK University complete genetic map of miscanthus As a result of collaboration between California-based Ceres Inc. and Aberystwyth University in Wales, the first comprehensive genetic map of miscanthus has been published. READ MORE SHARE