Biomass Week - June 15, 2012

BCAP funding awarded to New York, North Carolina, Arkansas The USDA's BCAP program is back in action. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that two new project areas will be developed and another existing BCAP project area will be expanded through the help of a $9.6 million funding round. READ MORE SHARE
Minn. study team visits Swedish bioenergy facilities A group of Minnesota delegates recently visited several bioenergy facilities, including large-scale combined-heat-and-power facilities, throughout Sweden to study what might be possible in regard to implementing similar projects within the state. READ MORE SHARE
	ABC, GE Energy discuss community biogas-to-energy The American Biogas Council and GE Energy hosted a joint webinar on June 13 to explain how cities and communities can take advantage of waste products through means of biogas-to-energy. READ MORE SHARE
Planning application for biomass plant approved in the UK Norfolk, U.K.-based renewable energy developer Iceni Energy Ltd. has announced the successful approval of its planning application for a straw-fuelled biomass plant near Snetterton. The plant will burn primarily cereal and oilseed rape straw. READ MORE SHARE
CEC awards $6 million to anaerobic digestion project The California Energy Commission has selected Clean World Partners LLC to receive a $6 million grant to support a biogas and bioenergy project. The funding will enable the expansion of the company's Sacramento project. READ MORE SHARE
CBC supplies biomass boiler to Suzano A Brazilian subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. recently received an order for a high-capacity, high-performance biomass-fired boiler from Brazil's largest pulp maker. READ MORE SHARE
	UK team releases 10-step guide to pellet production A father and son team who own and operate PelHeat, a pellet mill development company based in Staffordshire, England, have created a 10-step guide explaining how pellets are produced. READ MORE SHARE
Opcon wins another bioenergy repeat order in the Czech Republic Opcon, the energy and environmental technology group, has received yet another order for equipment that recycles waste heat, this time within the bioenergy sector in the Czech Republic. READ MORE SHARE