Gearing Up
October 26, 2010
Equipment manufacturers are designing harvesting and handling machinery tailored to biomass material, but marketing those systems outside of Europe is proving difficult without robust biomass markets.
Packing Heat and Power
October 26, 2010
The biomass briquette business is rebounding after enduring tough economic times that drove some interest away from the industry.
Energy Tablets
October 26, 2010
Researchers in Missouri have developed a biomass compactor they say can produce tablets with higher material density, and therefore higher energy density, than other unified biomass products on the market.
Studying Switchgrass
By Anna Austin
October 26, 2010
Researchers in the Southern U.S. are drilling into the challenges of establishing dedicated energy crops such as switchgrass in anticipation of increased demand.
MACT for Biomass Boilers—Déjà Vu?
By Chad Darby and Danielle Lenzini
October 26, 2010
A proposed new Maximum Achievable Control Technology standard that would impose stricter hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emission limits and other requirements on biomass boilers and process heaters could lead to greater expenditures, and the financial
Harvesting Forestry and Logging Waste Profitably
By John Heekin
October 26, 2010
New technology developed by Fecon engineers and North Carolina State University forest experts turns green waste into gold.
10,000 blender pumps
October 25, 2010
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's announcement of USDA cost share for 10,000 blender pumps over the next five years is good news for the industry. The money is to come from existing funding, through existing programs - all of which means the infrastructure effort can begin rolling quickly. (Well, quickly for a program coming out of Washington.)
BCAP is Back
By Rona Johnson
October 22, 2010
On Thursday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the final rule for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program would be published in the Federal Register today. It seems he misspoke and it won't be released until Wednesday of next week.
Updated: BCAP final rule will be published Oct. 27
October 21, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack mistakenly announced yesterday that the Biomass Crop Assistance Program final rule would be published in the Federal Register today. The rule will be on public display today and will be published on Oct. 27.
Dukes team up for AD pilot project in NC
October 21, 2010
Duke University and Duke Energy have teamed up to develop a pilot anaerobic digestion project at a hog farm in North Carolina that could serve as a model for other hog operations looking for ways to manage waste and generate their own power.
NEBTWG wants biomass thermal in biofuels strategy
October 21, 2010
The USDA's National Biofuels Strategy should focus just as much on heating oil as it does on transportation fuels, according to Charlie Niebling, an organizer and member of the Northeast Biomass Thermal Working Group.
Oregon farmers begin first biomass sorghum harvest
October 21, 2010
A grower-owned energy cooperative in Oregon has begun harvesting its first crop of high-biomass sorghum, a purpose-grown energy crop that will be used for electricity production. Agri Energy Producers Association will harvest about 1,500 acres.
BPA: Proposed rule endangers forests, bioenergy goals
By Biomass Power Association
October 21, 2010
The Biomass Power Association submitted comments contesting a proposed ruling by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources on biomass, on the grounds that it will severely handicap the state's ability to meet its renewable energy goals.
Conference panel to focus on siting biomass plants
By Rona Johnson
October 21, 2010
Biomass projects can be delayed or derailed if the developers fail to do their due diligence when choosing a site. Presenters at the Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show Nov. 2-4 in Atlanta will be armed with advice for project developers.
The search for more efficient enzymes used for biofuel production continues in Europe. The EU is funding a project called DISCO to develop, research and find more effective enzymes to produce cellulosic ethanol.
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