An excited Gwen Hallsmith took to the podium May 3 at the International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis. Once there, she promptly announced to the audience that her district heating project had just received state funding earlier in the day.
Some ethanol critics go over the top. And maybe, just maybe, the mainstream media is catching on. After all, the story I'm about to comment on was released last week, and hasn't become headline fodder yet.
The Biomass Power Association on May 2 commended President Obama's pledge to work with Congress to end taxpayer subsidies to oil companies and instead promote American-made renewable energy.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission has granted approval to Novi Energy and the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative to build a 49.9-megawatt biomass power plant in Halifax County, Va.
May 02, 2011
Why isn't biomass sexier in the U.S.? I've been told it's the “sexy fuel� in Germany, and again I wonder: when will we catch up?
Anheuser-Busch's Bio-Energy Recovery System was one of three tour stops during the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis. Tour participants also traveled to the IESI MO Champ Landfill and Innovative Energy Inc.
A ribbon cutting ceremony kicked off the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis, which is being held May 2-5 at the America's Center. More than 1,300 people are registered for the fourth annual event.
A ribbon cutting ceremony kicked off the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis, which is being held May 2-5 at the America's Center. More than 1,300 people are registered for the fourth annual event.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, may be nearly 150 miles away from Blair, Neb., but Agriculture giant Cargill Inc. might hope the two areas are close in some ways. The company hopes a shuttered Fort Dodge wet mill can replicate its biorefinery campus in Blair.
Air Liquide USA LLC wants to build a carbon dioxide recovery plant next to the 110 MMgy ethanol plant in Clearfield, Pa., to produce beverage grade, liquid CO2.
Just 10 years after Thomas Edison introduced the first energy recycling program to the U.S. in 1882, the University of Missouri-Columbia began operating a combined-heat-and-power plant—much like Edison's at Pearl Street Station.
To participate in the Renewable Energy Certificate market, one must be able to navigate differing state standards and to adjust to still-evolving state, regional and federal initiatives.
By Rona Johnson
April 29, 2011
I'm sure those of you who are planning to fly to the International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis have seen the devastation caused by tornadoes, but it won't interrupt the event, which is being held next week (May 2-5).
Opposition groups in Massachusetts petition for a three-year moratorium on biomass power.
April 29, 2011
Dixon Environmental launches free online tool to simplify compliance with EPA rules.
Lawsuit highlights a barrier to biotechnology advancements in the U.S.
April 29, 2011
The EC is revisiting its biomass sustainability criteria after changes in the international policy context on biomass.
Sawmills on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska formed a co-op and plan to build a pellet and biobrick mill.
Protocol Biomass has a proposal that could serve as a model for shuttered pulp and paper mills.
Montana researcher develops a mobile biomass gasifier.
USDA's first national on-farm renewable energy survey finds 121 farms with 140 on-site digesters.
Wisconsin network connects people to grassland bioenergy info and resources.
The University of Montana is making biomass energy happen.
April 29, 2011
Developers plan to build two pellet mills in Virginia.
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