IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is advising a Pakistan-based biogas company on the development of a waste-to-energy plant in the Karachi area, turning a serious environmental problem in to a renewable energy resource.
The American Council on Renewable Energy hosted a webinar on Nov. 14 focused on biofuel policy. The seminar, titled "Beyond the Talking Points: The Truth About Biofuels," addressed many issues, including tax credits and the renewable fuel standard.
The Agriculture Energy Coalition has joined 235 farming, livestock, rural development, nutrition, conservation and renewable energy organizations in sending a letter to Congress, asking for the passage of a new, five-year Farm Bill.
The International Energy Agency has released a report that shows the global energy map is changing significantly. By 2020, IEA's, "World Energy Outlook 2012," indicates, that the U.S. will become the largest oil producer in the world.
CH4 Biogas, has partnered with Campbell Soup for a biogas project in Ohio. CH4 designed, owns and operates the site, and will deploy a co-digestion technology supplied by Bigadan A/S. Construction of the Napoleon, Ohio-based project is underway.
Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center has received a $6.5 million grant from the USDA and the U.S. DOE to test and expand a university-developed technology that can produce biogas from a variety of feedstocks.
Barack Obama has been elected to a second term as president of the U.S., prompting optimistic reactions from biomass and biofuels industries, even with the divided status of Congress remaining unchanged.
Powered by Biomass Magazine, BBI International announced that it has released a new online biomass directory available to companies interested in connecting with the biomass industry. All companies are eligible for one free listing.
GBE Gocher Bioenergie GmbH, a joint venture of RWE Innogy, Goch-based food producer Nahr-Engel and Goch municipal utility, is inaugurating the new biomass-fuel cogeneration plant on Klever Strase in Germany.
Charles Conner's extensive background in agriculture includes several years in the USDA as deputy secretary of agriculture as well as serving as acting secretary of agriculture from August 2007 to January 2008, when Ed Schafer took on the job.
The North East Biosolids and Residuals Association has launched a new website that provides current data on anaerobic digestion and biogas at U.S. wastewater treatment facilities. Several organizations participated in the project.
If Republican candidate Mitt Romney wins the election, there's a good chance Nebraska will once again send a native son to Washington to serve in the president's cabinet. Gov. Dave Heineman is on the shortlist for potential cabinet appointees.
The biogas company BD Agro Renewables, based in Calveslage, Germany, has initiated operation of one of the first biogas plants in Russia. The plant generates 2.4 MW of electricity from agricultural and livestock waste.
A milk powder producer from Uruguay has engaged Weltc Biopower for the construction of a 3 MW biogas plant. In the first development stage, Weltec will set up an 800 kW plant. The full output of 3 MW is to be installed by 2015.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's short list of possible energy secretaries includes Tea Party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, former House energy committee chairman.
Harold Hamm, a.k.a. "America's Oil Man," is chairman of Romney's energy policy advisory team and likely his first runner-up choice for energy secretary after American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard.
A total of $16 million in investment for 244 projects received funding from the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program, including several blender pumps and a few biomass-related projects.
Believed by its developers to be the largest of its kind in California and the world, a 2.8 MW, biogas-powered fuel cell recently came on line at a California wastewater treatment plant.
The German Federal Environmental Ministry has released an environmental technology atlas produced by Roland Gerger Strategy Consultants. The report, titled "GreenTech made in Germany 3.0," is the third such atlas produced for the German government.
Jack Gerard is the current president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, but if presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins the 2012 election, he could become Romney's chief of staff or secretary of energy at the U.S. DOE.
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