The USDA announced Jan. 20 a Notice of Funding Availability for its Rural Energy for America Program, and is inviting agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply.
Public and private enterprises in Oregon are working diligently to develop and expand a local biobased economy, according to speakers at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
Perhaps one of the biggest mistakes made by the biomass industry is not following the lead of the natural gas industry to come up with an industry title that sounds more environmentally friendly, according to Sierra Energy CEO Mike Hart.
Attendees at the 2012 Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show in San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 16-18 had the opportunity to learn about current trends in financing mechanisms during the event's opening general session.
The third annual Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show kicked off with a day-long tour, including one of the country's most innovative wastewater treatment plants, as well as an on-farm dairy digester power system.
Five independent biomass power producers (IPPs) in New Hampshire have scored power purchase agreements (PPAs) from the state's largest electric utility, thanks to support from local and state officials.
FlexEnergy Inc. subsidiary Flex OC Renewables has received permission from California's Orange County Board of Supervisors to build and operate a landfill-gas-to-power project at the Santiago Canyon Landfill in east Orange County.
BDI-BioEnergy International recently announced a $4.45 million plant for a waste disposal corporation in Marl, France, and has developed a new separation technology to be used there.
Maryland's Eastern Shore Correctional Institute will soon draw one-third of its power requirements from an anaerobic digestion project processing chicken litter and crop residue.
Waste Management and officials from Will County have commissioned a landfill gas-to-energy plant at the Prairie View Recycling and Disposal Facility outside of Wilmington in northeastern Illinois.
The U.K. Committee on Climate Change has released its Bioenergy Review, which finds that without bioenergy the country is not likely to meet its long-term emissions goals.
DTE Biomass Energy has fired up its landfill-gas-to-energy plant at the Smith's Creek Landfill in St. Claire County, Mich.
The Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show tour will include the Laguna Wastewater Treatment Plant in Santa Rosa, Calif., as well as the Giacomini dairy digester in Point Reyes, Calif.
Residual biomass could be sustainably used to produce about 15 percent of the Midwest's electricity, or around 17 percent of the region's gasoline needs, according to a new study released by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Morbark holds Demo Days to showcase its biomass equipment.
BCAP funding is once again on the chopping block.
Cleveland, Ohio, officials visited Japan recently to learn more about a gasifier they hope to use.
PURPA Plus bill allows states to make their own decisions about renewable energy.
Despite regulatory uncertainty, renewable energy businesses did well in 2011 and expect continued success in the new year.
A 6.4-megawatt (MW) landfill gas-to-energy plant built by Republic Services Inc., Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Fortistar LLC has come on line in Richmond, Va.
The Agriculture Energy Coalition today expressed great disappointment Nov. 18 that a deficit reduction proposal unveiled by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees reauthorizes energy programs only at modest levels and without mandatory funding.
Deputy Agriculture Undersecretary for Rural Development Doug O'Brien announced Nov. 17 that USDA is funding a series of projects to convert biomass to energy through USDA's Rural Energy for America program.
The Chrin Brothers Inc. is looking for four new tenants to occupy a 23-acre site and use heat produced at the company's existing 3.2-megawatt landfill-gas-to-power plant.
USDA has selected 67 projects for funding that focus on helping rural agricultural producers reduce energy consumption and costs; use renewable energy technologies in their operation; and/or conduct feasibility studies for renewable energy projects.
The American Biogas Council is encouraging its members to help support one of its highest legislative priorities, a bill that would create an investment tax credit for biogas.
As part of the RE-Powering America Initiative, the U.S. EPA is investing about $1 million to determine the capability of 26 different contaminated sites to host renewable energy projects.
Great Lakes ports to prepare for biomass exports.
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