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.
University of Illinois agricultural economist Madhu Khanna developed a customizable online calculator to eliminate some of the guesswork and help farmers decide if growing biomass crops makes sense to for their farming operation.
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.
A research paper published in the open access journal Carbon Balance and Management employs satellite data to create a method to generate sample-based inventory of forest biomass. The study uses light detection and ranging (LIDAR) height data.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council has unveiled a recognition program for home and business heating systems using biomass in place of fossil fuels like heating oil. The Biomass Green Heat Registered Site plaque helps makes these systems visible.
New Brunswick's forest biomass resources have good potential for the cogeneration of heat and power in industrial-sized, forest biomass-fired combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants, according to a new report.
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 U.S. DOE has awarded Colorado State University's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, one of the most advanced cookstove laboratories in the nation, a $1 million grant to build a more efficient biomass cookstove.
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.
As part of a campaign to highlight key developments across the entire bioenergy industry, the World Bioenergy Association has released a fact sheet focused on small-scale biomass heating.
A new era in the wood pellets industry is about to begin thanks to three pellet fuel producers in the U.S. that will begin a standards program designed to verify quality.
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.
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.
The USDA announced loan guarantees to support three biomass power plants, located in Colorado, Hawaii and Texas/Louisiana. The plants will all use wood as fuel. The funding was awarded by USDA's Rural Development's Rural Utilities Service.
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam is the national chairman of the Farmers and Ranchers for Romney coalition and co-chair of the Romney/Ryan agricultural advisory committee. He has also served in the Florida House and U.S. House.
The U.S Energy Information Administration has released its Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook, which includes data related to woody biomass used for heating. Approximately 1.6 million U.S. homes are expected to heat with wood this winter.
Viaspace Inc. has announced that its proprietary, high-yield, dedicated energy crop Giant King Grass has been released from quarantine by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for distribution in the U.S.
The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a report that shows that biomass feedstock has the potential to dramatically increase our nation's renewable energy supply. The report is titled "The Promise of Biomass."
On Nov. 6 residents of Michigan will vote on a proposal to amend the state constitution to establish a new renewable portfolio standard (RPS), requiring 25 percent renewable energy by 2025. The state already requires 10 percent renewables by 2015.
Coast Guard Air Station Sitka personnel and local authorities are investigating a boiler incident Wednesday in the air station's main hangar. One civilian contractor was injured during the incident and was transported by local EMS to the hospital.
Brazilian-based pulp producer Fibria Celulose S.A. has formed a joint venture with Ensyn Corp., to produce biobased fuels and chemicals. In addition to the joint venture formation, Fibria has also invested $20 million into Ensyn.
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