The Summer Biomass Internship Program, a collaboration among three upstate New York organizations, will give undergraduate and graduate students a chance to work in the biomass industry.
Advanced Bio Heat Co. expects its wood pellet-fired forced-air furnace to bolster the U.S. wood pellet industry by creating a requirement for stocking inventory during the summer.
A provision to grant the U.S. EPA more time to finalize and reevaluate the Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules for industrial boilers has been left out of the payroll tax cut extension bill that Congress has passed.
Conference general session hashes out bioenergy carbon cycles
First Biomass aims to be a global pellet supplier
A pellet boiler subsidy program designed to help 40 homeowners in Berlin, N.H., reduce heating costs through wood pellet-based heat has been extended indefinitely. It was slated to expire this month.
Westar Trade Resource president and CEO, Cindy Thyfault, has some advice for U.S. renewable energy companies looking to enter the global marketplace.
Viridis Energy is bringing a pellet mill back online in Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, increasing the mill's export shipment volumes from 6,000 metric tons of wood pellets to 25,000 metric tons.
Leaders from the biomass power, geothermal and hydropower industries have teamed up to voice their support for extending the renewable energy production tax credit.
The USDA has announced a $25 million Notice of Funding Availability for its Repowering Assistance Program, which is designed to provide a financial incentive for biorefineries to use biomass in place of fossil fuels for heat or power production.
Enviva announced the first shipment of wood pellets from it's Port of Chesapeake facility in December. Now, E.ON has signed a multi-year contract with Enviva to receive 240,000 metric tons of wood pellets annually.
In less than one year, GB Railfreight (GBRF) has turned a train and freight shipping process designed to supply biomass to Drax Power Station, the U.K.'s largest power station, into an award winning business.
The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) is now the second state-affiliated energy information provider in the Northeastern U.S. to include average residential pricing for wood pellets.
The Pellet Fuels Institute's densified biomass fuel standards program may not be fully unveiled for several months, but PFI has completed accreditation of ten auditing agencies and two laboratories.
A growing number of Michigan businesses, agriculture, health care and labor professionals are working to raise Michigan's current RPS of 10 percent by 2015, and are calling on the public's support of a ballot proposal.
The U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) has issued a draft report response to the EPA's Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources. The framework was first issued by the EPA in September.
U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress during his Jan. 24 State of the Union Address to get working on a national clean energy standard, and stressed the importance of new incentives for renewable energy innovation.
The Port of Amsterdam is just one of many Dutch ports planning for biomass handling
New Jersey's new energy plan raises the biomass bar
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.
The Manitoba, Canada, Biomass Energy Support Program (MBESP) has officially been implemented, providing coal users in Manitoba grants up to $400,000 to finance the switch from coal to biomass energy.
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.
Key factors to fuel handling design and implementation include raw material supply and power purchase agreements, according to Desmond Smith, vice president of Bruks Rockwood Inc. and speaker at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
Viability of electricity generation from biomass in the Pacific West was the topic of a breakout panel discussion at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show in San Fracisco, Calif, Jan. 16-18.
An extended delay of the filing of Massachusetts' final renewable portfolio standard (RPS) regulations has created a lull in statewide biomass energy development.
Through a state grant totaling $120,000, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has commissioned a feasibility study to determine the benefits of biomass cogeneration on campus.
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.
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