The world's largest wood pellet-based biomass power plant was fully commissioned in January, and is now producing electricity.
Advanced plant genetic supplier DuPont has partnered up with biomass feedstock developer NexSteppe to develop new sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum hybrids for biofuels, biopower and biobased products.
The Port of Chesapeake in Virginia has officially entered the biomass shipping business. On Dec. 31, Enviva LP sent 28,000 metric tons of wood pellets to one of Enviva's European utility customers aboard the MV Daishin Maru.
For two days in February, Alternative Energy Solutions International Inc. (AESI) will open the doors to its Kansas Biomass Research Institute (BRI), providing tours of a fully functional biomass power and testing facility.
A Northern Netherlands port is now the construction site for a 50 MW woody biomass power plant set to come online in 2013.
Plans for a 34 MW combined-heat-and-power (CHP) facility that will be co-located with a pellet plant are moving along in Fair Haven, Vt., despite continued development suspension of an identical plant in a nearby town.
BTEC's final webinar in a 14-part series showed varying wood bioenergy market predictions, but all speakers pointed to growing pellet markets.
California has modified the structure of its renewable portfolio standard to establish content categories for electricity source procurement, and set limitations of procurement in each category for the three compliance periods.
A University of Iowa renewable energy project is using woody biomass to stimulate the local economy.
Covanta Energy Corp. has withdrawn its request to the New York State Public Service Commission to include energy from waste (EfW) in its list of applications eligible for the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
The retrofit of a retired coal ash silo has helped the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) finally become a wood pellet boiler user.
Repreve Renewables will hold its second annual Giant Miscanthus Field Day Jan. 10-11 at its farm near Soperton, Ga.
The second annual U.K. Biomass Directory has been released, and it indicates that the country is in line to meet its goal of producing 10 percent of its energy with biomass by 2050.
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.
Days Creek School in Douglas County, Ore., sped through a typically months-long process in roughly a week, becoming a biomass user capable of reaping the benefits the county's forest economy can offer.
Thermogen Industries, a technology developer and manufacturer operated by New Hampshire-based investment firm Cate Street Capital Inc., is bringing a microwave-based woody biomass torrefaction technology to Maine.
For the first time, wood pellets and cord wood have been included in the weekly heating fuel survey produced by the Office of Energy Independence and Security for the State of Maine.
Though biomass heating systems are one of the oldest energy systems in use today, technology has advanced over the years to optimize efficiency, convenience and safety.
In partnership with the U.K.'s Carbon Trust, the Forestry Commission's Biomass Energy Centre has released a new and improved fuel supplier database.
Within the next two weeks, RWE npower's Tilbury, England, coal plant will be commissioned as a dedicated biomass power plant with an astonishing output of about 750 megawatts.
Just months after announcing development of a new pellet mill in North Carolina, Enviva LP announced another new facility, this time for Courtland, Va.
One-fifth of the world's energy demands could be met with biomass without damaging food production, according to a new report released by the U.K. Energy Research Centre.
After a delay in implementation and a reduction to large biomass power tariff levels, the U.K.'s Renewable Heat Incentive is open for applications as of Nov. 28.
Through the Model Neighborhood Project, as many as 40 homeowners in Berlin, N.H., will receive subsidies to switch from heating oil systems to advanced wood pellet boilers in the next two years.
Georgia has a lot to offer biomass-to-energy projects
Manufacturers emphasize pellet potential in the Southeast.
Under the U.K.'s new Renewable Obligations program released in October, pellets are set to gain an advantage over coal of more than $15 per gigajoule.
The Port of Eastport in Maine is on the cusp of completing an expansion that will cater to woody biomass demand in Europe.
Global energy giant ConocoPhillips has partnered with U.S. wood pellet manufacturer Enviva LP to build a torrefied wood pellet plant under the company name Eco Biomass Technologies.
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