Covanta Marion Inc., a subsidiary of Covanta Energy Corp., and Marion County, Oregon have announced an agreement that extends sustainable waste disposal services for the county at the Covanta Marion Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility.
The USDA has announced a partnership agreement with biomass trade groups that focuses on promoting wood energy nationwide as a means to address fire risk, bolster rural economic development, improve air quality and help meet renewable energy goals.
Together with the partner Domaix Energie in Alsace, Germany-based Weltec Biopower GmbH has started rolling out four agricultural biogas plant projects in France, including two 600 kilowatt (kW) plants, one 190 kW plant and a 255 kW facility.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has announced it will hold four technical workshops on how to use the web-based Washington State Biomass Calculator in October. The workshops are open to the public.
EDF Renewable Energy has announced it has closed on the membership interest purchase agreement to acquire the Heartland Biogas Project with Heartland Renewable Energy LLC. Construction is underway on the 20 megawatt facility.
Northern Virginia Electric Co-op and NOVI Energy announce that the NOVEC Energy Production, Halifax County Biomass plant that the two companies have been working on together near South Boston, Va., generated its first electricity on Sept. 11.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the September issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, which includes updated forecasts for generation of electricity from wood biomass and waste biomass fuel sources.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a partnership agreement with the Alliance for Green Heat, the Biomass Power Association, the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, and the Pellet Fuel Institute to expand wood energy use.
The board of Stobart is pleased to announce that Stobart Biomass Products Ltd. has entered into an exclusive master framework agreement with Greensphere Capital LLP for the supply of up to 1 million metric tons of biomass fuel per year. .
The combined-heat-and-power system (CHP) housed within the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry's Gateway Center uses biomass pellets and natural gas to provide the campus with heat and power.
Nonprofit business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) has released a report that illustrates clean energy jobs in the second quarter of 2013 were up slightly when compared to the same period of last year.
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions has announced a new online calculator tool designed to help rural communities in British Columbia, Canada, determine if debris from wildfire prevention activities can serve as bioenergy feedstock.
DP CleanTech has announced the continuation of its successful relationship with China Chant Group, with the commencement of work in August for the fourth biomass power plant to be delivered to Chant by DPCT.
During Biomass Magazine's third installment in its free webinar series, four presenters described how their respective colleges and universities successfully implemented a biomass solution into their campus energy portfolio.
Brazil-based CPFL Renewable Energy SA recently announced that its biomass power plant in Sao Carlos Ivai, Parana, Brazil, is now operational. According to the company, the Thermoelectric Plant Biomass Coopcana Movida has a 50 MW capacity.
Technological breakthroughs and the expansion of international trade in biomass pellets are expected to lead to sustained growth in the biomass power sector, with worldwide revenue reaching $11.5 billion annually, according to Navigant Research.
Columbia (Mo.) Water and Light has approval from its advisory board to purchase corn stover pellets for trial burns at the municipal power plant this winter. Last year the company performed a test burn with miscanthus pellets.
Roughly 500 participants tuned into Biomass Magazine's webinar on Aug. 29 to learn how anaerobic digesters are being incorporated into U.S. college campuses. The event was sponsored by SeaHold and Team Biogas.
FSE Energy is pleased to announce the opening of a new state-of-the-art 135,370 square foot manufacturing facility in Dallas, Texas. This site is the second fabrication facility for FSE Energy; the first is located in Vacherie, La.
R.C. Costello & Associates Inc. and Zeton Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to provide a customized "end-to-end" solution from feasibility studies, process simulation, front end engineering to detailed design, procurement, and fabrication.
Covanta Energy Inc. has scored a deal with the New York City Department of Sanitation to annually process nearly 800,000 tons of municipal solid waste into energy. The 20-year agreement provides options for two additional five-year periods.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the August 2013 issue of its Electric Power Monthly report, which includes power generation data through June. While total power generation was down, power production from wood increased.
The European Union recently published its annual biofuels report for 2013 with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network, reporting that solid biomass will play an important role in meeting renewable targets.
The U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change has announced that starting in 2015, the biomass industry must show its fuel is sustainable to receive financial support. The requirements apply to power generators with 1 megawatt capacity or higher.
The West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund is investing in a minimum of five dairy farms to generate electricity from anaerobic digestion (AD) technology in Pennsylvania's Cumberland County and Franklin County.
California-based NextFuels has emerged from stealth mode and is unveiling its strategy to produce advanced biofuels from wet, unprocessed agricultural waste via a hydrothermal process originally developed by Shell in the 1980s.
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