The Drax Group plc has released financial results for the first half of 2013, reporting that increasing carbon costs have resulted in an EBTDA lower than same period of 2012. The company also elaborated on progress made in its biomass conversion.
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has proposed new regulations that would require organizations that burn wood or wood byproducts to generate 250 kW or more of heat or electricity to register with the province.
Researchers at Appalachian State University received $45,000 from the North Carolina Agriculture Foundation to support the development of a system that converts biomass into pyrolysis oil, fuel gas and biochar.
The congratulations are coming in as Ineos Bio announced that its Indian River BioEnergy Center is now producing cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale. The first ethanol shipments will be released in August from the 8 MMgy facility in Florida.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry is accepting bids for a 25-year timber sale on state land near Tok. The sale will reduce fire hazards and could support the state's renewable energy goals.
Lloyd's Register Rail, Drax and WH Davis unveiled the largest biomass freight car at the National Railway Museum in York, U.K. The car features a capacity 30 percent larger than traditional railcars and can transport 71.6 metric tons of biomass.
On July 25 the Nova Scotia government announced the sale of the 30 MW biomass-fired Brooklyn Power Corp. plant is complete. Emera Energy Inc. purchased the facility for $25 million. The province originally announced the sale in December.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has issued the July issue of its Electric Power Monthly report, which includes date through May. The report shows that net power generation from wood and wood-derived fuels is up compared to prior years.
U.K.-based Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. has received government approval to construct a 100 MW biomass power plant in Blyth Harbour, Northumberland. The wood-fired facility will produce enough electricity to power 170,000 households.
Goodfield, Ill.-based Chip Energy broke ground on a 100-ton-per-day biomass recycling and pelletizing plant that can condense a variety of feedstock sources. The plant configuration is designed to serve the power and cellulosic biofuels industries.
Two biogas projects have recently been announced in the Middle East; a 637 kW landfill gas project in Naameh, Lebanon, near Beirut, and an anaerobic digestion facility in Pakistan that will feature a power production capacity of up to 30 MW.
Ceres Inc. has announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2013, reporting revenues of $1.4 million. The company also provided an update on its Brazil operations, including achievements in the fuels and power sectors.
Partners recently broke ground on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's next and largest biodigester, a biogas plant that will include a public education center at Rosendale Dairy, the state's largest dairy farm.
A report published by the Centre for Alternative Technology asserts that the U.K. can achieve a net zero carbon emissions level by leveraging existing technology. The report describes a scenario under which this benchmark is achieved by 2030.
The U.S. Senate has voted to approve Gina McCarthy's nomination to lead the U.S. EPA by a vote of 59 to 40. President Obama nominated McCarthy as the EPA administrator in March.
Blue Sphere Corp. has announced that its Charlotte, N.C., project, a 5.2 MW organics-to-energy anaerobic digester, has received a signed commitment letter from Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. to provide $17.785 million in debt financing.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has released a request for proposals for long-term energy contracts from solar, wind, biomass and other renewables classified as Class I under the state's renewable portfolio standard.
A report published by U.K.-based energy purchaser SmartestEnergy highlights the contribution commercial-scale independent renewable energy projects are making to the region's energy industry, including biomass and biogas projects.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled in the case Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. EPA that EPA provided insufficient legal justification to defer greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation of biogenic emissions.
Dominion Virginia Power placed its Altavista Power Station into commercial operation July 12 with renewable biomass as its fuel, the first of three stations to be converted from coal to biomass. The conversion plan was originally announced in 2011.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has thrown out the U.S. EPA's three-year deferment of biogenic emissions from the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring rule, just over one year before it expires.
The European Commission and members of European industry will invest more than EUR 22 billion ($28.70 billion) over the next seven years under the Horizon 2020 research initiative. A portion of that investment will support biobased innovations.
Waste Management of Des Moines, Iowa, announced it is expanding its landfill biogas-to-electricity facility at Metro Waste Authority in Polk County. The expansion, which will include the installation of up to four generators, will begin in October.
Planning permission for an 80,000 metric ton Energos clean energy recovery from waste facility in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, has been granted by Environment Minister of Northern Ireland Alex Attwood.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a stripped down of the Farm Bill on July 11. Members of Congress voted 216-208 to approve the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, or H.R. 2642.
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