A recent report published by the USDA Global Agricultural Information Network provides an overview of the bioeconomy in France, focusing specifically on biomass energy under the country's Energy Transition initiative.
Biomass Power Association has announced changes to its board of directors. Tom Beck, an executive at ReEnergy Holdings Inc., will become chairman of the board, while Minnesota Power's Bill Libro and FSE Energy's Marvin Burchfield will join the board.
After seven years of planning, Vermont Technical College has broken ground on an anaerobic digestion project that will generate heat for the campus, and power that will be sold to the grid.
Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to level the energy playing field between fossil and renewable energy projects by allowing investors in renewable energy projects access the corporate structure of master limited partnerships.
Natural Power has this month been awarded its first biomass contract in Ireland. The contract will see Natural Power provide owners engineer services for Biotricity Ltd. on the company's Rhode Biomass Plant in County Offaly, Ireland.
On April 25, a 23.4-MW biomass cogeneration plant in Shakopee, Minn., enduredan explosion and a resulting fire.Luckily, none of the seven workers who were on site at Koda Energy LLC were injured.
More than 100 organizations have delivered a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees urging them to adopt a new Farm Bill with robust mandatory funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs.
The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection has published a final study on the state's existing renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The analysis recommends changing the way biomass and biogas power are treated under the program.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the April issue of its Monthly Energy Review, reporting net electricity generation for wood biomass and waste biomass in January.
Christiane Egger, deputy manager of the Upper Austrian Renewable Energy Agency, explained how the region is utilizing renewable resources to meet 100 percent of its heat and energy needs by 2030 at the 2nd annual Heating the Midwest Conference.
The Pew Charitable Trusts has published the 2012 edition of its "Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race?" report. The analysis offers an update of Pew's reports tracking clean energy investments over the past nine years.
Drax Group plc recently announced that it has agreed to a GBP 75 million ($114.83 million) amortizing loan facility maturing in June 2018 with Friends Life, underpinned by a guarantee from HM Treasury.
Viaspace Inc. has provided an update on the Tibbar Energy 7 MW anaerobic digestion power plant project on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, noting that Tibbar is continuing to plant its Giant King Grass nurseries.
A report by Carbon Connect says that biomass power stations and carbon capture and storage could play an important role in replacing the electric capacity that is shut down in the U.K lieu of stricter pollution laws.
Helius Energy plc has announced that the Helius CoRDe Ltd. in Rothes, Scotland, is being accredited as a combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plant under the Renewables Obligation.
NexSteppe, a company dedicated to pioneering the next generation of sustainable feedstock solutions for the biobased industries, has announced the launch of its first sorghum hybrid products in the U.S. and in Brazil.
The International Energy Agency has made its annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial, reporting that renewable technologies are one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has updated its one-of-a-kind database of industrial and selected community-scale users of wood-to-energy facilities across North America.
On April 15, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released the initial sections of its Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013). Additional chapters will be released periodically through May 2, when the complete AEO2013 will be available.
The Internal Revenue Service has addressed some unanswered questions that resulted from the extension and modification of the Section 45 renewable electricity production tax credit.
Ceres Inc. has released financial results for the second quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, which ended Feb. 28. The company also provided an operational update, noting progress with its sweet sorghum and switchgrass varieties.
A consortium of companies comprised of iCON Infrastructure Partners II L.P, EEA Holdings Ltd. and 2OC Ltd. is developing a 19 MW biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) project in the Beckton region of London.
The USDA has proposed a series of changes to make it easier for agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply for renewable energy and energy efficiency funding.
Kentucky Power Co., an operating unit of American Electric Power, has filed an application with the Kentucky Public Service Commission asking for approvals related to a renewable energy purchase agreement (REPA) for biomass energy resources.
A dedicated group of biomass professionals braved winter storm Walda to visit District Energy St. Paul, Environmental Wood Supply (EWS), and Target Field on the final day of the 2013 International Biomass Conference & Expo.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry has announced a decision to proceed with a 25-year timber sale on state land near Tok, an region approximately 200 miles south-east of Fairbanks.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the April 2013 issue of its Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook. The report predicts that wood biomass will be used to generate 105 gigawatt hours per day of electricity in 2013.
Minnesota Power and its regional economic development partners have commissioned a study of northeastern Minnesota's and northwestern Wisconsin's available forest resources.
President Obama has sent his fiscal year 2014 budget to Congress. It includes increased spending on several renewable energy initiatives.
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