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.
The emphasis of the April 9 International Biomass Conference & Expo general session in Minneapolis could be summed up in one word: policy.
Charlie Niebling, general manager of New England Wood Pellet, received the 2013 Excellence in Bioenergy Award at the International Biomass Conference and Expo in Minneapolis, April 8-10.
Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd. has decided to implement a biomass power generation project using 100 percent unused woody materials, making it the first project of its kind in Japan.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has published 2013 inflation adjustment factors for the production tax credit for renewable electricity production in the Federal Register, increasing the PTC for closed-loop biomass by 0.1 cent per kilowatt hour.
Iona Capital has announced the successful completion of an investment into JFS Howla Hay Biogas Ltd., a joint venture company with developer JFS & Associates Ltd. and a family run Farm in North Yorkshire, England.
Koda Energy LLC and Elk River Resource Recovery Project were the first two biomass industry tours at the International Biomass Conference & Expo being held April 8-10 in Minneapolis.
Katrinefors Kraftvarme AB (KKAB), a 50/50 joint venture owned by Metsa Tissue, part of Metsa Group, and the local municipal energy company VänerEnergi AB, will build a new biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plant in Mariestad, Sweden.
The U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change recently released an updated set of statistics on energy trends and prices. According to the release, power generation from plant biomass more than doubled in 2012.
Anaergia Inc. has announced that the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority in Hesperia, Calif., unanimously voted to enter a 20-year power purchase agreement with Anaergia.
The U.S. DOE has announced it will fund its three Bioenergy Research Centers for an additional five-year period, subject to continued congressional appropriations. The centers were established by the department's Office of Science in 2007.
The USDA has published a notice of funding availability for the Rural Energy for America Program for fiscal year 2013. The program provides financial assistance in the form of grants and guaranteed loans for renewable energy projects.
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world.
Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd. has developed new biomass solid fuel using torrefaction technology under the project of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization adopted for fiscal 2011.
OARDC is using agricultural and food-processing wastes to meet close to one-third of the 12-megawatt-hour annual electricity needs of its main campus via an anaerobic digestion system built by Quasar Energy Group.
Fagen Inc. nears completion of American Renewables' 100-MW woody biomass power plant in Gainesville, Fla.
After several years of development, the finish line for We Energies' and Domtar's 50-MW cogeneration plant in Rothschild, Wis., is in sight.
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