A $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation Sustainable Energy Pathways Program will support research into the viability and optimization of algae-based biofuel systems to meet the energy needs of homes and communities.
Seven recipients have each been awarded GBP292,000 ($469,000) by the United Kingdom Department of Energy & Climate Change as part of a program focused on funding projects that utilize wetland biomass for energy.
LC Energy, one of England's leading specialists in sustainable wood fuel supply, has announced its acquisition of Harvest Wood Fuels bulk pellet business, a top supplier of high grade wood pellets based in Tilford, Surrey, England.
International technology group Andritz has received an order from Fortum Varme to supply a circulating fluidized bed boiler for the new Vartaverket combined heat and power plant in Stockholm, Sweden. Start-up is scheduled for 2015.
The American Biogas Council and the U.S. Composting Council have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding created to help accelerate the growth of the organics recycling industry.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the January issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, which is the first to include forecasts for 2014. The report includes forecasts for biomass power production and for home heating with wood.
Foster Wheeler AG has announced that the GDF Suez power plant located in Polaniec, Poland, is now in commercial operation, delivering over 200 MW of electricity to the country's electricity grid solely from biomass.
A notice posted to the China Internet Information Center states that the country has increased the number of renewable power projects that qualify for state subsidies under a tariff surcharge program, including several biomass projects.
Germany intends to assist Ukraine in establishing its own biofuel production in 2013. The statement was made by the representative of the German Federal Ministry of Environment Jurgen Keinhorst at the joint Ukraine-Germany council.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 includes provisions that will allow biomass facilities to continue to qualify for renewable energy production tax credits (PTC), and and changes the way in which new facilities can become eligible for the PTC.
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program may have been extended through 2013 with the passing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, but the program's usefulness in the coming year is still uncertain.
President Obama is expected to sign the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 into law today. The legislation, also known as the "fiscal cliff bill," includes language to extend several biofuel-related tax incentives.
Legislators have passed the "fiscal cliff bill," which extended the farm bill through Sept. 30 and several biofuel-related tax incentives through 2013. However, all mandatory funding for energy title programs was eliminated at the last moment.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced $250 million in funding for biomass-based electricity generation projects and other renewable energy installations as part of the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
The Placer County Planning Commission has voted to approved a conditional use permit for the 2 MW Cabin Creek Biomass Facility and certify the environmental impact report for the proposed plant. The facility will be located near Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Georgia-based torrefied pellet developer, Vega Biofuels, has announced plans to ship samples to European power companies for testing by the end of January. The company first announced its plans to ship torrefied pellets to Europe in March.
A series of articles published as a special issue on biofuels by the Forest Products Journal highlights the relative impact of 15 different uses of biofuels on reducing CO2 emissions and increasing energy independence.
Researchers at Clemson University's Pee Dee Research and Education Center and ArborGen Inc. have collaborated to plant thousands of poplars at the Pee Dee center to determine if certain varieties of the tree are suitable for bioenergy stock.
U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced she will resign following President Obama's State of the Union address, which is scheduled for Jan. 24. Jackson did not cite a reason for her departure.
Three court proceedings challenging several state and local approvals permitting the development and operation of Taylor Biomass Energy's 21 MW biomass gasification facility in Montgomery, N.Y., have been dismissed.
The U.S. EPA has finalized changes to Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators, which it reported will lessen particle control requirements for biomass units and lower compliance costs.
The City of Ottawa has signed an agreement with Plasco Energy Group Inc. to supply 109,500 metric tons of municipal solid waste per year to the company for use in a waste conversion facility. Plasco will begin construction on the facility in 2013.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council has named its Biomass Thermal Champion of 2012, and the award goes to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., for her leadership on advocating for the inclusion and parity of biomass thermal energy in federal programs.
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