Nova Scotia Power Inc. is soliciting bids from biomass suppliers to provide fuel and related services for its 60 MW biomass plant, which is expected to be operational in the spring of 2013. The facility requires about 500,000 tons of fuel annually.
With Sept. 21 being the final day of the last scheduled legislative session prior to the November election, all whom have stakes in the agriculture industry continue to pressure Congress to pass a new Farm Bill or an extension.
Winners of this year's Annual Brazilian Bioenergy Awards include collaborations of companies developing algae biofuels and cellulosic ethanol. The awards were announced at the 2012 World Biofuels Markets Brazil conference and exhhibition on Sept. 18.
Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that General Biofuels Georgia LLC will construct a wood pellet manufacturing plant in Sandersville investing $60 million. The plant will manufacture industrial-grade wood pellets for sale to a European utility.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., recently announced that a biomass-related amendment she submitted for inclusion in the Tribal Energy Bill, S. 1684, was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Sept. 13.
To accommodate the need for increased cattle herds in New York to meet high demand for New York Greek yogurt, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has launched a plan that involves the revival of the federal U.S. Department of Treasury's 1603 program.
The Ontario Ministry of Energy recently announced that Ontario Power Generation's Atikokan Generating Station has burned its last piece of coal, and that conversion to biomass power is now underway. The facility is expected to be operational in 2014.
Clovis, N.M could soon be home to a new biomass power plant. The Clovis City Commission recently approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City of Clovis and Vancouver, British Columbia-based Small Scale Power LLC.
Putting the water-use-efficient and turbo-charged photosynthesis from plants such as agave into woody biomass plants such as poplar can hedge against predicted long-term increases in temperatures and reduced precipitation.
Nexterra Systems Corp., the University of British Columbia and GE recently celebrated the successful completion of an energy-from-renewable-waste combined-heat-and-power system located at UBC's Vancouver campus.
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reopening the EU co-financed Biomass Processing Challenge Fund, which can contribute up to 40 percent of the cost of an eligible project, up to a $515,000 per project.
Kedco plc announced that its plant in Newry, Northern Ireland, which will produce a total of 4 MW, has commenced the exportation of power to the grid from its biomass plant. Electricity produced by the facility is being sold to Bord Gais Eireann.
Envirotherm GmbH, an Allied Technologies company, and ZeroPoint Clean Tech Inc., the world's leading biomass gasification technology company, have announced they will join forces to build turn-key, biomass power plants.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change recently opened a consultation on its proposed changes to the biomass sustainability criteria set under the Renewables Obligation and proposed measures to ensure affordability and value.
GCube Insurance Services Inc., a renewable energy insurance provider, has secured $175 million in additional construction underwriting capacity to assist the development and evolution of the international biomass and geothermal energy markets.
A demonstration project completed by The Earth Partners LP, Applied Ecological Services and Poet LLC has shown that biomass from native grasses, grown for conservation purposes, can successfully fuel a boiler to create heat and power.
Gussing Renewable Energy GmbH has successfully fueled a micro-combined-heat-and-power (CHP) fuel cell system developed ClearEdge Power with biogas. The system has been running at its full 5 kW capacity since Aug. 20.
Work to develop London's first anaerobic digestion (AD) facility is underway. The TEG Group recently announced it has secured funding to construct an organic waste facility in London. Alkane Energy plc will provide the gas-to-power capabilities.
In conjunction with the release of a U.S. DOE report on the U.S. combined-heat-and-power (CHP) industry, President Obama has made an Executive Order to facilitate investments in energy efficiency at industrial facilities, focusing on expanding CHP.
Progress Energy Florida has issued a request for proposals for renewable energy projects. According to documentation issued by the company, it is looking to offset the need for new power plants by contracting with renewable projects.
Nexterra Systems Corp. and Stopford Projects Ltd. have formed a strategic alliance to develop and market Nexterra's energy-from-renewable-waste gasification systems for the industrial and district energy markets in the United Kingdom.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently issued its latest power generation data. Its Electric Power Monthly report provides an overview of biomass power on a regional basis. In June 2012, the U.S. produced 1.65 million MWh from wood fuel.
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