A Tokoyo-based energy company has acquired shares in five biopower facilities located in California from Chicago-based Exelon Corp. IHI Inc., a subsidiary of IHI Corp. from Japan, will gain 70 MW of generating capacity through the acquisitions.
A biogas opportunity at a shuttered Brazilian landfill reveals U.S. Ex-Im Bank's potential, and how U.S. equipment providers can expand into the global marketplace.
Top lab researchers and proven project developers speak about trends and needed tweaks to bioenergy hardware.
Proper selection of combustion technology is critical to biomass power. An expert reviews current options, along with pros and cons.
Powered by GE gas engine technology, a combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Germany's Bitburger Brauerei brewery has surpassed 50,000 hours of successful operation. The facility uses a Jenbacher J312 gas engine to convert biogas into power.
More than two years after the process began, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has published its final regulation pertaining to the eligibility of woody biomass energy for its renewable portfolio standard (RPS) Class I regulations.
Ryan Hunt could tell you about catfish farming practices, waste remediation needs at large carpet manufacturing facilities, and, why venture capitalists or angel investors need to know about both.
Madrid, Spain-based Ence recently signed the project finance and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for its Merida biomass power plant project. The 20 MW plant is scheduled to begin operations in the third quarter 2014.
A coalition has been launched in Montville, Conn., in order to demonstrate support for a biomass repowering project proposed by NRG Energy Inc. Specifically, the group is focused on helping the project score a long-term power purchase agreement.
Covanta Energy has scored excellence awards for three of its U.S. energy-from-waste (EfW) plants from the Solid Waste Association of North America, recognition which was given at the annual WASTECON conference held in Washington, D.C. Aug. 14-17.
A U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center grant will enable University of Missouri agroforestry researchers conduct a five-year testing program on crops suitable for marginal land, including switchgrass, sorghum and some trees.
On Aug.14 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 106 projects have been awarded funding under the USDA Rural Development's Rural Energy for America Program, including five biomass-related projects.
ZeroPoint Clean Tech Inc. recently announced that the biomass gasification plant it developed in Newry, Ireland, is now operational. The installation is the second commercial-scale biomass gasification plant that the company has brought online.
The Army is willing to buy $7 billion in renewable power. The Navy, USDA and DOE will offer up to $130 million in advanced biofuel project funding. Where should private investment be made?
Rollcast Energy has announced that its Greenway Renewable Power project in LaGrange, Ga. has been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the U.S. Forest Service Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Program.
The U.S. EPA released its top 25 onsite green power generators through its Green Power Partnership program for this quarter, and Coca-Cola has ranked third, mainly because of a 6.5 MW combined-heat-and-power system the company commissioned in April.
A report by Wood Pellet Association of Canada shows there is significant opportunity for the Canadian wood pellet industry to participate from the ground floor if Canada's power industry evolves away from coal, but there are some hurdles to overcome.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has approved the Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012. The bill includes a variety of tax incentives that benefit the biorefining and biopower sectors, and adds algae to the definition of cellulosic biofuel.
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