Several government bioenergy incentives are expiring, but other opportunities remain
While 29 states and Washington, D.C., individually work toward their own renewable energy standards, the U.S. considers a national clean energy standard
Even biorefinery-focused programs can offer funding for biomass projects
National Clean Energy Standard legislation has been introduced in the Senate
The biomass industry is drawing support from other renewable sectors, including wind
A novel and multi-faceted vertical farm and business incubator in Chicago will source its heat and power from a brewery waste anaerobic digester
Proper strategies and equipment simplify biomass feedstock procurement
The qualification of whole tree chips as biopower feedstock would increase project development potential
To improve efficiency and be a good neighbor, the Hibbing, Minn., power plant enlisted Martin Engineering to modify its biomass fuel handling system
The Ontario Ministry of Energy has released a two-year review report of its Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program and announced it will renew the program through the end of 2013.
A new study highlights the important role market forces play in calculating the GHG emissions from woody biomass used for bioenergy applications.
ReEnergy Holdings LLC has purchased an idled 60 MW coal-fired power facility at Fort Drum, a U.S. Army installation near Watertown, N.Y. The company will convert the plant to operate on forest residue.
The American Biogas Council is working to convince the California Energy Commission of the negative effects of a proposed moratorium on renewable portfolio standard (RPS) qualification for biomethane projects.
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has released its 2012 Farm Bill platform, which provides suggestions to improve some federal bioenergy programs, including the Repowering Assistance Program and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
Already having built more than 200 biogas plants across Europe, Weltec Biopower GmbH has begun construction of another, to be one of Germany's largest when completed, according to the company.
As a result of collaboration between California-based Ceres Inc. and Aberystwyth University in Wales, the first comprehensive genetic map of miscanthus has been published.
One year after announcing intentions to convert three coal-fired power plants to biomass, Dominion Virginia Power Corp. has received permission from the Virginia State Corporation Commission to do so.
Plenty of uncertainty surrounds implementation of Boiler MACT rules, as Congress attempts to delay them, but emission control developer Tri-Mer Corp. isn't waiting around for the final version.
Areva's Bioenergy Business Unit and its local partner Ensys will construct a 9.9 MW biomass power plant in Supanburi Province in northwest Thailand.
The U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change has granted E.ON Climate & Renewables permission to construct a 150 MW biomass power plant at Royal Portbury Dock in the Port of Bristol, North Somerset, England.
A three-partner anaerobic digestion project near Gooding, Idaho, is the recipient of the Sustainability Award for Outstanding Achievement in Energy.
A comprehensive forest biomass study indicates that only about one-third of Washington State's commercially available biomass is currently utilized.
Biomass energy production facilities that began operating before 1999 are now officially classified as renewable energy producers in the state of Washington.
After a 30-month development and construction period, a crowd of approximately 150 stakeholders and employees watched Massachusetts-based Ameresco Inc. and the U.S. DOE cut the ribbon at the Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a request for proposals to construct a facility that will convert trash into energy and help reach the goal of diverting 75 percent of the city's waste from landfills.
Plans for Beaver Wood Energy's 34 MW CHP facility co-located with a pellet plant in Fair Haven, Vt., are still moving along, but construction depends on the state's pending RPS.
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