The B.C. Bioenergy Network announced it has awarded a loan and grant totaling $1.5 million to Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre, a Harvest Power Inc. company, to support the development of an "Energy Garden" that will convert organic waste into power.
In less than one year, GB Railfreight (GBRF) has turned a train and freight shipping process designed to supply biomass to Drax Power Station, the U.K.'s largest power station, into an award winning business.
Two dairy farm anaerobic digestion projects under development in Sacramento County, Calif., are making progress and may be operational by the end of the year.
The Washington D.C.-based clean energy investment team at Leaf Clean Energy Company believes the 2012 biomass industry has tremendous promise based on a number of factors, and with two biomass power investments, the company is looking for more.
A growing number of Michigan businesses, agriculture, health care and labor professionals are working to raise Michigan's current RPS of 10 percent by 2015, and are calling on the public's support of a ballot proposal.
Sonoma County, Calif., officials want to use renewable energy and save money, so it will now power seven of its facilities with 100 percent renewable sources, including biomass.
An $11.2 million biomass plant at Colby College in south central Maine is now on line and will provide heat, hot water and electricity for the campus. The facility is expected to save the school $1.5 million annually in heating costs.
The U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) has issued a draft report response to the EPA's Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources. The framework was first issued by the EPA in September.
U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress during his Jan. 24 State of the Union Address to get working on a national clean energy standard, and stressed the importance of new incentives for renewable energy innovation.
The Port of Amsterdam is just one of many Dutch ports planning for biomass handling
FlexEnergy illustrates growth in global biomass energy capacity that may reach 83.1 GW by 2017
Denmark plans for 100 percent renewable energy use by 2050.
New Jersey's new energy plan raises the biomass bar
A Canadian community merged three biomass plants into one big success story for district heat.
A study by a group of forest scientists confirms forest-derived bioenergy results in no net carbon release
A $71 million combined-heat-and-power (CHP) project under construction at Port Angeles, Wash., received good news from the state's Pollution Control Hearings Board this month.
The USDA announced Jan. 20 a Notice of Funding Availability for its Rural Energy for America Program, and is inviting agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply.
DP CleanTech has set up a new European headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, attributing its decision to the country's rapidly expanding biomass industry.
The U.S. EPA said it's not aware of any sources that would be adversely impacted by the recent court ruling that vacated the stay on the Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules.
Public and private enterprises in Oregon are working diligently to develop and expand a local biobased economy, according to speakers at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
The Manitoba, Canada, Biomass Energy Support Program (MBESP) has officially been implemented, providing coal users in Manitoba grants up to $400,000 to finance the switch from coal to biomass energy.
Attendees at the 2012 Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show in San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 16-18 had the opportunity to learn about current trends in financing mechanisms during the event's opening general session.
Key factors to fuel handling design and implementation include raw material supply and power purchase agreements, according to Desmond Smith, vice president of Bruks Rockwood Inc. and speaker at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
Thinning of pinyon-juniper woodlands would create healthier stands, as well as provide biomass feedstock for energy production, according to Mike Baughman, executive director of the Lincoln County, Nev., Regional Development Authority.
Viability of electricity generation from biomass in the Pacific West was the topic of a breakout panel discussion at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show in San Fracisco, Calif, Jan. 16-18.
Verso Paper Corp. has finished a $45 million energy system upgrade at its Quinnesec, Mich., pulp and paper mill.
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