A UCS report displays the tremendous potential for bioenergy development in the Midwest.
The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Fla., plans to build a $670 million waste-to-energy facility.
U.S. companies plan to develop biopowered computer data centers to reap the benefits of local supply and competitive power pricing.
New EPA document does little to clear up concerns about MACT”s “solid waste” definition.
Taylor Biomass Energy satisfies Greenopia's rigorous review to distinguish it as a sustainable business.
Following disappointing trial crop yields, NRG Energy shelves its biomass project.
A forester and biomass supplier attempts to quash misinformation about Florida's biomass availability.
PurposeEnergy is eyeing the brewery industry for its novel AD cogen system.
CMRA and NSWMA have crafted standards for grading C&D wood so it can be utilized in combustion systems.
Utilization of municipal solid waste sorting technologies could speed up the development of anaerobic digestion in the U.S.
The Missoula City-County Health Department has denied an appeal from biomass opponents of the University of Montana's biomass gasifier, but more appeals are still possible and in fact expected.
New Jersey is already a top-ranked state in on-site utilization of biogas produced by wastewater treatment plants, but ongoing research could help craft incentives to push it even higher.
Two U.S. lawmakers create the first Congressional Biomass Caucus to put the industry on the front burner of energy policy.
Ambitious EU renewable energy goals prompt the U.K. to support biomass-based energy development.
Despite prior financial difficulties, political controversy and being idle since spring 2011, plans are in the works to refurbish and operate the New Hanover County Waste to Energy Conversion Facility in Wilmington, N.C.
The 5-megawatt biomass power station proposed for Green Bay, Wis., has received its air and waste permits from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and is ready to move forward with construction.
Cate Street Inc. and Starwood Energy Group Global LLC, a private investment firm focused on energy projects, have closed financing for a $275 million biomass power plant in Berlin, N.H., and will begin construction immediately.
River Basin Energy, with an existing biocoal demonstration facility in Laramie, Wyo., hopes to redefine the renewable energy industry by building commercial-scale torrefaction plants in the U.S. and Europe.
The American Biogas Council held a webinar Sept. 14 titled Biogas Financing: Options, Steps and Resources for Biogas Project Development, where three presenters outlined the path to successfully orchestrating biogas projects.
The EPA Regulatory Relief Act, which would allow additional time for the U.S. EPA to fix the Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rules, was approved Sept. 13 in the House Energy and Power Subcommittee.
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center awarded Nexterra Systems a $6.9 million contract to provide a biomass gasification system for its Battle Creek, Mich., location.
Government leaders are promoting the potential for the biomass industry in upstate New York by supporting a proposed cogeneration facility in Ogdensburg. The proposal includes converting the Alliance Energy plant to utilize local woody biomass.
In 2007, Google made a commitment to be carbon neutral and began to invest in renewable energy and purchase carbon offsets. The company recently expanded its renewable scope by endorsing a pilot hog waste-to-energy (WtE) facility.
Despite prior contractual and opposition difficulties, Cate Street Capital closed financing on the Berlin Station, a $275 million biomass power project in Berlin, N.H., and construction is scheduled to begin immediately.
The GREC is currently undergoing the bank loan syndication process, which has been successful to date. The 100-megawatt biomass facility, being constructed in Gainesville, Fla., closed approximately $400 million of project financing in June.
American Wood Council President Robert Glowinski issued a statement regarding the American Forest & Paper Association's release of a new study focused on the economic impact of pending air regulations.
W2E Organic Power is launching an anaerobic digestion project in Columbia, S.C., that it hopes will be a template for future waste-to-energy facilities. Construction will begin in the coming months with operations expected to start in 2012.
Despite policy uncertainty in the U.K., the biomass power industry is unwavering, thanks to large developers still proposing a number of new projects, as well as making significant progress on many announced last year.
Africa Renewables Ltd., headquartered in London, is actively recruiting for more than 70 new forestry and biomass production jobs in Ghana to support the country's first wood chip supply chain venture.
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