In an effort to align Poland with Europe's 20 percent by 2020 initiative, Metso Corp., a global supplier of sustainable technology and services, will convert an existing coal-fired boiler in Bialystok, Poland, to utilize biomass as a feedstock.
The Jackson Laboratory, a genetics research facility in Bar Harbor, Maine, installed a new 4,000-square-foot biomass energy center that utilizes European technology to create power from wood powder.
Biomass leaching paired with torrefaction yields a densified biomass fuel ideally suited in many ways for biopower production, according to Luis Cerezo of the Electric Power Research Institute, who participated in a DOE webinar on Aug. 30.
Covanta Energy partnered with the municipal regions of Durham and York in Ontario, Canada, to break ground on an energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in August. Covanta will be designing, constructing and operating the Durham York Energy Centre.
Recent independent testing and analysis of the biomass gasification system installed on the University of Northern British Columbia campus shows the plant is one of the cleanest biomass facilities operating in North America.
After reports that Cate Street Capital's proposed wood-fueled Berlin Station in Berlin, N.H., was dead in the water, a new agreement established this week could bring plans to build the 75 megawatt facility back to life.
Rolling out commercialization of its demonstrated biomass feedstock-flexible gasifier, ICM Inc. will pair the system with Eisenmann Corp.'s wet electrostatic precipitation emission abatement technology.
Despite a decline in its paper product sector, Wisconsin holds the reins to an industry that shows enormous potential for cofiring with fossil fuels: pellets made from industrial paper waste.
Cofiring torrefied biomass with coal seems like a great way to reduce emissions, but is it economical?
Biomass Power & Thermal investigates potential technical and safety issues involved in storing and handling biomass at cofired power plants.
While cofiring woody biomass with coal is more common on a testing scale than commercial, most issues related to co-combustion within the boiler can be alleviated with proper fuel sizing and blending.
Strong tax incentives, a highly trained workforce, ample forestry materials and government investment in research and development make Ontario a great location for biomass power development.
A technique based on carbon dating will soon be used in the U.K. to determine the proportion of energy from waste that is renewable.
The U.K. Renewable Energy Association on Aug. 23 launched its Back Biomass campaign, aimed at ensuring suitable levels of government support for biomass power and combined heat and power.
A U.K. white paper and accompanying energy roadmap put emphasis on biomass potential.
Study: Biomass technologies plus carbon capture/storage have global potential for negative CO2 emissions.
The first application of Pyrogenesis's plasma gasifier is operating for the U.S. Air Force in Florida.
A new online tool calculates the benefits of the U.K.'s Renewable Heat Incentive.
Biomass is not a silver bullet but it plays a key energy role.
Vineyards LLC is developing a data center campus, Vineyards Data Center Park, which will be powered by a 50-megawatt biomass plant. The use of biomass for energy provides attractive power pricing that should be enticing to potential occupants.
A $5,000 research grant was awarded to undergraduate students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by British Petroleum. The purpose of the grant is for students to learn the engineering properties of biomass.
Faced with increasing pressure to reduce emissions, the Rio Tinto Alcan Lynemouth Aluminum Smelter, located in Northeast England's village of Lynemouth, is considering a switch from coal power to biomass at its on-site 420-megawatt power station.
Over the 20-year term of its proposed biomass combined-heat-and-power plant, Clark County, Wash., will receive a total benefit of more than $11 million and be capable of extending the life of its existing equipment, according to Clark County.
The Appeal Court of North Carolina has unanimously turned down an appeal against a decision by the North Carolina Utilities Commission to allow the inclusion of wood chips derived from low-value whole trees in the state's renewable energy definition.
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