DP CleanTech will convert a coal-fired power plant in Thailand to run instead on waste wood and eucalyptus bark. The retrofitted combined-heat-and-power plant will provide 20 megawatts of electricity to a nearby bioethanol plant.
After just a few months of production, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.'s biomass cube production facility in Michigan could close its doors, a result of the plant's performance not reaching design capacity and expected production levels.
A number of pellet manufacturers are included in a list of companies that will receive payments from the USDA to expand production and availability of both solid and liquid biofuels.
U.S. EcoGen Polk LLC plans to construct and operate a 60-megawatt biomass plant in Fort Meade, Fla., that will use eucalyptus as a feedstock. At a cost of $200 million, developers expect construction to begin on the plant in early 2012.
A Sept. 29 webinar by the American Biogas Council will delve into the 1603 Treasury Program, explaining its terminology, standards and qualifications. The deadline for the grant in lieu of tax credit program is Dec. 31.
The U.S. DOE held a webinar, "The U.S. Billion-Ton Update," on Sept. 22, which provided in-depth analysis of the study processes, results and differences from the 2005 Billion-Ton Study.
The EPA Regulatory Relief Act, legislation that would allow the U.S. EPA to improve its flawed Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules, has been approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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.
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