Following an event-free 30-day appeal window on its air permit, Rentech Inc. now has the final and nonappealable permit in place for its $255 million 55-megawatt biomass power plant proposed for Port St. Joe, Fla.
A biomass power plant proposed near Makeni, Sierra Leone in Africa, would provide electricity for an ethanol refinery, as well as about 20 percent of the country's national grid. The project is expected to be in operation by 2013.
Further expanding its global portfolio, equipment provider Metso Corp. will supply a combined-heat-and-power (CHP) system to a Fortum Power operation in Latvia, and another in Finland. The plants are scheduled to commence operation in 2013.
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development has awarded $4.2 million in grants and loans to 10 alternative energy projects in six counties, four of which are biomass and biogas projects.
The NEBTWG is encouraging members of the biomass industry to submit their thoughts on the economic and environmental benefits of biomass energy in Vermont, so that biomass will be included in the state's Comprehensive Energy Plan.
A second biomass power proposal has emerged in the town of Klamath Falls, Ore., following the announcement that Iberdrola Renewables will amend its power plant proposal for the community from natural gas to biomass feedstock.
The U.S. EPA has ruled that it will maintain its proposal to defer biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule for three years while the agency further studies the science and policy of regulating biomass energy.
The Netherlands has made clear its intent to eventually mandate cofiring of biomass at all coal-fired power stations, and has indicated it will begin with cofiring obligations on power producers with possible obligations on power suppliers.
The Berlin Station biomass project in New Hampshire is officially off the table as a result of financial uncertainty created by project opponents, according to the project developers.
The Florida Public Service Commission has approved construction of a $600 million waste-to-energy plant that will be co-located with the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority's existing 63-megawatt (MW) facility.
Report says biomass crops can enhance anaerobic digestion.
As demand increases, wood pellets could be the next global commodity.
Germany expedites elimination of nuclear power and increases focus on biomass.
The U.S.'s potential for CHP from biogas has attracted a European technology manufacturer.
NAFO intervenes in Tailoring Rule lawsuit.
Development of large-scale biomass gasification in the U.S. is in between demonstration and commercial scale, but a few companies are overcoming the challenges to make large-scale projects happen.
The nation's two largest waste-to-energy companies discuss how they have reduced emissions and increased efficiencies.
A 2009 NREL assessment of biomass combustion and gasification technologies may not have spurred rapid commercial development, but it has encouraged state investment in demonstration projects.
India's biomass gasification sector is growing by leaps and bounds, seemingly at all levels, and it's raising hope for the establishment of electricity in rural villages.
Wood-to-energy from sustainably managed forests can provide net-zero carbon emission or even positive carbon sequestration if the woody biomass stock is not depleted or grows over time.
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