Covanta Energy Corp. reported a solid second quarter with improvements in waste pricing and somewhat favorable trends in the waste, energy and metals markets compared to the previous quarter.
American Organic Energy recently announced that it has solidified its core engineering team to construct its anaerobic digester facility on Long Island, New York. The facility will produce vehicle fuel, electricity, compost and clean water.
Enviva Partners LP announced its second quarter of 2016 financial and operating results, reporting increased income, quarterly distribution and outlook for the remainder of the year, driven by higher contracted wood pellet sales volumes.
A team of U.K. researchers, including experts from Cardiff University's Cardiff Catalysis Institute, have shown that significant amounts of hydrogen can be unlocked from fescue grass with the help of sunlight and a cheap catalyst.
Black & Veatch was selected by MBHE African Power (PTY) Ltd, a local renewable energy developer, to provide technical assistance for the country's first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant. The energy plant will be located in the Western Cape.
Wheelabrator Technologies recently reached financial close on a new 606,000 tons per year energy-from-waste (EfW) facility at Kemsley in Kent, U.K. The 43 MW combined-heat-and-power (CHP) facility will provide steam to an adjacent paper mill.
The New York State Public Service Commission recently approved New York's Clean Energy Standard, which will require 50 percent of the state's electricity to come from renewable energy sources by 2030.
Anaergia Inc. recently announced that its South African subsidiary, Anaergia Africa Proprietary Ltd., was chosen by Bio2Watt (Pty) Ltd. to operate a commercial biogas plant in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa.
The first Sustainable Biomass Partnership certificates issued by SCS Global Services were recently presented to Drax Biomass Inc. for its Morehouse BioEnergy and Amite BioEnergy wood pellet manufacturing facilities.
Drax Group plc had a very good first half of the year operationally, is generating 70 percent of its electricity from renewable resources, has drastically lowered its emissions and the Sustainable Biomass Partnership continues to grow.
The USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service has announced it is soliciting applications under the Repowering Assistance Program to encourage the use of renewable biomass as a replacement for fossil fuels used to provide process heat or power.
A commission put together by Maine legislature to study economic, environmental and energy benefits of Maine's biomass industry is scheduled to hold its first meeting Aug. 2.
Depending on boiler or plant size and expected lifespan, two major technologies—dry sorbent injection systems and wet scrubbers—can help biomass users effectively remove acid gases for emissions compliance.
The tree mortality problem in California has gotten so dire that officials aren't waiting for a biomass solution. Rather, it is considering the use of expensive mobile incinerators.
In every issue of Biomass Magazine dedicated to equipment and equipment innovations, the men and women who put these machines to work jump off the page.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council recently announced its updated mission and vision statements. BTEC engaged in a series of facilitated strategic planning sessions throughout the fall of 2015. These efforts reaffirmed BTEC's mission and vision.
DCM Logic has developed a simple and straightforward way of measuring Boiler Plant Effectiveness, or BPE.
There are real concerns about what Brexit means for the future of the U.K.'s renewable energy sector, which has grown significantly with the help of EU-funded investments and subsidies.
The U.S. EPA's Scientific Advisory Board has announced plans to hold a public teleconference of the SAB biogenic carbon emissions panel on Oct. 12 as part of its continuing review of the framework for biogenic CO2 emissions from stationary sources.
Republic Services Inc. and Mas Energy LLC recently unveiled a new renewable energy project serving the Atlanta, Georgia, metro area. The innovative project involves landfill gas-to-energy facilities at three area landfills.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities recently announced the launch of the revitalized wood bioenergy facility database and mapping tool. The site, www.wood2energy.org, is the most comprehensive database of its kind in North America.
A recent study published by the World Bioenergy Association addresses the challenges European cities are facing within global climate mitigation policy and explains the contributions biomass can offer to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
Chip quality market data will enable Baltic States to further capitalize on the energy chip export industry as it expands.
Automation technology and services from Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, have helped ensure the successful startup and operation of a waste-to-energy plant in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Design considerations can make the difference in bringing a pyrolyzer technology to market versus burying it in the pyrolysis graveyard.
That biomass power industry has been struggling to compete with low natural gas, but it's an industry that is needed—the end point for an ever-accumulating ag waste stream that farmers are struggling to find a means of disposal for.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker recently signed into law a bill designed to meet the growing demand for timber in southeast Alaska, after the lack of federal timber threatened the industry's survival in the state.
Evoqua has been chosen by energy developer DCO Energy LLC to provide equipment and services for a new $200 million 50 MW biomass/wood waste-to-energy cogeneration project for Procter & Gamble Co. in Albany, Georgia.
A report recently filed with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service's Global Agricultural Information Network provides an overview of the European Union's biofuel market, including data on wood pellets and biogas.
On July 19, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute held a briefing to discuss the U.S. Department of Energy's 2016 Billion-Ton Update, its methodology and data collection strategies, findings and goals.
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