U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has announced the award of nearly $2.5 million in grants to 10 small businesses and community groups for wood-to-energy projects that will help expand regional economies and create new jobs.
A representative of Pella, Iowa-based Vermeer Corp. advocated for a more open, transparent trade relations with Brazil during a recent U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing.
U.K.-based CPL Industries has announced plans to build a new E Coal 50 production facility. E Coal 50 is a blended home heating fuel that contains 33 percent biomass, 17 percent molasses and 50 percent fossil fuels.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent and the Maine School Administrative District No. 27 broke ground on a $4 million biomass heating project on the site of the former Fort Kent Armory. The project was funded in part by the USDA.
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted down its version of the Farm Bill, the "Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act," by a vote of 195 to 234. The bill did not include mandatory funding for Energy Title programs.
E is supplying U.K.-based energy project developer Clarke Energy with two of its ecomagination qualified Jenbacher J420 biogas engines for a new 2.8 MW agricultural biogas power project at a large vegetable farm near Lake Naivasha in Kenya.
The Biofuels Center of North Carolina recently completed a statewide woody biomass assessment in cooperation with Gelbert, Fullbright & Randolph Forestry Consultants and North Carolina's seven economic development regions.
The U.S. EPA has announced more than $2 million in funding to 25 small businesses under its Small Business Innovation Research program. Among those awarded were companies developing new and improved methods to utilize biomass for energy and products.
The USDA has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of $98.6 million for payments under the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. A separate notice announces increased funding for the Rural Energy for America Program.
The U.S. Senate passed its version of a new Farm Bill, leaving the ag energy industry satisfied with the inclusion of mandatory funding for energy title programs. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on its version of the bill soon.
The U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change has awarded three bioenergy companies a total of GBP1.34 million ($2.08 million) to support the scale-up of their process designs under phase two of the DECC's wetlands biomass-to-bioenergy competition.
Ireland-based Kedco plc has announced the Foresight Group as the preferred funding partner for its proposed 12 MW Enfield Biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) project in London, which is expected to break ground during the third quarter of 2013.
Morbark Inc. has announced its redesigned 40/36 Whole Tree MicroChipper, which includes an enhanced drum set with 16 knives, a slide-in forestry grate system to reduce oversized chips, and a mechanically driven chip accelerator.
The Germany-based ENTRADE Group has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire all shares of Agnion Energy Inc. from its existing owners, which includes shares held by Waste Management and three venture capital companies.
DECC is consulting on increasing the tariff levels for heat generated by ground source heat pumps, large biomass and solar thermal kit accredited under the Government's Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
Fife, Scotland-based paper product company Tullis Russell said this week that it will switch over to biomass-derived heat and power in October.
Among existing innovations of the Vermeer Tier 4i HG6000 and HG6000TX horizontal grinder is the all-new chip drum, which allows the grinder to produce a consistent sized chip necessary for many applications, including biofuel chip production.
Equitix-managed fund, Energy Saving Investments, in which the UK Green Investment Bank is a cornerstone investor, is investing $7.4 million to replace inefficient heating systems in public and private community facilities with biomass boilers.
A coalition of organizations focused on renewable heating technologies has formed to press for support from the Massachusetts Legislature in 2013.
FCC Environment harvested its first crop of miscanthus grass grown on its former landfill and quarry sites in Darrington, West Yorkshire and Calverton in the U.K. The grass is grown on a 30 hectare (74.1 acre) site two hours north of London.
The House Committee on Agriculture has approved its version of the Farm Bill, H.R. 1947, by a vote of 36 to 10. The bill, titled the Federal Agricultural and Reform and Risk Management Act, includes nearly $40 billion in spending cuts.
The Senate has unanimously confirmed Ernest Moniz as the Secretary of Energy by a vote of 96 to 0. Moniz was nominated by President Obama in March. He will replace former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, who announced his resignation on Feb. 1.
The USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service has extended the deadline to apply for fiscal year 2013 Rural Energy for America Program funding through May 31. The extension was made due to increased funding made available through recent legislation.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry has voted to approve a bipartisan Farm Bill authored by Committee Chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Ranking Member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.
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