By a bipartisan vote of 35-11, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has passed its version of the 2012 Farm Bill. An amendment to reinstate mandatory funding to the measure's energy title programs was rejected.
Marcus Kauffman, biomass resource specialist for the Oregon Department of Forestry, is using leftover American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars to attract investors to the biomass industry.
The U.S. House Agricultural Committee has begun marking up its draft of the 2012 Farm Bill. The mark-up is expected to last up to three days, and includes 100 amendments, one of which could restore mandatory funding to energy title programs.
Wisconsin residents and businesses that install biogas or biomass-based technology can receive up to $250,000 through a newly formed renewable energy utilities program. The program, Focus on Energy, is accepting applications until August 29, 2012.
While the drought in the U.S. is beginning to take a significant toll on some of the nation's crops, particularly in the Midwest and the Corn Belt, it seems most energy crops are hanging on, at least for now.
Our friends at FutureMetrics Inc. have released a life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) dashboard that compares pellet boilers to heating oil and natural gas boilers.
This is a special week in the U.S., a time to celebrate through numbers. Because most of us are focused on the fourth, I thought I'd play into this week's short-term obsession with numbers.
Since 1997, subarctic forests are thicker and taller than ever before
From spot purchases to multi-year deals, producers, buyers and brokers must know their way around supply agreements.
A new bill proposed by three U.S. senators would establish a tiered corporate tax credit to cover the installation costs of biomass-fueled heating or cooling systems for commercial or industrial applications.
Pending legislation in the House could help open up wider domestic markets for wood fuel pellets.
As our Independence Day nears, I can't help but associate the word independence with energy, and that's because it's a phrase I come across in our industry on a daily—at minimum—basis.
Kedco plc has commenced the production of syngas for the generation of electricity from its biomass electricity and heat generation plant in in Newry, Northern Ireland that produces biosyngas for heat and power generation.
A group of Texas AgriLife Research scientists is studying the costs of getting potential bioenergy sources, such as mesquite, to the processed stage for delivery to potential wood-fired bioelectricity plants.
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The primary objective of the event is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development.
Smurfit Kappa Group plc has announced the startup of a 21.4 MW steam cogeneration plant at its paper mill in Nervion, Spain. According to the company, the cogeneration plant is part of a €20 million ($25 million) biomass energy investment.
The second straw-fired power plant in the U.K. is under development in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, in eastern England. North Midland Construction plc recently announced it has been awarded a $14.9 million contract for work on the 38 MW plant.
A gasification technology designed by Mechanicsburg, Pa-based Enginuity Energy that converts poultry litter and others wastes into energy may be headed to France after a recent visit by two French agriculture officials to the company's headquarters.
New Hampshire has become the first state to grant full credit to renewable thermal projects under a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) through S.B. 218.
A new European Biofuels Technology Platform report that addresses the potential to couple carbon capture and storage (CCS) with biofuel and biomass heat and power technologies. The report is titled “Biomass with CO2 Capture and Storage (Bio-CCS)."
Toronto-based nonprofit organization ZooShare Biogas Cooperative Inc. is working to develop a project that would convert zoo manure and other locally-sourced waste biomass materials into renewable electricity and fertilizer.
North Carolina Natural Energy Inc. has issued a letter of intent to purchase a 40 percent stake in the Construction Management Institute, an investment that will net North Carolina Natural Energy Inc. $984,000 per year for the next three years.
The Senate has finished voting on 73 amendments proposed for the 2012 Farm Bill and passed it on to the House, leaving the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Rural Energy for America Program and Biorefinery Assistance Program intact.
The American Council on Renewable Energy has launched a new website designed to address the imbalance in America's debate over clean and renewable energy. The Energy Fact Check website allows visitors to learn the truth about renewable energy.
A community outreach program spearheaded by Weston Solutions, an environmental consulting company, has moved a proposed biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) facility one giant step closer to completion in Springfield, Vermont.
By reverse engineering a seed, energy crop developer New Energy Farms says it has developed a unique system for establishing miscanthus that could potentially reduce farmer establishment costs by 50 percent or more.
Montreal-based La Coop federee has signed an ownership agreement with advanced biomass company Prairie Bio Energy Inc. Under the agreement, LCF assumes 50 percent ownership over the intellectual property held by the PBE Group.
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