Having already heard a great deal about the ample wood resources in the Southeast U.S., a panel discussion about energy crops was refreshing for the feedstock track at the Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show in Atlanta on Nov. 1-3.
Biomass thermal advocacy group Heating the Midwest has announced its official mission is to advance biomass thermal heating in the Midwest for a more sustainable future, while improving the economic, environmental and social well-being of the region.
Great Lakes ports to prepare for biomass exports.
Industry experts discuss wood's role in U.S. energy policy
State provides funding for AD systems, feedstock growth, pellet and torrefaction projects.
The U.K.'s DECC has delayed the launch of its RHI program.
Australia explores whether emissions reduction can be achieved through cofiring.
INL explores challenges of transforming biomass into a feedstock commodity.
Aloterra's BCAP project areas are promoting job growth and helping set the stage for a major miscanthus presence in the biopellet industry.
With a plethora of different wood pellet standard programs, mills' quality measures vary depending on which set their customers adopt.
With the availability of agricultural biomass, North American companies are promoting the benefits of converting grass into energy in an effort to spur the industry.
The 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update enhances its 2005 predecessor and finds potential for dedicated energy crops through direct inventory analysis and rigorous sustainability modeling.
How to improve briquetting operations to efficiently densify fibrous agricultural residues from crops, horticulture operations and forests.
The House and Senate agriculture committees are scheduled to deliver a legislative package to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Nov. 1, outlining suggestions to cut $23 billion from agriculture programs as part of the 2012 Farm Bill.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., visited her home state on Oct. 24 to discuss the importance of biomass heat and how to level the playing field so that it is able to compete with other renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
The U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change got approval from the European Commission Oct. 26 to launch its Renewable Heat Incentive with a sizeable reduction in the tariff for large biomass technologies.
Biomass Power Association President and CEO Bob Cleaves addressed the U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel at its meeting Oct. 25 to review its recently released Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions.
The U.K. DECC released its proposal for Renewables Obligation banding levels from 2013 to 2017 on Oct. 20, leaving a few biomass technologies at current levels, but proposing to add more, such as enhanced cofiring and biomass conversion.
The American Council on Renewable Energy assembled a Biomass Definition Subcommittee that has crafted a unified biomass definition, which its members will pitch to senators and representatives during the first week of November.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council held a webinar Oct. 19 titled "Regional Focus on Biomass Energy: the Northeast." The webinar is one of three exploring regional development of biomass heating in different regions of the U.S.
Once completed and operational, a 300,000-ton wood pellet mill near Portland, Maine, will export its product to European customers through one of only two deepwater ports in the Northeast U.S.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based Firebox Energy Systems Ltd. has announced plans to build a 30-megawatt (MW) biomass power plant on the designated lands of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Reserve #133 near Glenevis, Alberta.
A study conducted by the Combined Heat and Power Partnership, a voluntary program initiated by the U.S. EPA, found potential for increased combined heat and power systems at U.S. wastewater treatment facilities.
Just when the prospects for a biomass district heating plant planned for downtown Vancouver, Wash., were looking glum, it turns out there is hope for the project after all.
The Vancouver, Wash., city council has voted to place a six-month moratorium on a project to build a central heating biomass plant in downtown Vancouver, that would have replaced 11 fossil fuel boilers.
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