Biomass Secure Power Inc. has signed an MOU with Daichu a Japanese trading company and Pegasus Commodities Ltd. The MOU will help Biomass Power Louisiana LLC secure off-take agreements for its biocoal.
The Washington State Department of Commerce on May 24 announced a $388,000 award to the Washington State Department of Corrections through the Wood Energy for Public Facilities program, part of Washington state's Clean Energy Fund.
President Biden on May 28 released his proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The budget includes proposed support for biofuels; biorefinery, renewable chemical and biobased product manufacturing; renewable energy; and sustainable aviation fuel.
The latest Drax Electrical Insights Quarterly report, published by Imperial College London, discusses the U.K.'s transition from coal to biomass and the future of carbon-negative bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECSS).
The U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on May 24 announced 24 project have been selected for phase one of its direct air capture and GHG removal technologies competition. Nearly half of those projects involve biomass.
The U.S EPA in April announced it is taking several actions to address concerns about the methods and manner in which new wood stoves are being tested for compliance with the 2015 new source performance standards (NSPS).
The U.S. EPA on May 21 published a final federal plan for existing MSW landfills operated by any state, tribe or locale that has not submitted a satisfactory plan to reduce emissions of landfill gas in accordance with the agency's 2016 NSPS.
The U.K. Renewable Energy Agency is criticizing the England Trees Action Plan issued by the U.K. government on May 18 for omitting bioenergy, stressing that the omission will likely result in the government failing to meet its ambitions.
The USDA on May 20 published a progress report on climate-smart agriculture and forestry (CSAF) that reflects initial conversions with stakeholders on how the agency should develop its CSAF stategy, including the need to support bioenergy.
U.K.-based Active Energy Group plc on May 20 announced plans to expand production of its CoalSwitch product in the U.S. and provided an update on the development of the company's project in Lumberton, South Carolina.
Reps. Anne Kuster, D-N.H.; Mike Kelly, R-Pa.; Peter Welch, D-Vt.; and Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, on May 14 introduced an updated Biomass Thermal Utilization Act, which aims to provide tax credits for commercial and industrial wood heating appliances.
ISO TC 238 is the International Standards Organization's Technical Committee through which numerous countries around the world are working together to develop standards for solid biofuels.
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Renewables are expected to account for 21 percent of U.S. electricity production this year and 22 percent in 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released May 11.
The Ontario government on May 6 released a draft Forest Biomass Action Plan for public review and comment. The plan, in part, aims to support demand for forest bioenergy, including heat and power generation.
The USDA on May 7 awarded more than $15 million to fund grant proposals to develop and expend the use of wood products, strengthen emerging wood energy markets and protect community forests. A portion of that funding will support bioenergy projects.
Southern Company Gas announced that it has taken ownership of the Meadow Branch Landfill Methane Recovery Facility, the renewable natural gas facility located at the Meadow Branch Landfill in Athens, Tennessee, from sister company PowerSecure.
Cayuga RNG Holdings LLC announced on May 4 that it has entered into definitive agreements to develop dairy farm digester projects to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) in upstate New York. The first project is scheduled to be complete in 2022.
The Canadian government in mid-April announced an C$8.4 million investment in nine community-led Indigenous clean energy projects across British Columbia. Eight of those projects focus on the use of biomass and bioenergy.
Brightmark on May 4 broke ground on the Caballero renewable natural gas (RNG) project, which includes the construction of new anaerobic digesters at Caballero Dairy Farms, an 8,800 animal farm in Eloy, Arizona.
A new network of former lawmakers, farm leaders, and clean energy advocates has gathered under the banner of Carbon-50 to support an inclusive, 50-state strategy to address climate change, and has outlined principes for its a 50-state carbon plan.
The USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service on April 27 published a final rule for the Rural Energy for America Program that makes changes related to the OneRD guaranteed loan regulation and 2018 Farm Bill.
Enbridge Inc., Walker Industries and Comcor Environmental have announced a partnership to jointly develop renewable natural gas (RNG) projects across Canada. The RNG willb e used to heat homes, power busineses and fuel vehicle fleets.
Key changes have been made to the U.S. DOE Title XVII Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. on April 22 announced the signing of approximately $6.2 million in new biogas upgrading system supply contracts. The newly contracted projects are located in Columbia and Spain.
Jewel Bronaugh, President Biden's nominee to serve as deputy secretary of agriculture, discussed the important role biofuels and bioenergy will play in meeting the administration's climate goals during a senate confirmation hearing on April 22.
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