Biomass

Tesco’s UK Import Warehouse to be 100% Biomass Powered

UK retailer Tesco plans to tap into a 295 megawatt biomass power plant in Teesport, England, to supply 100 percent of the energy needs ...

Downtown Seattle Buildings Benefit from Renewable Fuel Facility

About 200 buildings in downtown Seattle and First Hill will be heated by a renewable fuel boiler. The boiler, run by Seattle Steam, ...

Industrial Biotech Can Reduce Emissions by 2.5B Tons Annually

The industrial biotechnology sector can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 2.5 billion tons per year, according to a new report. WWF, the world's largest ...

SCA Sees Environmental Benefit From New Wastewater Treatment Plant

A wastewater treatment plant at SCA’s Munksund paper mill in Sweden went online in June. The mill produces paper mass and kraftliner, a starting material for packaging. SCA says that the new treatment plant will ...

Carbonfund.org Retroactively Adds Offsets for Landfill Project

A landfill is receiving carbon offsets for emissions that were avoided in 2008. Carbonfund.org is certifying the carbon offset project by Casella Waste Systems Inc for ...

Kimberley-Clark Tops EPA List of On-site Renewable Energy Users

In EPA's latest rankings of the top-20 users of on-site renewable energy, Kimberley Clark came out on top with more than 192 million kilowatt hours, comprising ...

Anheuser-Busch Taps Landfill Gas for Houston Brewery

The Anheuser-Busch brewery in Houston will begin using landfill biogas as an alternative fuel source. The gas will be carried through a six-mile pipeline from the ...

Biomass-to-Electricity Projects Gain Steam in California, the UK

Already entrenched in some European nations like Germany, power plants that convert organic biomass to electricity are coming to the United States and the UK. San Jose, ...

25% of North American Firms Say No to Offsets Thru 2012

A new survey indicates that more and more companies are purchasing carbon offsets. The trend is bigger in Europe than North America and elsewhere in the ...

California Pushes Through Low-Carbon Fuels

California's Air Resources Board voted to adopt a regulation that will put in place Governor Schwarzenegger's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which mandates a reduction of ...

Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016

Vermont's Middlebury College is using biomass to reduce its carbon footprint and reach carbon neutrality within seven years.

Xcel Energy Plans Midwest Biomass Plant

Xcel Energy plans to install biomass gasification technology at its Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland, Wis. Following all state regulatory approvals, engineering and design work is expected ...

Turning Brewing Waste Into Ethanol

E-Fuel Corp. and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. are working together to produce ethanol from discarded beer yeast. Testing will begin in the second quarter of this year, ...

UI Cuts Emissions, Saves $1M Per Year Burning Oat Hulls

In 2008, University of Iowa avoided emitting 69, 000 metric tons of CO2 by using one system to generate both heat and energy for the campus. A member of the EPA's Combined ...

Alternative Energy Use For Manufacturers Promising, Cost Still A Hurdle

James Lee, an associate professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, recently spoke with IndustryWeek about the pros and cons of alternative energy use in manufacturing. Lee says that manufacturers are investing ...

Haigh’s Chocolates Launches Biodegradable Packaging

Haigh’s Chocolates announced that its White Ballotins Chocolate Box will now be packaged in Plantic trays, a biodegradable packaging from Plantic Technologies Limited (PDF). The company says these Plantic trays are made ...

Carbon Credits Are Cash Cow For Landfills

U.S. landfills are reaping a windfall from the fight against global warming, The Wall Street Journal reports. But their payday might not be doing much to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions....

Canon Products To Feature Bio-Based Plastic

Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Toray Industries Inc., announced they have developed a bio-based plastic, dubbed “Ecodear,” that achieves a high level of flame retardance. The new bio-based plastic, which includes ...

Xcel Energy Plans Biomass Plant in Midwest

Xcel Energy announced it will submit an application to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to install technology that will enable all three operating units at its Bay Front Power Plant ...

Sustainable Power Corp. Turns Trash Into Biofuel

Sustainable Power Corp. announced that it has successfully tested turning Municipal Solid Waste into biofuel using the company's reactors. "By utilizing Municipal Solid Waste in our reactors, we have substantially increased potential revenue because municipalities ...