Biomass
Biomass includes plant materials and animal waste that are used for biopower, biofuels, biogas, and bioproducts. We include articles on the role of biomass in clean energy efforts and legislative actions to replace fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions. Information on the Biomass Power Association (BPA) is also included.
National Life Launches $2 Million Biomass Project
National Life Group has unveiled a biomass energy project that will meet 90 percent of the heating needs of its Montpelier, Vermont campus ...
Cow Manure Project to Produce 38,000 mWh of Power Annually
Manure from 250,000 cows at a dairy farm in northeast China will fuel the world's largest cow manure-fed biogas power project, planned to open in ...
United Airlines Tests Synthetic Jet Fuel on Commercial Flight
United Airlines (UA) has conducted the first flight by a U.S. commercial airline using natural gas synthetic jet fuel. The fuel is claimed as ...
NH Schools Add Biomass Plants to Cut Utility Bills
Two school districts in New Hampshire plan to cut their utility bills through two renewable energy and building retrofit programs, saving the schools more ...
Biomass CoGen Project to Produce Power for NMU With Little Waste
Northern Michigan University decided to add a $68 million biomass cogeneration plant to ...
Lindt Recycles Cocoa Bean Shells into Biomass Energy
Chocolate maker Lindt USA and Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH), New Hampshire's largest electric utility, will soon be producing renewable power from cocoa ...
Tesco Powers DC With Food Waste
Tesco's new distribution center in Widnes, England, will be 100-percent powered by renewable energy generated from food waste. Through a partnership with logistics company Stobart and ...
British Airways to Build Europe’s First Biojet Fuel Plant
British Airways plans to build a plant that will produce biojet fuel from plasma gasification of biomass, reports The Engineer. Touted as Europe's first sustainable ...
UN OKs Biomass Co-Firing to Meet CO2 Targets Under CDM
The United Nations has given a thumbs up to utilities and other large-scale energy generators to substitute a portion of coal with solid biomass fuels as ...
Obama Reveals Plan for Biofuels, Clean Coal
President Obama announced plans to boost the nation's production of biofuels and to advance the development of clean-coal technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power ...
Mitsubishi, Weyerhauser Explore Biomass Partnership
Mitsubishi and Weyerhaeuser may be getting into the biomass business together - a business that some think can keep old coal-fired plants ...
Despite Hurdles, UW Converting Coal Plant to Biomass
Proponents of a $250 million project to convert a coal-fired power plant to biomass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say the project is moving ahead, ...
PGE Aims to Phase Out Coal at Boardman Plant
Facing opposition to a plan to keep a coal plant running until 2040, Portland General Electric instead has proposed to phase out use ...
Bio-Based Fuel Industry Faces Cost and Scale Challenges
Bio-based fuels are not serious threats to the $250-billion petroleum industry until they can compete in terms of cost, properties and scale, according to a new report ...
U.S., China Top Ranking for Renewable Energy Project Investments
U.S. and China are the top two most attractive global locations to invest in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young's latest global renewable ...
Feds Invest $564M in Advanced Biomass Projects
To help build the foundation of a biomass industry in the United States, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture have selected 19 biorefinery projects ...
Despite Growth in Wind and Solar, Hydro Accounts for 70% of U.S. Renewable Energy
While the use of solar, wind and other renewable energy continues to grow, hydroelectric energy continues to account for the lion's share of U.S. renewable energy, ...
UK to Ease Rules for On-Site Renewable Energy Installations
Aimed at helping cut carbon emissions, the UK has proposed new planning rules that will allow home owners, offices, schools, stadiums and railway stations to install ...
Biomass Plays Big Role in UK Renewable Energy Picture
As the UK pursues its goal for 20 percent of the commonwealth's energy to come from renewable fuels by 2020, biomass is increasing in ...
Southern Power Sinking $500M Into Biomass Facility
Austin, Texas, will be closer to meeting its goal of 30 percent renewable energy once a biomass facility from Southern Power comes into play.
Southern Power, a ...
Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR
