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.
Renewables Briefing: Bloomberg, Nokia, Dalkia and 2012 Biofuels Predictions
Bloomberg's Princeton office is close to completing installation of a 1.8 MW solar power system that should generate the equivalent of over 50 percent of ...
Renewables Briefing: SunPower, CEI, Sound Solar, Matinee, CHP in Cambridge, Perdue and Fibrowatt
Matinee Energy Inc. has broken ground on a 120MW solar power plant planned for Benson, Ariz. WEIS GmbH Consortium from Germany supplied project partners for ...
Green Mountain Uses Coffee to Brew Up Energy
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters - the firm behind the Keurig brand single-serving coffee brewers - is working with University of North Dakota researchers and bioenergy ...
Chicken-Manure Biodigester to Power Md. Prison, Wisconsin at Work on $255m Biomass Plant
Maryland's state Board of Public Works has approved a biomass project at an Eastern Shore prison. The project gives Virginia company EcoCorp a 30-year lease ...
Gammel Engineering to Generate from Methane with FlexEnergy Turbine MT250
Energy technology company FlexEnergy has signed its first commercial order for the Flex Turbine MT250 EX to Gammel Engineering, a German engineering company specialized ...
Renewables Briefing: Bernard Matthews, China Solar Leap, Biggest Wind-Hydro Plant
Turkey company Bernard Matthews is planning a £4m ($6.4) anaerobic digester at its Holton factory in Suffolk, U.K., in a move that the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy Department Probe, Arizona Copper Mining, Cape Wind Setback
President Obama has promised House Republicans investigating the government's aid to to the now-bankrupt solar firm Solyndra that a former business executive will lead an independent ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Zones, Ozone Hearing, Carbon Tax
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (pictured left) on Thursday announced a revised plan to establish solar energy zones in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, ...
Md. Seeks to Buy Power from Chicken Manure
Maryland is seeking proposals for power systems that generate electricity from animal waste, such as poultry litter or livestock manure.
To be eligible, plants must have ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: EPA Appropriations, Dark Days for Solar, Germany's Renewable Boom
The Senate Appropriations Committee released a draft 2012 appropriations bill for the Interior Department and the EPA, The Hill reported. As expected, the $29.3 billion ...
Reckitt Benckiser 75% of the Way Towards 2020 CO2 Goal
Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind Lysol, Durex, Clearasil and other well-known brands, is three-quarters of the way towards its 2020 carbon reduction ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Loan Guarantees, Keystone XL Delays, Merck Penalty
The Energy Department has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two large-scale solar projects, just before the Sept. 30 deadline expires for the ...
$510m Biofuel Partnership Seeks Industry Ideas
Three federal departments have requested ideas from industry on how to establish a viable market for drop-in biofuels.
Secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack, secretary ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Benefit Corps, LEED, Maine in an EU First
New research from California, Oregon and Washington shows that homes with LEED or other third-party energy efficiency certifications sell faster and net higher ...
Renewables Briefing: Fresh & Easy, Envision Solar, Nexamp, Magic Hat
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market and REC Solar, a provider of home and commercial solar electric systems, have unveiled 11 rooftop solar installations in Phoenix and ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Formaldehyde-Free Label, LEED Lawsuits, RoHS
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute yesterday announced a new "formaldehyde free" verification service for manufacturers. The institute said consumers' growing concern about the health effects ...
Air Products Fuels Cars with Hydrogen from Wastewater
Specialty gas company Air Products has opened a hydrogen fueling station (pictured) that draws feedstock from municipal wastewater.
In addition to providing hydrogen, the process, taking place ...
Distiller Powers Nissan Leaf on Whiskey
Worried about rising fuel costs? Spare a thought for Scotland, where things seem to have got so bad that one business has resorted to ...
International Paper Cuts Energy Use, Increases Landfilling
International Paper reduced its global energy use from 2007 to 2010, but increased its landfilled solid waste from 2006 to 2010, according to ...
Cargill Waste-to-Energy System Brings Meat Plant’s Renewable Capacity to 80 Percent
Canadian agribusiness, Cargill, will invest approximately $37.8 million ($36 million Canadian dollars) in a waste-to-energy project at its High River, Alberta, beef processing facility. The system ...
