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Any plans that California-based Liberty Energy had to establish an alternative energy facility in Hamilton are now on some forgotten shelf collecting dust.

In case you hadn't heard, the eco-credentials of this housing development in South Shields are second to none.

The expansion of oil-sands operations and various pipeline proposals to get bitumen to market have incraseingly been topics of conversation in Canada, from debates in the House of Commons to discussions around the dinner table.

The African Development Bank has approved $150 million in funding for the Turkana wind farm in Kenya, which will be Africa's largest, generating 300 megawatts of electricity and powering nearly 1 million homes.

The Arctic Council added China and five other countries as official observers yesterday, expanding the focus of the organization and underscoring the complicated politics created by newly open waters in the north because of climate change.

Environmental accounting software developer Ecometrica has partnered with Global Surface Intelligence to launch GSi's global forest monitoring service that the companies say will allow investors and supply chain managers to better react to environmental and market developments.

A bank representing a group of investor which financed a Lufkin biomass power plant is now looking to foreclose on it.

The interaction between alkali chloride and sulfur oxides has important implications for deposition and corrosion in combustion of biomass.

A renewable portfolio standard is a regulatory policy that requires the increased production of energy from renewable resources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal.

The Arctic region is one of the many natural sources of the greenhouse gas methane.

Humanity is at the beginning of its third major cultural and economic revolution, a University of Georgia scientist told bioenergy researchers at UGA.

Energy crops can provide a sustainable source of power and fuels, and mitigate the negative effects of CO2 emissions associated with fossil fuel use.

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable MP and Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore MP visited a growing farm-based biomass energy business on Saturday to discuss the challenges facing farmers looking to embrace renewable energy technologies.

The Energy Department on May 9 announced that it will award 88 grants to small businesses in 28 states to develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation.

The new and re-elected board members join eight others that are already serving terms on the board.

Biomass gasification is regarded as one of the most promising energy recovery technologies for the widespread use of biomass.

The Arctic Council meets in Sweden on Wednesday. The disappearing Arctic ice cover is one of the issues confronting the council.

The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 15-5 today to approve the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, which includes cuts to reduce the deficit by $23 billion dollars but still offers a commitment to renewable energy.

Georgia Power announced that it has added 53.5 megawatts of new biomass capacity to the company's generation portfolio.