Biomass News Archives

Biochar was first created and used thousands of years ago to help plants grow. Researchers have found that this charcoal-like substance traps carbon and is a renewable source of fuel.

It's one thing to come up with a new idea and toss it around on the front porch, but it's even better when you get to scrutinize the real thing up close, take it around the block a few times, see if the wheels ...

Nobody loves biomass. When talk turns to global warming and the green movement, it's hardly ever mentioned.

The largest number of proposals for alternative energy in Ohio represent wind power followed by hydro and biomass, said Art Meyer, a DP&L senior vice president.

When talk turns to global warming and the green movement, it's hardly ever mentioned.

The last time the federal government tried to play a large role in stimulating the development of renewable-energy projects, it failed miserably.

New Jersey-based renewable energy developer Covanta Holding Corp. has completed its previously announced acquisition of two biomass energy plants in Maine from the facilities' co-owners, Ridgewood Maine LLC and ...

The Atlantica Bioenergy Task Force made 15 recommendations, summarized here: * Implement sustainable forest management practices to encourage forest growth and maximize biomass harvesting.

DOE offers up to $200 million for pilot, demonstration-scale biorefinery projects Dec.

Fecon introduces the Bio-Harvester, a machine that is able to fell, chip and collect small diameter woody biomass, all at one time.

Nalco Mobotec, Inc., a global leader in combustion optimization and multi-pollutant reduction, announced today it was part of a three-member consortium to be awarded a $25 million contract to install air ...

"is ushering in the inherent benefits of biomass by leading a pioneering effort to reduce the costs of solar modules by replacing petroleum-based solar panel components with durable biomass-based materials," ...

Nobody loves biomass. When talk turns to global warming and the green movement, it's hardly ever mentioned.

KG, Fortum Power Holding B.V., and Ingenieurburo Oskar von Miller GmbH. Financial details were not disclosed.

Before harvesting the forest's treetops, foliage and branches to produce energy, one must look to the soil.

U.S. venture capitalists predict that cleantech will be the only sector that won't see a decline in 2009.

Xcel Energy announced today that the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has created a docket to begin evaluating the company's request to install biomass gasification technology at the Bay Front Power Plant ...

UGA's Biorefinery and Carbon Cycling Program, in partnership with EPRIDA, a private firm in Athens, Ga., host a pilot thermochemical biorefinery on the UGA campus.

When the new Prius debuts next month at the Detroit Auto Show , its interior will feature significant use of so-called "ecological plastics." These are polymer materials derived from biomass oils rather than ...

The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested an additional $1.5 million in ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc., a Potsdam-based renewable energy company, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced today.

Published by Hannah Wooderson for 24dash.com in Housing Wednesday 17th December 2008 - 4:41pm Edinburgh's first biomass boiler installed in a social housing development Dunedin Canmore Group has become the ...

No community can boast perfect vision. Hindsight may be 20/20, but leaders' crystal balls get hazy when they gaze a decade into the future.

A pair of German researchers has concluded that the global energy demand projected by the International Energy Agency in the Reference Scenario for the year 2030 could theoretically be provided sustainably and ...

The study, " Review of solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security ," by the co-founder and director of Stanford's Atmospheric Energy Program warrants a two-part examination.

The significant increase in global production of ethanol as a biofuel is driven by the need to decrease dependence on petroleum products and reduce pollution.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization today called on Congress to include support for biorefineries, biobased materials, and energy crops in economic stimulus legislation.

A global energy supply based on biomass grown to generate electricity and produce fuel is a real possibility.

Ltd. Singapore, a regional subsidiary of the Conergy Group in Asia-Pacific, and GE Energy Financial Services have launched Asia-Pacific's first renewable energy private trust to spur their growth and ...

Dec 14, 2008 4:18 pm US/Eastern Massachusetts is accelerating its production of renewable energy, for the first time giving electric companies the chance to buy more green power than they are required to under ...

THERE are many reasons for wanting to reduce our dependence on oil: the increasing cost, reliability of supply, finite resources, the contribution of fossil fuels to global warming.

Although fuel can never score over food in the hierarchy of needs, modern society essentially needs both to survive.

Hurricane Ike left more than 5.6 million cubic yards of fallen trees, broken branches and dead greenery in Houston, and Mayor Bill White today awarded a $10,000 cash prize to a team of Rice University students, ...

New Zealand's clean and green status could help address our burgeoning greenhouse gas emissions problem.

TORONTO, Dec. 11 /CNW/ - The Ontario Power Authority announced today that it will sign a 20-year contract with York Energy Centre LP to design, build and operate a 393 megawatt electricity generating station, ...

Everyone wants to do their part to fight global warming. Now with the help of a new program from PPL EnergyPlus, you can help create a cleaner, greener future for our planet.

Moving to low-carbon heat sources is crucial in the battle against climate change with nearly half of the UK's emissions coming from heating.

The Greater Burlington Chamber of Commerce will hold its holiday din ner and election of officers at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cafe Gallery, 219 High St.

German solar cell manufacturer Q-Cells has adjusted its earnings forecast for 2008 amid weakening demand for renewable energy products as a result of the ongoing global economic crisis, the company said ...

Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes, as shown in a paper publishing today in Global Change Biology .

Larry Matlack, president of the American Agriculture Movement , spent the better part of last week at the American Council on Renewable Energy National Policy Forum in Washington, where he continued his ...

Eliminating greenhouse gases and developing new, non-petroleum-based fuels are two of America's biggest environmental challenges.

Year-long study may produce 41 bills for next legislature by Glenda Wallace Called into existence during the costly, wildfire-plagued summer of 2007, the Montana Legislature's Fire Suppression Interim Committee ...

Ancient techniques pioneered by pre-Columbian Amazonian Indians are about to be pressed into service in Britain and Central America in the most serious commercial attempt yet to reverse global warming.

Halophytes grow as quickly as today's agricultural crops, but actually produce higher biomasses.

Methane gas released by decomposing waste at the state Central Landfill will be transformed into electric power via a public-private project involving international power-plant owner, operator and developer ...

A GERMAN energy giant is in talks to build a A 90m wood-fired power plant in Southampton.