United States
USDA announces new bioenergy funding
Tuesday, 07 February 2012 REM The US’s Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, has announced the availability of funds for Fiscal Year 2012 for two key programs to encourage the use of renewable biomass and production of advanced bi...
Canada
Manitoba encourages switch from coal to biomass
Monday, 30 January 2012 REM The Canadian province of Manitoba has launched a Biomass Energy Support Program (MBESP) providing up to $400,000 in grants to encourage coal users to switch to biomass energy products and support the ...
Nordic tradition inspires bioenergy yield optimisation
Thursday, 19 January 2012 REM Since the global increase in energy use is showing few signs of slowing down, sustainable energy solutions have to be developed. For this reason, the energy of biomass has to be used more widely and m...
Biomass has more potential than solar and wind, says Pakistani NGO head
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 Toby Price According to Gulf News, Hadi Husani, CEO of Aga Khan Planning and Building Service in Pakistan, has said that he believes biomass has more potential to become a more affordable source of renewable ene...
Kenya
Plans in place to build Kenya’s first biomass plant
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 Toby Price According to the Kenyan press, TowerPower, a joint venture between Kenya’s Comcraft Group and Powergas International of the UK, is to build the East African country’s first biomass power plant. As...
Foundation announces new award intended to stimulate bio-fuels innovation
Monday, 16 January 2012 REM The Fact Foundation has announced the establishment of a new award it hopes will help stimulate and accelerate innovations in bio-fuels and bio-energy from locally-available bio-mass in developing cou...
Global biomass investments to top $100 billion by 2021
Thursday, 12 January 2012 REMAccording to Pike Research, global investments in biomass power generation will total $104 billion by 2021, as capacity is ramped up from 58 gigawatts (GW) in 2011 to 86 GW by 2021.
Dalkia Plc to build $188 million waste-wood plant in Yorkshire UK
Friday, 23 December 2011 REMDalkia Plc, has announced plans to build a $188 million recycled wood-fed power station at a former Royal Air Force base in Pollington, Yorkshire (UK).
United States
“Positive reforms” needed to encourage biomass use says Society of American Foresters
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 Toby Price The Society of American Foresters (SAF) recently released "Managing Forests Because Carbon Matters: Integrating Energy, Products and Land Management Policy," a report published in the Journal of Fores...
Germany
World's largest biomass Stirling plant commissioned
Tuesday, 20 December 2011 REM Described as a “world premiere” by the Danish company responsible for its installation, a new system comprising biomass-fuelled Stirling engines has been commissioned at a spa and wellness centre ...
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