Oct 14, 2011 10:30PM
If you remember anything from third grade science class, you know that photosynthesis is the process that allows plants to use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into sugars and ot...
Oct 05, 2011 7:25PM
An international group of scientists have cracked the genetic code of two heat-loving fungi, Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris, and could use their findings for faster and greener de...
Oct 04, 2011 9:00PM
The food-versus-fuel debate has typically been used in reference to farmers in industrialized countries growing food crops, such as corn, to sell to biofuels producers. However, there is another side ...
Oct 04, 2011 9:29AM
Wood chips, switchgrass and other non-edible parts of crops, also known as "agricultural waste" have been touted recently as good<strong>biofuel</strong> sources. However, extrac...
Sep 29, 2011 1:05PM
Did you know that up to a fifth of all watermelons grown each summer go discarded, only because of their non-uniform shape? It's not that they're not good tasting, but us, customers, simply ...
Sep 21, 2011 6:18PM
Shawn Lesser reveals Georgia Pacific's top ten cleantech highlights
Sep 19, 2011 7:25PM
Administered by Ofgem, the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme is a fixed, index-linked income paid to organisations for each kWh of heat produced by renewable technologies such as biomass boilers o...
Sep 14, 2011 6:00PM
This week’s Green Tech Regional Report looks at some of the progress being made in the biomass and biofuel areas, from using algae to clean your home’s emissions to biomass plants popping ...
Aug 23, 2011 1:30PM
In the quest to find a readily available source of clean, renewable energy, many eyes have glanced longingly at the possible benefits of what’s perhaps the most humble biofuel of them all: algae...
Aug 22, 2011 1:30PM
The nation can vastly increase the amount of energy it gets from biomass-derived sources without jeopardizing – and possibly even helping – the environment, according to the U.S. Departmen...
Aug 18, 2011 9:00PM
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Aug 10, 2011 12:05AM
Scotland is due to introduce new support mechanisms in an attempt to make renewable heating cheaper. Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has partnered with the UK Government and as a result Scotland has join...
Jul 02, 2011 4:10PM
Biomass energy is an interesting, if not a bit controversial, renewable energy approach. Burning woody waste products that come from the forest or from urban wood waste to create electricity can be a ...
Jun 26, 2011 4:00PM
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will establish a new Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that will establish a biomass facility at the Port of Ashtabula as well as convert acres ...
Jun 24, 2011 6:00PM
Biofuels have moved from simply fueling cars to fueling fighter jets and now commercial planes. Seven member airlines of The Air Transport Association of America, Inc (ATA), have recently signed lette...
Jun 18, 2011 4:00PM
Using a specialized liquefaction refining technology, scientists at the University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) have created jet fuel from a combination of bio...
May 26, 2011 7:30PM
As the U.S. struggles with gas prices that have soared skyward and just won’t seem to budge from a lofty national average that currently sits at about $3.81, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (...
May 17, 2011 3:44PM
Not long after its joint announcement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regarding $47 million in funds that will go toward biomass research, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made an an...
Apr 27, 2011 1:01AM
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Apr 08, 2011 9:45PM
Dominion Power Virginia is getting busy working on renewable energy. While one arm of the power company works on setting up offshore wind energy infrastructure, the other is occupied trying to convert...
Apr 08, 2011 9:15PM
Burning biomass to generate electricity, love it or hate it, is a renewable energy strategy that is getting a
Mar 25, 2011 5:31AM
A renewable diesel program will be launched by the Government of Saskatchewan as part of its 2011-2012 Budget.The $26million program, spread over five years, begins on April 1, 2011, with a two per ce...
Mar 25, 2011 5:31AM
A renewable diesel program will be launched by the Government of Saskatchewan as part of its 2011-2012 Budget.The $26million program, spread over five years, begins on April 1, 2011, with a two per ce...
Mar 22, 2011 11:01PM
Yesterday we told you how the US Department of Energy was willing to back hydrogen storage initiatives with up to $12million (see article) and now it seems it is willing to offer the same support for ...
Mar 17, 2011 11:07PM
Another day, another cleantech investment by the venture capital arm of search engine giant Google. This time around Google Ventures is sinking an undisclosed amount of Series B funding into CoolPlane...
Mar 17, 2011 11:07PM
Another day, another cleantech investment by the venture capital arm of search engine giant Google. This time around Google Ventures is sinking an undisclosed amount of Series B funding into CoolPlane...
Mar 11, 2011 4:01AM
I have been acknowledging the work of most scientists and their discoveries kept my interest awake to see what's new every morning. It's seldom times, though, when I read something like &...
Mar 01, 2011 3:00PM
The construction of a biomass plant at a U.K. supermarket is raising the suggestion that such retail outlets could become sources of energy for their surrounding neighborhoods. It’s seen as anot...
Feb 24, 2011 2:23AM
Darwen-based Bakewell Ovens is the only supplier world-wide of bakery ovens that use biomass technology in a unique, integrated design that saves energy, reduces carbon footprints and brings up to 5...
Feb 21, 2011 3:07PM
James Clark, the director of the University of York’s Green Center of Excellence, will present some of the newest chemical technologies that could help producing clean biofuels and at the same t...
Feb 18, 2011 10:31PM
Understanding the long-term impacts of using wood biomass to produce renewable energy is the critical first step in developing a biomass energy strategy that protects water quality, air quality, pub...
Feb 17, 2011 2:27PM
Will kitchens become the new gas stations?What do you do with the food left on your plate at the end of the meal? For many of us, the answer is a guilty shrug: it goes straight in the bin. All those l...
Jan 30, 2011 3:40PM
Washington is backing big loans to spur alternative fuel production, including $250 million for an Alabama plant that will use woody biomass to make ethanol.
Jan 26, 2011 10:04PM
A leading New Jersey-based green-focused investment fund is looking at investment opportunities in the biomass and geothermal space. As part of an ambitious pan-renewables strategy, Hudson Clean Energ...
Jan 19, 2011 7:28PM
A U.S.-based biomass developer is talking to funders to secure up to $560 million to build power projects in Europe and North America. Renewable Power, a developer of waste-to-energy power plants, is...
Jan 14, 2011 4:29AM
MP: Govt placing too little emphasis on energy from waste The coalition is not placing enough emphasis on the development of energy from waste power plants, one leading MP has claimed. Alan Whitehead,...
Jan 14, 2011 4:06AM
The US EPA announced a plan to defer, for three years, GHG permitting requirements for CO2 emissions from biomass-fired and other biogenic sources. The agency said it intends to use this time to seek ...
Jan 12, 2011 4:37PM
GE has teamed up with Reliance Venture Asset Management to invest in a Series A round of venture funding supporting an Indian biomass developer. GE Energy India and Reliance Venture, the venture ar...
Jan 05, 2011 11:31PM
This just in—non-hydropower renewable energy sources are now neck and neck with nuclear power and growing, while the output of the country’s aging nuclear power plants is dropping off.
Jan 05, 2011 1:55AM
Did you know that German fighter airplanes used synthetic fuel made from biomass? This is what Australian line Qantas and US-based fuel producer Solena are negotiating about these days, in an attempt ...
Dec 24, 2010 10:40PM
Verdo Renewables offers Briquettes, Heating Pellets and Horse Bedding, all of which are made by taking clean virgin wood from sawmills and other renewable sources. This is then de-barked, chipped, d...
Dec 23, 2010 5:33AM
Rajendra Chitragi is a fruit merchant in the coastal town of Kumta, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. With no connection to the grid, he used to rely on kerosene lanterns to keep his shop ope...
Dec 20, 2010 9:53PM
Atlantic Power, a Boston-based independent power plant operator, has closed the $77 million acquisition of a 40 megawatts biomass facility in Michigan. Atlantic acquired the wood-chip fired plant, lo...
Dec 20, 2010 5:10AM
A proposal to build a 100-megawatt wood-burning biomass plant in Gainesville, Fla., looks like it might finally become a reality after Gov. Charlie Christ and a panel of his cabinet backed the deal...
Dec 19, 2010 4:49PM
Natural Power has announced its move in to the biomass sector, further adding to their global products and services provided in the wind, wave and tidal markets. A dedicated team of experienced profes...
Dec 19, 2010 4:02PM
In addition to its biomass boiler which burns wood pellets, other eco-friendly features at Girvan Community Hospital, one of Scotland's most eco-friendly public buildings, include a wind turbine,...
Dec 17, 2010 6:15PM
The development of biomass heating in the UK has "inbuilt limitations" but is part of the answer to reducing the county's dependence on fossil fuels, according to one expert. Biomas...
Dec 17, 2010 5:56PM
Rice Solar Energy Project Uses Molten Salts To Store Californian Sunlight For Use At NightA new and revolutionary solar power project has been recently approved by the state of California. SolarReserv...
Dec 14, 2010 3:25PM
A biomass plant operator, backed by energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital, has paid an undisclosed amount for a 47-megawatt biomass facility in Southern California. Denham Capital-backed G...
Dec 11, 2010 4:59PM
Verso Paper Corp. has announced the launch of a $40 million Renewable Energy Project at its Bucksport, Maine mill. This project will provide a 43% increase in thermal energy production from renewabl...
Nov 22, 2010 9:15PM
meijnen bioplastic bacteria 300x248 Researcher Finds Method Of Producing Bioplastics From Waste By Training Special BacteriaA doctoral thesis on the topic of converting agricultural wastes into high-q...
Nov 21, 2010 3:04PM
Collins Pine Company has agreed to provide fuel for the plant from a combination of logging and sawmill residuals, courtesy of its Fremont Sawmill, which stands directly adjacent to the biomass plant....
Nov 20, 2010 9:56PM
You can find web pages that reveal 60, 30, 75 — pick an impressive number — of uses for baking soda, that versatile chemical compound more formally known as sodium bicarbonate. But none of...
Nov 17, 2010 8:28PM
Last summer, we reported about the Army Corps of Engineers plans to cut down trees along levees, even though their roots provide soil stabilization. Once again, this policy has drawn fire as failing ...
Nov 15, 2010 8:22PM
Building on the experience gained in commissioning a similar plant in Corduente (Guadalajara, Spain), Iberdrola Renovables has begun construction of its first forestry biomass power plant in the Unite...
Oct 21, 2010 3:23PM
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) has announced the second webinar in its series of free educational webinars on topics important to the biomass thermal industry.
Oct 19, 2010 8:39PM
Energy regulators in Nova Scotia (Canada) approved a $208.6 million biomass project, but attached several conditions they said will protect energy customers .
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