News Archive
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Invest in a biomass plant, get a green card? [From the web]
POWNAL, VT, Sept. 3, 2010 (Local news source) - Backers of a $500 million proposal to build biomass power plants in Pownal and Fair Haven are hoping to lure foreign investors with the promise of a US residency permit. The Bennington Banner says Beaver Wood Energy has applied for the EB-5 visa program of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. ... read more
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German biomass energy and pellet plants operate in concert [From the web]
WITTGENSTEIN, GERMANY, Sept. 3, 2010 (Local news source) - RWE Innogy and German Pellets have inaugurated RWE's biomass-fuelled cogeneration station and the neighboring pellet plant at the Wittgenstein industrial estate in Germany. The biomass-fired cogeneration station has fed electricity into the grid since early 2010, and, since the start of pellet production, both plants have been operating in combination. ... read more
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Irish firm receives permission to build wood energy plant in England [From the web]
ENFIELD, ENGLAND, Sept. 2, 2010 (Local news source) - Irish renewable energy firm Kedco has received planning permission to develop a 12 MW waste wood biomass-gasification facility at a site in Enfield, North London. Permission for the plan, which the company expects to cost £45 million to develop, was granted earlier this week (August 31) by Enfield council. ... read more
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Oregon wood energy proposal receives local endorsement
KLAMATH FALLS, OR, Sept. 2, 2010 (Press Release) - Projected positive economic impacts and the ability to provide new sustainable energy drove a recent decision by the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce to endorse the construction of a biomass facility near Klamath Falls, OR. ... read more
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RISI's Wood Biomass Market Report cited in Pallet Enterprise article on BCAP [From the web]
ASHLAND, VA, Sept. 1, 2010 (Pallet Enterprise) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has still not issued the final rules for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), yet preparations for the reinstatement of the subsidy are already well on their way. ... read more
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Proposed policy limiting FL wood biomass harvests rebuffed [From the web]
JASPER, FL, Sept. 1, 2010 (Local news source) - A recently proposed policy on biomass by the Regional Comprehensive Planning Committee of the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council has been dismissed after local counties and timber growers objected through letters and resolutions, and after comments from the public during a committee meeting last week. ... read more
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Honeywell technology to support Rentech's CA biomass energy/biofuels complex
DES PLAINES, IL, Sept. 1, 2010 (PRNewswire) - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology was selected for use in Rentech, Inc.'s Rialto Renewable Energy Center for the conversion of biomass to transportation fuels. The renewable energy center, to be built in Rialto, CA, will convert biomass, such as yard and tree trimmings, into renewable, ultra-clean diesel fuel and renewable electricity. ... read more
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Canada's Democratic Party suggests 1% stumpage rate increase on Crown land [From the web]
TORONTO, ON, Sept. 1, 2010 (CBC) - The NDP is promising to hike stumpage fees to log on Crown land and to offer woodlot owners a multi-year silviculture funding package. New Democratic Party Leader Roger Duguay announced the party's forestry platform on Tuesday, which included a pitch to review the province's forestry and land-use policies. ... read more
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Mascoma purchases SunOpta BioProcess
TORONTO, ON, Sept. 1, 2010 (Globe Newswire) - SunOpta Inc., a leading global company focused on natural, organic and specialty foods and natural health products, today announced the sale of SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SBI) to Mascoma Corporation (Mascoma). The combination brings together SBI's fiber preparation and pretreatment technology with Mascoma's consolidated bioprocessing technology, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products. ... read more
