The Environmental Protection Agency announced the final rule that sets the biomass-based diesel statutory minimum requirement at 2.43 billion gallons for 2021, the same level as the 2020 requirement. ...

One of the most controversial fixes for global warming is the use of woody biomass, cutting trees, burning trees to achieve “carbon neutral” status in the worldwide battle to conquer climate ...

About 90% of Maine is forested, the highest percentage wooded area of any state. With cold winters and an ample supply of trees, burning wood to heat homes is an age-old practice in Maine. Currently, ...

Albioma has acquired the La Granaudière wood pellet production plant located in the Canadian province of Quebec. This transaction, marking the culmination of a process organised by Raymond Chabot in ...

Statistics from the Wood Recyclers Association (WRA) have shown that the tonnage of waste wood sent to biomass plants in the UK rose by more than 400,000 tonnes (16%) in 2021, now taking 61% of ...

A rally in Springfield in Feb. 2021 urged Gov. Charlie Baker to end support for clean energy regulations that would incentivize large-scale biomass power projects. The Massachusetts Department of ...

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) introduced the “Biomass and Biogas for Electric Vehicles Act.” This legislation would allow biomass facilities generating renewable electricity to finally participate ...

© Hollandse Hoogte / Fotobureau Dijkstra In 2020, the combustion of biomass produced 19 megatonnes of CO2. This is 16 percent up on the previous year. The elevation ...

With regulations ready to take effect that effectively close about 90 percent of the state's land area to new wood-burning power generation facilities, Springfield-area lawmakers on Monday pushed for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the global energy transition and net-zero emissions. A recent report published by the Joint Research Centre of the ...

When I lived in Beirut, seven years ago, I diligently sorted my household waste and carried it into the university where I worked so I could use the recycling bins on campus. One of my students saw me ...

The Dutch Parliament in February voted to disallow the issuing of new subsidies for 50 planned forest biomass-for-heat plants, a small, but potentially key victory for researchers and activists who ...