Celebrating Renewable Energy
WASHINGTON - USDA, in partnership with 25x25, will present exhibits and announce Grand Challenge essay winners on agriculture and natural resource based renewable energy and energy...

Ireland's Largest Bioenergy Event
IRELAND - Ireland’s largest outdoor bioenergy event will take place as part of ‘Farmfest’ at Teagasc Mellows Centre, Athenry next week.

Belarus: Conditions Favorable for Biofuel Production
BELARUS - Mr. Ivan Danchenko, chairman of Belgospicheprom, told an international conference on biofuels in central and eastern Europe that Belarus has unique and attractive conditions...

Seaweed Cultivated as a Biofuel
COSTA RICA - The environmental and social costs of producing biofuels on land can be avoided by farming seaweed, according to Ricardo Radulovich, director of the Sea Gardens Project...

Definitive Agreement Between TNG and Western Biomass
VANCOUVER - Run of River Power Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Western Biomass Power Corp has signed a shareholder agreement with the Tsilhqot'in National...

Grants for Biomass Producers Opened by Environment Minister
UK - Farmers, foresters and biomass producers can apply for up to £200,000 each under a new round of grants opened today by Environment Minister Phil Woolas.

EU Biofuel Targets Leaves Confectioners Worried
EU - Talks on the European Union's draft Renewable Energy Directive should be deferred until after independent research into the effects of biofuels production, according to arguments...

Biomass to Biofuels Market Potential
US - Like wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy, biomass produces fewer emissions than its fossil fuel counterparts. After fossil fuels, biomass is the most widely used fuel...

Plan for Cellulosic Ethanol Development Unveiled
SOUTH DAKOTA - In a roundtable discussion with ethanol, research and conservation leaders, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., highlighted his biomass crop assistance program, included in the...

Moyno Pumps Prove Effective in Biofuels Industry
GERMANY - Moyno offers high solids handling pumps for critical application in the biofuels industry. These high performance pumps dramatically reduce the costs of transferring biomass...

Low Biomass Variety Produces Top Gross Margins
UK - Last year the low biomass oilseed rape variety Astrid yielded just over 4.9 t/ha on one Sentry Farms and this led to this crop being the highest yielding Astrid of all Sentry farms...

Workshops Demystify the Growing Biofuels Industry
ALBERTA - The Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta (ARECA) is working with several local producer-led organizations to deliver workshops designed to demystify the...

NFU: Message to World Food Security Summit
UK - NFU Vice President Paul Temple will be calling for a 'fundamental change of culture that properly values the productive dimension if agriculture' when he addresses world leaders...

RWE Innogy Invests in Biocoal Pellet Production
THE NETHERLANDS - First transaction in the venture capital business - 25% equity in Dutch start-up company Topell .

Converting Wastes, Biomass and Plastics into Renewable Energy
GERMANY - Global Energy, an initiator of alternative energy projects focusing on the processing of organic solid and many kinds of hydro carbon wastes into usable alternative fuels,...