China Fires Up First Chicken Manure-Biogas Plant
CHINA - Chicken manure on a large chicken farm north of the China's capital city of Beijing will be used to create biogas to drive GE Energy's ecomagination-certified Jenbacher gas...

Electricity from Animal Waste
US - A company based near the Woodlands has broken into the renewable energy market by converting animal and vegetable waste into electricity.

Biomass Plant Planned for Tallahasse
US - A biomass gas power plant planned for Tallahassee could use by-products from the Buckeye Florida pulp mill in Taylor County as source material.

Bioenergy from Wood Waste is Key
AUSTRALIA - The National Association of Forest Industries' (NAFI) submission to Government on the design of an Expanded National Renewable Energy Target Scheme highlights the massive...

Biogas Nord Builds Fruit Waste Biogas Plant
GERMANY - Biogas Nord AG is to build a biogas plant at the Stute food factory in Paderborn, one of Europe's leading producers of fruit juices, jams, and preserves.

Georgia University Looks to New Biomass Technology
US - University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass,...

Vietnam Keen On Bio-Fuel Development
VIET NAM - Viet Nam is to explore new renewable energy sources in a bid to stave off the threat that traditional fuels could run out.

Green Planet Energy Invest in Punjab
INDIA - Green Planet Energy Private Limited is to invest 9.6 billion rupees (US$228/€145 million) on setting up 14 biomass power projects in the Indian state of Punjab.

$40 Million Grants for Small-Scale Biorefinery Projects
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two small-scale cellulosic biorefinery projects in Park Falls, Wisconsin and Jennings, Louisiana for federal funding of up...

AES AgriVerde Reducing Carbon Emissions
MALAYSIA – Malaysian companies AES AgriVerde and Foong Lee Sawiminyak this week inaugurated the first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project at Perak officiated by YB Dato’ S. Sothinathan,...

CleanTech Biofuels Aquires Biomass North America Licensing
US - CleanTech Biofuels Inc. is to take over Biomass North America Licensing Inc.

Government Extends Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
UK - The regions of England that will be designated Nitrate Vulnerable Zones are to be significantly increased following the announcement of a new Nitrates Action Programme by the British...

Ethanol from Municipal Waste
US – Fulcrum BioEnergy plans to build one of the first commercial-scale production facilities for converting municipal solid waste to ethanol.

Cars to Run on Fuel from Household Waste
INEOS, the world’s third largest chemical company, is aiming to produce commercial quantities of bioethanol fuel from biodegradable municipal waste around two years.

Tyson and Syntroleum Approve Dynamic Fuels Plant
US - Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation have given final approval for plans to build and fund Dynamic Fuels’ first renewable synthetic fuels facility in Geismar, Louisiana.