Ontario’s Landmark Green Energy Plan Delivers
CANADA - The future will be brighter for many businesses in Ontario as more than 500 new green energy projects, most of them solar power installations, have been approved.

Small Farms to Receive Energy Grants
US - Iowa farmers with small to midsize operations are able to apply for grants to demonstrate energy efficiency and conservation measures or how they are using renewable energy from their farm...

Moves to Restrict Clean Energy Grants Attacked
US - In the wake of a new report revealing that a clean-energy grant programme in the stimulus has paid out more than $1 billion to foreign manufacturers, US Senators Charles E. Schumer, Bob...

Tyson Set on Integrating Acquisitions
US - US meat processing giant Tyson Foods is focusing on integrating its recent acquisitions in China and Brazil, further reducing debt, reinvesting in its business and exploring opportunities...

EU to Hit Renewable Targets
EU - The EU will meet its 2020 20 per cent renewable energy target - slightly exceeding it - according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) of all 27 Member States' national...

Measures to Deliver Renewables Targets Agreed
EU - By 2020 the European Union must source 20 per cent of its total energy (including heat, power and transport) from renewable sources. This target was set out in the Renewable Energy Directive...

Gaynor Hartnell Chief Executive of REA
UK - The Renewable Energy Association is the largest trade body for renewable energy in the UK and represents all renewable energy technologies. Gaynor Hartnell, who was formerly Director of...

Renewable Fuel Standard Increases Net Farm Income
US - Analysis by a Texas AgriLife Research economist reveals new renewable fuel standards would lead to more than a $13 billion increase in net farm income, yet cost consumers on average $10...

EuroTier 2010 Expected to Inspire Strong Demand
GERMANY - DLG expects some 1,700 exhibitors from all over the globe – already more than 150 first-time exhibitors – in Hanover from 16 to 19 November 2010 for EuroTier 2010.

Photosynthesis: A New Source of Electrical Energy?
FRANCE - Scientists in France have transformed the chemical energy generated by photosynthesis into electrical energy by developing a novel biofuel cell.

Organic Feedstock for Anaerobic Digester
CANADA - Organic Resource Management Inc. is to supply organic residuals to a farm-based Anaerobic Digester ("AD") at the Delft Blue, "Corner Farm", a division of Grober Group Inc., located near...

Biogas Climate Benefit Greater Than Previously Thought
SWEDEN - Biogas from refuse produces 95 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than petrol, according to a new research report.

Biofuel Impact 'Must be Considered'
US - The effects of biofuel production on ecological systems must be carefully considered, scientists have said.

DLG Opens Office in the Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - The DLG is strengthening its presence in Western Europe with a new office in the Netherlands.

BA Fuels Green Revolution
UK - British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group, is to establish Europe's first sustainable jet-fuel plant and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 201...

Associations Call for Stronger RES
US - CEOs representing America's renewable energy industries have announced a major new study showing that a 25 per cent by 2025 national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would support hundreds...

Biofuel Plant Plan for Laval City
CANADA - The Canadian city of Laval has put forward plans to build a C$121.3 million biofuel plant using organic waste as a feedstock.

WELtec Czech Biogas Plant Operational
CZECH REPUBLIC - Currently, the Czech market for renewable energies is experiencing a veritable boom.

Renewable Energy for Farmers
UK - Thousands of farmers, landowners and others involved in the burgeoning renewable energy industry are heading for the Energy Now Expo 2010 at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern on 17...

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels
US - President Barack Obama has announced a series of steps he is taking as part of its comprehensive strategy to enhance American energy independence while building a foundation for a new clean...

Clean Energy Cash Back Scheme
UK - The NFU has given a mixed response to Monday’s announcement of the Government’s Feed-in Tariffs or ‘Clean Energy Cashback’ scheme which it says doesn’t go far enough to attract farmers and...

Turning Beef Fat into Biofuel
PORTUGAL - To recover the waste of meat that is produced daily in the industry is the aim behind the R&D project "FatValue”, backed by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP),...

Quebec City To Get Biofuel Plant
CANADA - The construction of a new $57 million waste transformation plant in Quebec City will help reduce green-house gas emissions, officials announced earlier this week.

AD Firm to Build Biogas Plant in Cumbria
UK - A farm near Silloth has been earmarked for an environmentally-friendly power generation scheme which will help the UK tackle climate change.

Biogas Know-How from Calveslage
GERMANY - Tierzuchtgut Losten in Bad Kleinen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the most modern pig farms in Germany. In future, this innovative business enterprise will be heating its housing...