Federal Biomass Board Releases Biofuel FeedstocksReport
US - The interagency Biomass Research and Development Board has released a report on the economic feasibility of developing both farm- and forest-derived biofuel feedstocks to meet...

Biofuel Plantations Bad For Tropical Forestlands
WASHINGTON DC - Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology...

NZ Pork Industry to Turn Waste into Biogas
NEW ZEALAND - A new project launched yesterday (2 December) will look at the potential to turn pig manure on New Zealand farms into energy, significantly reducing harmful greenhouse...

Research Examines Greenhouse Gas Implications of Land Conversion
CANADA - Research launched by the University of Manitoba is examining the greenhouse gas implications of converting forage land to crop production and crop land to forage production,...

Call for Tax Breaks for Micro Energy Generation
IRELAND - Micro Power Generation especially from wind has the potential to reduce Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions and its reliance on imported fossil fuels.

Immediate Reform of UN Body Urged
IRELAND - Mr. Trevor Sargent T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food yesterday (20 November) called for the immediate reform of the UN's agriculture...

Sugarcane Expansion to be Restricted
BRAZIL - New agricultural zoning of Brazil inhibits the cultivation in sensitive ecosystems and areas for food farming. 'Biofuels should not compete with food,' said minister Dilma...

Rollout of Environmental Manual for Biodiesel Facilities
US - EPA Region 7 has developed a user-friendly manual that identifies environmental regulatory rules and requirements for the construction and operation of biodiesel production fa...

Kenya to Explore Alternative Sources of Fuel
KENYA - While the global energy crisis spells doom for Kenya , it has in the same vein heralded new opportunities as plans are now afoot to explore alternative sources of fuel.

Conference on Biofuels to Discuss Ethanol
BRAZIL - To contribute to the international debate concerning the challenges and opportunities created by biofuels. Such is one of the aims of the International Conference on Biofuels:...

Biomass Power Plant to be Built by Russian Company
INDONESIA - The South Sulawesi provincial administration in cooperation with a Russian company JSC PromSviaz Automatika will build a biomass powerplant in South Sulawesi expected to...

New Bioeconomy Project Under Way
IOWA - The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Iowa Learning Farm are coordinating a three-year project that focuses on cellulosic biomass management. Iowa State University...

Rautaruukki Joins Major Wind Power Projects
FINLAND - Rautaruukki has become a shareholder in wind power company Rajakiiri Oy, which plans to build two wind farms in Finland.

Energy Deal for Hawai'i
HONOLULU – Hawai'i Governor Linda Lingle has announced a comprehensive agreement to decisively move the state away from its dependence on fossil fuels for electricity and ground tr...

Large Solar Plants to Be Built in Kawasaki
JAPAN - Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday agreed with the city of Kawasaki to build two large-scale solar power plants.