Enhanced Renewable Energy Target Scheme
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government’s Renewable Energy Target scheme will be enhanced to provide greater certainty for households, employees and businesses within the renewable energy industry,...

Greenhouse Gas Research Centre Opened
NEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers has welcomed the opening of the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre in Palmerston North.

Fuels From Crops 'Worse for Environment'
GLOBAL - Producing fuels from crops causes more damage to the environment than using fossil fuels, it has been claimed.

Australian Agriculture Must Adapt to Climate Change
AUSTRALIA - Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Preparing Australian Agriculture,...

Biomass Plant gets Green Light from Planners
UK - AN application to build an £8 million biomass heat and power plant at Boyndie has been approved by councillors.

NT to Cut Fossil Fuel by Fifty Per Cent by 2020
UK - The UK conservation organisation National Trust is to reduce use of fossil fuels by 50 per cent within the next 10 years.

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.

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.

Process of Biodiesel Production Revolutionised
US - Sachtleben, a unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc. and the leading producer of specialty titanium dioxide and functional additives has developed catalytically active particles that stand to revolutionise...

Wind Key to Turkey’s Rising Power Demand
TURKEY - Turkey must exploit its huge wind energy resources if it wants to meet its increasing power demand while becoming less dependent on energy imports, delegates heard today at a workshop...

Work to Start on Largest Off-shore Wind Farm
CHINA - Work is expected to start soon on the world's largest off-shore wind farm near Dongtai in Jiangsu province.

US Soy Delivers Environmental Benefits
US – The United Soybean Board (USB) and soybean checkoff have released the results of a new checkoff-funded, independent life cycle profile study that shows the multiple energy and environmental...

Bio-Future for Canada’s Forest Products Industry
CANADA - A study by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) shows how the forest products industry can build on its world-class forest management practices to emerge from the current...

Hong Kong Biofuel Centre Launched
HONG KONG - Edinburgh Napier University and City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have formed a partnership to establish Hong Kong’s first Biofuel Research Centre.

Invenergy To Build $179 Million Wind Power Project
CANADA - Manulife Financial has announced the completion of a $179 million financing with Invenergy Wind North America for the construction and long term operation of a 78 megawatt wind farm...

Solutions to Climate Change
UK - A unique £1.1 million research project is investigating how coppiced trees and grass crops can be used both to generate renewable energy and to trap carbon in the soil over the long ter...

Wind Project Approved In Jamaica
JAMAICA - Jamaica Public Service Co. Ltd. (JPS) is hoping to build wind generation facilities in the Munro/Hermitage community of St. Elizabeth.

Is India's 'Miracle' Biofuel Crop Too Good to Be True?
INDIA - To its fans, jatropha is a miracle crop, an eco-friendly answer to India's growing energy needs, but some experts are starting to question whether the wonder-shrub is too good to be ...

Meridian Wind Farm Get Green Light
NEW ZEALAND - Meridian Energy can proceed with a central North Island wind farm, following an Environment Court ruling.

European Offshore Wind Power Up 54 per cent
EU - In 2009, a total of eight new wind farms consisting of 199 offshore wind turbines, with a combined power generating capacity of 577 MW, were connected to the grid in Europe.

Bigger Corn Plants Bully Smaller Neighbours
US - It might not look like there's much going on in those roadside corn fields, but a Purdue University researcher has shown that corn plants are in a fierce battle with each other for reso...

Free Farming Futures Guide to Wind Energy
UK - "Every farm in the UK will have a wind turbine in five years' time" - that's the claim made by wind expert Mark Newton as Farming Futures launches a free guide to wind energy for farmers...

Market for Biomass Power Plants in Europe
EU - Generating heat from the incineration of biomass is spreading quickly in Europe.

Study Shows 20 Per Cent Wind Possible by 2024
US - Analysis by the US Department of Energy shows that transmission upgrades, offshore wind projects and operational changes are needed if a greater proportion of electricity production is to...