Renewable Biofuels Can Create Green Jobs
WASHINGTON, DC - Funding existing research and development programs and extending tax credits for clean energy production can speed completion of renewable energy projects that create...

Judicial Challenge to Off-shore Wind Farm
WALES - A North Wales MP is backing a call for a judicial review of plans for a wind farm off the Welsh coast.

NASA Tracks Crops for Biofuels
US - Researchers at the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) are tracking how much cropland is being used for the production of biofuels.

Birds to Play Key Role in Giant Wind Farm Plan
NEW ZEALAND - The flight paths of migrating birds could play a key role in the siting of giant turbines on a Northland wind farm.

Renewable Energy to Power City
CHINA - For quite some time Hainan has to import large amounts of coal, fuel and gas from outside to meet with growing scales of new projects, which puts pressure on energy supply....

France's Largest Solar Power Plant Opened
FRANCE - EDF Energies Nouvelles has announced the commissioning and official opening of the La Narbonnaise photovoltaic solar power plant in the Aude region of France. With capacity...

Anaerobic Digestion Boost to On-farm Energy Production
UK - The Environment Agency's decision to revise its regulatory position on the waste status of anaerobic digestate produced from farm-based inputs is a victory for common sense and...

Solving Wind Farm Problems
US - While harnessing more energy from the wind could help satisfy growing demands for electricity and reduce emissions of global-warming gases, turbulence from proposed wind farms...

Agreement on the Renewable Energy Directive
EU - The European Biodiesel Board has welcomed the political agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission on the Renewable Energy Directive.

NSW Government Alarms Aussie Pig Farmers
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL), the national body representing Australian pig farmers, is extremely concerned by the NSW Government’s proposal to triple its ethanol fuel...

GEEREF to Invest €22 million in Africa and Asia
GLOBAL - The Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF) set up by the European Commission to provide clean energy to developing countries and economies in transition...

Commission Welcomes Poznan Conference Outcome
GLOBAL - The European Commission has welcomed the results of the UN climate change conference which ended on Monday in Poznan, Poland.

Biofuel Feedstocks Report Released
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...