Seafarers’ Scourge Provides Hope for Biofuel Future
UK - For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities.

Agrovista Announces Farmer Workshops
UK - Agronomy and crop protection specialist Agrovista UK is to hold a series of farmer workshops near Darlington.

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...

NFU CONFERENCE - Opposition Launches New Agenda for Agriculture
UK - A shake up of the food and agriculture industries has been promised following the forthcoming general election in the UK if the opposition Conservative party wins control, writes TheBioenergySite...

NFU CONFERENCE - Fighting the British Corner in Europe
UK - The voice of British farmers has to be heard in the forthcoming negotiations over the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe, writes TheBioenergySite senior editor, Chris Harris.

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.

NFU CONFERENCE - Farming for the Future
UK - Food production should be on the front pages of all political agendas, not a footnote to them - this was a key message from the president of the National Farmers Union, Peter Kendall, writes...

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.

Everyday Grass Could Provide Green Fuel
UK - A five-year research project has come up with a way of generating green energy from a humble everyday grass.

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...

TMO at CleanEquity Monaco 2010
UK - TMO Renewables Ltd, a developer of a new process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol, will be presenting at CleanEquity Monaco 2010, the third annual environmental technology conference,...

London Array Signs Final Installation Contracts
UK - Contracts have been awarded to MPI and A2SEA to supply marine crew and vessels for the installation of foundations and turbines for the first phase (630MW) of the London Array, the world’s...

Gene Discovery to Increase Biomass for Green Fuel
UK - Manchester scientists have identified the genes that make plants grow fatter and plan to use their research to increase plant biomass in trees and other species – thus helping meet the need...

POET to Outline Ethanol Plans at London Conference
UK - POET Senior Vice President of Science and Technology Mark Stowers will outline POET’s process for commercialisation of cellulosic ethanol and a vision for the future of ethanol this week...

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...

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...

Contracts Announced for Scottish Biomass Plant
UK - RWE npower renewables has announced its key contractors for the £200 million, state of the art, biomass combined heat and power plant at Markinch in Fife.

Cash Rewards for Low Carbon Electricity and Heating
UK - Households and communities, who install generating technologies such as small wind turbines and solar panels, will from April be entitled to claim payments for the low carbon electricity...

Sweet Success for Sustainable Biofuel Research
UK - Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels. Their research...

BWEA Launches Pre-election Manifesto
UK - The British wind Energy Association has launched a pre-election manifesto.

Rebirth of British Wind Energy Manufacturing
UK - The British Wind Energy Association Cymru has welcomed the announcement by engineering firm Mabey Bridge to invest £38 million in a Chepstow-based factory to build and paint wind turbine...

Biomass to Liquids
UK - grow and fossil fuel resources become scarcer and more expensive to extract biofuels play an ever greater role in meeting our energy needs.

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...

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.

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...