REG Applauds Tax Credit Reinstatement
US - Renewable Energy Group has applauded the US Senate’s passage of a bill containing the reinstatement of the biodiesel blenders’ tax credit, a critical piece of energy independence and green...

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,...

Norway Pushes Forward with Wind Power Plans
NORWAY - Norway has joined nine EU countries in an initiative to mdevelop off shore wind power.

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...

Wind Energy at Heart of EU Smart Growth Strategy
EU - The European Commission’s ‘Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ published today contains grid and market commitments that will boost the growth of wind energy...

Commission Steps up Biomass Use
EU - A major European Commission research initiative to improve and increase the sustainable use of biomass has been launched.

Canada Invests in Oil Seed Research and Innovation
CANADA - The Canadian Government is investing in research and innovation that will give oil seed producers the tools to protect and build their businesses.

Joining Forces for Renewable Energy in Europe
EU - Europe's research driven clusters in sustainable forest management and wood based industries have received new co-operation opportunities within the ROKFOR project which started on 23 F...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Senator Introduces Major Solar Energy Initiative
US - Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate's green jobs subcommittee, has introduced legislation with nine cosponsors to encourage the installation of 10 million solar systems...

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...

NBB Welcomes RFS3 Rule
US - The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has welcomed the issuing of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule to implement the expanded Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) provided for...

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...

Sorghum Feeds Africa and is Important to US
US - Sorghum, a main food crop in many African nations and the second most important animal feed crop in the United States, has the potential for expanded food and fuel uses both here and abroad,...

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...

Wind Farms Offset Federal Financial Incentive
CANADA – A study by GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, estimates that renewing a Canadian federal financial incentive that has now allocated virtually all of its funding for wind energy...

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...

World's Largest Wood Pellet Plant Underway
RUSSIA - Vyborgskaya Cellulose is building the world's largest wood pellet plant at its facility in Russia near the border with Finland. Production capacity will be over 900,000 tons per year....

USDA and Navy Join to Boost Renewable Fuels
US - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Navy (DoN) have joined forces to encourage the development of advanced biofuels and other renewable energy s...

Biofuels to Create Green Future
INDIA - Much of the discussion on combating climate change is focusing on captivating carbon dioxide and methane, the two major culprits causing global warming, a biofuels conference in Delhi...