Editor’s Note: This article is based on a paper given at POWER-GEN International in Orlando in December 2010. The paper was recognized as one of the best presented at the 2010 conference. This ...

With subsidies running short and emissions regulations still a challenge, the promise of biomass as a sustainable source for utility-scale power generation remains elusive. Yet, there are novel ...

Georgia Power will make a case Thursday to the Public Service Commission to add more biomass, a form of energy generation that burns wood pellets or other organic matter, to the state’s energy ...

Cadillac — Two Northern Michigan biomass plants that Biomass Powerplants turn Wood chips, railroad ties, and other wood residuals into energy, may be closing down. The plants in Cadillac and Lincoln ...

WASHINGTON - Simpson Tacoma Kraft would seem like one of the greener power plants. It boils water by burning sawdust, bark and wood shavings from sawmills and pulp mills, funneling the resulting ...

Green Science Alliance developed plant biomass based biodegradable mulch film for agriculture. This product can be purchased ...

Dumping toxic pollutants into the air is an unacceptable health risk. Whether wood is burned or gassed in biomass plants, it adds CO2 and particulates into the air. Our health should not be risked ...

Massachusetts is once again revisiting wood-burning biomass power regulations, and the public, it seems, is not pleased with the plan. The state’s Department of Energy Resources held a virtual hearing ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The South Korean government will reduce subsidies for biomass energy after rising domestic and international criticism of its link to deforestation. Environmental activists ...

Correction: This story has been corrected and updated. The original story said that Palmer Renewable Energy was now known as Palmer Capital. In fact, they are separate entities, and Palmer Capital is ...

Just off I-291 in East Springfield is a seemingly unremarkable plot of land. Sandwiched between an electrical switchyard, busy roads and a working class neighborhood, the fenced-in property is mostly ...