As we slowly wean ourselves away from our centuries-long love affair with fossil fuels in an attempt to reduce CO 2 emissions and combat global warming, there has been a rapid expansion across a broad ...

In 2009, the EU committed itself to 20 percent renewable energy by 2020, and put biomass on the renewables list. Several countries, such as the United Kingdom, subsidised the biomass industry, and it ...

Tons of biomass used to be hauled out of New Mexico to paper mills in the Northwest. Today, Local Energy converts woodchips like these (a pile at the former Duke City Lumber in Espanola) to energy for ...

Dartmouth College had a plan to build a wood chip burning plant to heat its campus. This would have added a new biomass market for landowners and foresters within a 50 mile radius of Hanover. But, ...

Sequestering biomass or the carbon captured via CCS in the production of energy is a leading contender for achieving carbon removal and net-zero emissions. The Fast Company Executive Board is a ...

SPRINGFIELD — Six environmental groups say that when it comes to proposed changes to ease subsidies for wood-burning plants -- four public hearings in recent months, hundreds of written comments, and ...

Presently around the West, the Forest Service, timber advocates, and far too many conservation organizations are promoting biofuels and biomass energy as “Green Energy.” The FS and its allies want to ...

When presenting the case for wood energy use under the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan, the Biomass Power Association created a simple diagram to answer a complicated question: When ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. There will be a significant ...

Nearly half of Danes have never heard of Denmark's largest source of renewable energy. The finding, reported in a study from the University of Copenhagen, is the first to explore Danish attitudes to ...

Even though it's considered a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, biomass is still not one of the most common forms of domestic heating systems, which is why I'm often asked – 'what's it like to ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)—It’s been months since the International Paper Mill shut down in Georgetown County, and the site’s future remains unconfirmed. Rumors of a biomass plant coming to the ...