40% more ethanol from cellulose-based raw materialsYeast makes it possible to extract up to 40 percent more ethanol than before from cellulose-based raw materials from agriculture and forestry. After years of tests in laboratories ethanol company Sekab can prove that the new yeast works on a large scale reports the Swedish Science Radio.
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Biomass power plant at juncture
As a new administration prepares to take office in Madison, with a different attitude toward renewable energy than the Doyle administration, We Energies is pressing forward with plans to build a wood-burning power plant in north-central Wisconsin.
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World’s largest wood pellet plant plannedVyborgskaya Cellulose, a Russian pulp and paper maker, said that it expected to start producing pellets that can be used in heat and electricity generation from its plant in Vyborg by the end of the year reports Tree Frog Daily Forestry NewsThe plant, located in northwest Russia, wil
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Creation of the Northern Bioenergy PartnershipThe Northern Bioenergy Partnership has been created by the B.C. Bioenergy Network, Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, and local bioenergy companies.
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Finland to fund sustainable energy from forests in Indonesia
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Explosion at Pacific BioEnergy’s pellet plant in Prince George, B.C.On Friday night an explosion blasted the Pacific BioEnergy wood pellet plant in Prince George, British Columbia.
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Swiss Wood Firm To Invest 900 Million Euros In TunisiaSwitzerland-based Global Wood Holding will invest 900 million euros to grow Eucalyptus trees in Tunisia and export the wood to Europe, creating 45,000 jobs reports World Environmemt News. The project will be sited on 160,000 hectares in the Tunisian desert some 500 km (310 miles) sou
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Frustration with Ontario’s wood supply competitionWhen the province of Ontario announced a plan in November 2009 to free up 11 million cubic metres of unused wood fibre in the province through a wood supply competition, over 100 value-added wood projects submitted an application.
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California Enacts New Cap and Trade ProgramIt has been difficult for the US federal government to pass sweeping legislation that will spur renewable energy development, but California's new cap and trade program shows that states can lead.
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Forestry Groups Take Aim at New EPA RegulationsA recent study commissioned by the National Alliance of Forestry Owners states that a new Environmental Protection Agency rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions will severely limit woody biomass renewable energy projects if implemented as scheduled in January.
In May, the EPA issued a final rule establishing the “Tailoring Rule” to regulate greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere by defining when permits are required for new and existing industrial facilities. The rule is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 2, 2011.
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Polish company to produce biochar in Altai Territory The negotiations between forest holding Altailes and representatives of Ribegla company took place in Altai Territory.
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Brazil's Eldorado starts work on world's biggest pulp mill, also considers integrated tissue plant TRÊS LAGOAS, June 22, 2010 (PPI Latin America) - The city of Três Lagoas in the Brazilian Midwest has definitely made its mark on the pulp and paper industry map with a project that will make it the largest pulp producer in the world.
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New eucalyptus-powered biomass plant planned for BrazilThe values of eucalyptus investments in Brazil are set to rise with the building of a new biomass power station, due for completion at the end of 2012.
The Dow Chemical Company will develop the power generation system at its Aratu Complex production facility, where it will operate alongside the company's other fuel production methods already undertaken there.
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Nashwaak Valley Wood Energy to start second shift at pellet plantNashwaak Valley Wood Energy Inc. will be adding a second shift to its wood pellet plant near Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The company is co-owned by 125 local shareholders – most of whom are local woodlot owners. The plant has been open for a year.
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Will Biogenic Emission Regulation Curb Biomass Growth?
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USA: Biomass Crop Assistance ProgramOn December 15 2010, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released all the documents necessary to kick off the implementation of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program. Biomass conversion facilities can now apply for qualifying status.
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Roadside wood theft is a problem in the Hearst, Ontario areaForest contractors are facing an increasing problem of roadside woodpile theft in the Hearst, Ontario area.
It seems that people are stealing wood from log piles near roadways, likely for firewood.
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Argus Launches North American Wood Chip Price AssessmentsHOUSTON, USA, Jan 5, 2011 - International energy pricing agency Argus today launched North American wood chip assessments.
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Kerosene price increase hurting poor householdsDar es Salaam. The price of kerosene rose by six per cent effective Wednesday this week as the global economic recovery increases demand for petroleum products.
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AF&PA Applauds EPA’s Important First Step to Reaffirm the Carbon Neutrality of BiomassWASHINGTON, USA, Jan 12, 2011 – American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman today issued the following statement regarding EPA’s decision to delay regulation of CO2 emissions from biomass under the Clean Air Act pending further study.
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Climate Change Committee to discuss sustainable forestry and carbon off-settingMinister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with special responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry Sean Connick, TD, will discuss sustainable forestry and forest carbon sequestration with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security t
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Government of Canada Invests in Nova Scotia's Renewable Energy Projects
NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA,Canada, Jan 21, 2011 —The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, today announced three new investments worth $43 million that support renewable and clean energy projects across Nova Scotia. This is part of the Government’s action to improve economic and environmental performance, and support high-quality jobs.
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Pellet production plant has already been opened in Arkhangelsk region
New pellet production mini-plant has already been put into operation in Nyandoma (Arkhangelsk region).
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Notices on their way to Ontario’s wood supply applicants
Ontario has chosen the winners of its wood supply competition and notices have gone out to the applicants.
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State aid: Commission approves Swedish €55 million aid for «Domsjö» R&D project
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Arkhangelsk Region to Become a Front-Runner in the Development of Biofuel Technologies
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Renewable energy could power the world by 2050, says WWF report
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All of the world’s energy needs could be provided cleanly, sustainably and economically by 2050, according to a major, two-year study by the WWF.
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Proving the microwave charcoal technology was the easy part
BIOCHAR
In one sense, proving Carbonscape's novel one-step process can cheaply produce highly porous charcoal was the easy part.
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Brazil Making Use of its Eucalyptus Resources
Brazil has more than 100 years of Eucalyptus biomass fuel experience, but the Dow Chemical Company will be the first Brazilian company in the chemical and petrochemical industry to utilise it.
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SUSTAINABILITY Fuelling the future, and your fire
It may come as something of a surprise to many people that one of Co Mayo’s most realisable long-term energy resource options, especially in terms of benefits to local communities and local economies, is the development of sustainable forestry.
A research project I was involved in a few years ago (the Mayo Energy Audit) found that Co Mayo could meet over one third of its total heating requirements from wood produced in sustainably managed deciduous woodland, in combination with a smaller area of coniferous plantation.
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BIOMESS: Burning Trees for Energy!
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Turning Forests into Fuel: New Report Outlines Promise and Limits of Biomass Energy in the Northeast
MILLBROOK, N.Y., USA, Feb 17, 2011 - Forest biomass could replace as much as one quarter of the liquid fossil fuel now being used for industrial and commercial heating in the Northeastern United States. That's according to a new report released today by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
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Report Outlines Promise and Limits of Biomass Energy in the Northeast
Millbrook, NY—Forest biomass could replace as much as one quarter of the liquid fossil fuel now being used for industrial and commercial heating in the Northeastern United States. That’s according to a new report released today by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
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Colleges Turn to Biomass to Cut Emissions
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ANDRITZ to supply gasification plant to Metsä-Botnia’s Joutseno mill
Graz, Austria, Feb 21, 2011 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has been selected to provide a gasification plant to Metsä-Botnia’s Joutseno mill, Finland. The 48 MW plant will generate green fuel gas from local biomass, thus making the mill independent of fossil fuels.
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The Finnish experience to enhance the development of Karelian biofuel technologies
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Hybrid aspen and poplar can enhance Sweden's supply of renewable energy
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Biomass plays part in sustainable forestry
People called them bulls of the woods -- the logging company bosses who could out-chop, out-saw, out-spit, out-cuss and out-brawl any man in the camp.
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Timber prices up as power plants boost biomass use
Government subsidies to encourage power companies to burn wood are distorting the market for timber and forcing up prices in manufacturing and construction industries, Channel 4 News has learned.
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European Biomass Association Newsletter
The newsletter cover EU Energy policies for renewables and bioenergy, the position on EU Energy, publications and EU projects with green pellets.
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Pine Pulpwood Prices Driven by Bioenergy and OSB
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The Governor of Arkhangelsk Region to encourage the use of timber residues in biofuel
Ilya Mikhalchuk, the Governor of Arkhangelsk Region, held a meeting with Vladimir Shishov, the Vice-Governor for Natural Resources Management, Agricultural Sector and Ecology and Yuri Trubin, the Minister for Natural Resources and Timber Industry Complex of Arkhangelsk Region.
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Palm Oil Plantations Equal Deforestation
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Rise in Palm Oil Output May Help Satisfy Food DemandStrong production of Southeast Asian palm oil is the best hope of boosting cooking oil supplies as soybean oil gets soaked up to make biofuel, its attraction redoubled by unrest in Libya that has driven crude oil to more than $100 per barrel.
Vegetable oil markets had braced for a fall in palm oil prices in the second half of 2010. They expected strong output from top producer Indonesia as it harvested a bigger acreage, and as No. 2 supplier Malaysia improved yields.
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First commerical US biofuels plant planned this year
Recently, the banned alcoholic drink Four Loko was being recycled into car fuel, and today, it’s non-food waste from crops and wood scraps. Cellulosic ethanol is by no means a new idea, but no one has been producing it in bulk amounts.
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BP makes big investment in Brazilian biofuels
BP has made a $680 million (£424 million) investment in Brazil with a purchase of one of the nation's leading biofuels companies.
The British energy giant now owns 83 per cent of the shares of the Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool (CNAA), which is one of the world's leading producers of sugar cane and ethanol biofuel.
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Biomass rising, NDP dropping: Is there a connection?
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Swedish forest industry critical about the green paradigm shift according to new thesis
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Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation banIndonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia
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Kigoma Intensifies War on Illegal Charcoal Exports
OVER 100 charcoal bags worth over a half a million shillings were impounded from illegal traders accused of sponsoring villagers in Kigoma Rural District to cut down trees from Masito-Ugalla forest reserve.
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World’s biggest biomass plant plan approved
TILBURY could soon be home to the world’s largest biomass plant after its power station got permission to start vital works.reports the UK’s Thurrock Gazette.
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New studies sully reputation of biomass as clean and green
WASHINGTON -- Simpson Tacoma Kraft would seem like one of the greener power plants. It boils water by burning sawdust, bark and wood shavings from saw mills and pulp mills, funneling the resulting high-pressure steam into a turbine to generate electricity.
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Petrochemicals from biomass without using excess water from the start-up Anellotech. An early-stage company spun out of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, plans to commercialize a catalytic process for converting cellulosic biomass into five of the chemicals found in gasolin.
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Forest Products Association of Canada launches Bio-pathways Partnership Network
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new Bio-pathways Partnership Network aimed at exploring new business ventures that will help exploit the economic opportunities of the emerging bio-age.
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Nova Scotia decides to lower the cap on electricity from biomass
Nova Scotia has decided to lower the cap on the annual amount of new forest biomass that can be used to generate electricity by 30% – to 350,000 dry tonnes per year.
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Towards European Bioeconomy – White Paper Addresses Grand Challenges
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Comparison of improved and traditional cooking stove user in terms of firewood consumption
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Energy Task Force explores wood pellets as coal alternative
In meetings last year, the Energy Task Force extolled the virtues of biomass as a coal alternative — but not without voicing concerns.
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Forest biomass pilot plant funding in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE) has announced a $923,261 investment to expand Elementa Group’s Pre-Commercial Demonstration Plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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Forest Industry Requests EU Commission to Evaluate the Fairness of the Planned Energy Subsidy for Small-Diameter Trees
Finland, Apr 22, 2011 - The Finnish Forest Industries Federation has asked the EU Commission to evaluate whether Finland’s planned energy subsidy for small-diameter trees is fair for all buyers of wood.
An energy subsidy for small-diameter trees is necessary, but it must be scaled appropriately so that it increases the supply of wood both for energy production and pulp and paper processing.
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OOO “Russian Pellet” will recieve a credit at the amount of 202.8 mln rubles
«Russian Pellet» company was established in order to implement the investment project aimed at creation of the state-of-the-art production with the rated output of up to 32.4 tsnd tons of pellets per year. According to the project one of the major plants in the Volga Region will satisfy the demand of European consumers and provide them with the most up-to-date eco friendly biofuel.
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U.S. announces funding for biomass R&D
To support President Obama’s goal of reducing America’s oil imports by one-third by 2025, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) jointly announced up to US$30 million over three to four years that will support research and development in advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value bio-based products.
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Jet fuel will be made from wood in White River, Ontario
Rentech Inc. has accepted a wood supply offer from Ontario and has big plans for White River, Ontario.
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ANDRITZ To Deliver Biomass Handling System For Iggesund Paperboard, UK
UK, May 9, 2011 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has received a further order from Holmen AB’s subsidiary, Iggesund Paperboard Ltd., to deliver a wood-based biomass receiving and handling system for Iggesund’s paperboard mill Workington in Cumbria, UK. The start-up is scheduled for April 2013.
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Pilot Study For Production Of Green Oil From Forest Residues
Sweden, May 9, 2011 - Billerud is to evaluate the technical and market prerequisites for lignocellulose-based pyrolysis products. The project goal is to manufacture green oil from forest residues such as branches, tops and stumps. The green oil can then be turned into renewable energy in customers’ facilities.
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Utility price hikes push demand for wood in Tanzania
MBEYA, Tanzania (AlertNet) – Soaring gas and electricity prices in Tanzania are forcing more and more people to return to the use of charcoal and wood for heating and cooking, threatening the country’s forests and contributing to climate change.
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Study Finds 11-Year Gap Between Announced Wood Biofuel Production and Commercial Viability
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Wood pellet exports from the US and Canada to Europe reached 1.6 million tons in 2010
Wood pellet exports from the US and Canada to Europe reached 1.6 million tons in 2010, a doubling of shipments in just two years, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review
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The Komi Republic to start the assessment of its bioenergy potential
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UK emissions targets ramped up to 50%
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Energieholzpreise Österreich
Marktanalyse II: Energieholzpreise
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Price analyses of wooden bioenergy in Austria:
Charts and Study are in German language - english legends enclosed by ForesIndustries.EU:
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Biomass Secure Power announces approval of new pellet plant in B.C.
Biomass Secure Power Inc.has announced a Project start date of July 1st 2011 for the construction of their first 500,000 tonne/yr whitewood pellet plant has been accepted by its Board of Directors.
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The Nature Conservancy and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Explore Responsible Sourcing for Bioenergy Feedstocks
WASHINGTON, USA, June 21, 2011 -- The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) launched a pilot project today to help bioenergy companies in the United States support responsible forest management through their procurement of woody biomass.
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Can REDD succeed amid a charcoal addiction?
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (15 June, 2011)_Driving along a narrow country road leading towards the Rubeho mountains in Central Tanzania’s Kilosa district, we come across bicycle after bicycle loaded with sacks of charcoal, heading towards sprawling urban centres.
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Timber prices rocket thanks to powerplants
Timber prices have climbed substantially in certain regions, possibly due to the growing need for wood in power plants.
Estonia in particular has seen timber prices climb by more than a fifth over the past year, according to the local news provider Postimees. This growth is predicted to multiply over the course of the coming years.
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MWV to Improve Power Infrastructure at Covington, Virginia Mill
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Boralex and WWF France Join Forces in the Development of Renewable Energy
MONTREAL, June 28, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Boralex Inc. ("Boralex" or the "Corporation") has become a strategic partner of WWF France through its French subsidiary Boralex SAS.
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How Manomet Got It Backwards: Challenging the ‘Debt-Then-Dividend’ Axiom
Wood-to-energy from sustainably managed forests can provide net-zero carbon emission or even positive carbon sequestration if the woody biomass stock is not depleted or grows over time.
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Charcoal prices up in June alongside strong Brazilian economic data
Charcoal prices are rising in the Brazilian region of Minas Gerais, according to new reports citing investment in infrastructure as the reason behind the increase.
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Huge Potential For Clean Energy Projects Spotlighted At Africa Carbon ForumContinent Beginning to Access Clean Development Mechanism: More Opportunities emerging Say Experts
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Thomson Airways set for first commercial UK biofuels flightThomson Airways will become Britain’s first airline to fly customers on biofuel — one made from cooking oil — when it operates a service to Spain later this month.
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Malaysia is the world’s largest exporter and the second largest producer of crude palm oil.
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Sustainably Tapping the Rainforest for BiofuelCan a sugar palm tree hold the key to combating the most pressing concerns in the rainforests of Southeast Asia?
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EPA Emissions Decision Puts Climate and Human Health at RiskDogwood Alliance, an organization focused on protecting Southern forests, called on utility companies, investors, and federal, state, and local governments to halt the further expansion of large-scale bioenergy projects, including burning whole trees in existing coal-fired power plants whil
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Future of Canada’s forestry sector is renewablePush aside dated notions of Canada’s forest sector as dominated by lumberjacks focused solely on logging trees and processing the wood.
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The Nebraska Forest Service - funds available for woody biomass conversionThe Nebraska Forest Service has funds available to help interested institutions determine whether they are candidates for conversion to woody biomass energy.
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Stora Enso invests in sustainable energy at Zdirec Sawmill in Czech RepublicHelsinki, Finland, 2011-07-21 11:59 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 21 July 2011 at 12.59 EET Stora Enso is continuing to implement its Wood Products Business Area strategy to improve profitability by constructing a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Zdírec
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EPA’s Decision Not to Regulate Biomass Carbon Emissions is a Big MistakeAsheville, NC, USA, Jul 19, 2011 – Today, Dogwood Alliance, an organization focused on protecting Southern forests, called on utility companies, investors, and federal, state, and local governments to halt the further expansion of large-scale
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Wood-to-Energy Roadmap Emphasizes Sustainable Forest ManagementThe smell of smoke still lingers from wildfires that recently ravaged more than 1,000 square miles in Arizona. The conflagrations have underscored the importance of good forest management.
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Clean cook stoves promote sustainability of local resourcesClean cook stoves are helping to decrease the use of fuel wood and promote the sustainability of local resources. These stoves use 50 to 70 percent less fuel, usually in the form of wood or charcoal, the primary sources of energy for many impoverished people in the world.
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FRA Welcomes Sustainable Forestry Initiative Pilot Bioenergy ProjectA new woody biomass procurement project, launched by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), has attracted support from Forestry Research Associates (FRA).
The research and advisory consultancy provides fresh outlooks and consultancy services on all matters surrounding forestry investment, sustainability and forestry management and has spoken out in support of the new pilot scheme. The plan is to support sustainable forestry management by helping US-based bioenergy companies to purchase woody biomass.
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Dovetail Partners Releases New Report on BioenergyA new report from Dovetail Partners evaluates the life cycle impacts of forest management and bioenergy. The report reviews new research findings addressing the potential role of forests in bioenergy development in the context of sustainable forest management.
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Developing a Sustainable Biomass Forest Industry: Case of the U.S. NortheastWho isn't in search of clean, cheap energy? Policy makers, residents and investors around the region are, and they are taking a close look at biomass energy, that is, burning low-grade wood or other plant materials for high-tech electricity generation.
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'We either burn charcoal or die of starvation'
Veronica Erupe has lived in the village of Manyatta Chokaa, along the Isiolo-Samburu district border in northern Kenya, since 2008 when she fled drought and frequent livestock rustling at her Baragoi home, 600km away.
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Sappi says cogeneration a strong feature of cost reduction plan South African paper manufacturer Sappi is “aggressively” pursuing restructuring and cost reduction plans, with cogeneration featuring strongly, CEO Ralph Boëttger said on Thursday.
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Growing popularity of log-burning stoves fuels rise in timber thefts
Foresters and conservation workers say they have seen thefts of timber grow as families faced with soaring oil, gas and electricity prices try to find alternative fuel sources.
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Strategic forescasting of European biomass demandBEDFORD, MA, Aug. 8, 2011 (RISI) - As European countries push forward to meet renewable energy goals of 20% by 2020, demand for imported biomass -- specifically, wood pellets -- will rise.
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Forestry sector lays the roots for a future in bioproductsWhen they look at a forest, most people see a source of paper, cardboard and lumber. But jet fuel?
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Nexterra Biomass System at UNBC confirmed as one of the cleanest in North America
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