Wood pellets rival coal for carbon pollution
Using wood pellets made from hardwood trees cut down in eastern North Carolina and Virginia forests will produce two-and-a-half times more carbon pollution than continuing to burn coal for 40 years and more than three…
A Short History of Waste to Energy
This reports takes us on a journey back through time to discover how our need for energy and the importance of managing our waste have become intrinsically linked. The report focuses on: The concise history…
New fuel cell uses solar and biomass
Despite the benefits of low-temperature fuel cell technologies, they cannot directly use biomass as a fuel because of the lack of an effective catalyst system. However, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a low-temperature…
Waste to energy market to reach US$29 billion by 2016
Currently, the installation of new waste to energy plants is increasing in regions with the highest population density and limited area, such as Western Europe, the Middle East and South Asia. At the same time,…
Renewable Power Generation – 2012 figures
Special report. Part six: US dominated the electricity from biomass world market in 2012 About the article: This special Renewable Energy Focus power generation focus previews REMIPEG’s latest update, carried out in the first four…
€6 million funding for French biomass project – Renewable Energy Focus
DEINOVE, a developer of chemical compounds from biomass using Deinococci bacteria, has announced that its plant chemistry development programme will receive nearly €6 million from the French government. The DEINOCHEM programme aims to produce a…
