Biofuel

• USDA releases $25 million NOFA for Repowering Assistance Program
  The USDA has announced a $25 million Notice of Funding Availability for its Repowering Assistance Program, which is purposed to provide a financial incentive to biorefineries to use biomass in place of fossil fuels for heat or power production. […]
• Enviva inks multi-year wood pellet supply agreement with E.ON
  Enviva announced the first shipment of wood pellets from it's Port of Chesapeake facility in December 2011. Now, E.ON has signed a multi-year contract with Enviva to receive 240,000 metric tons of wood pellets annually. […]
• UK rail operator awarded for biomass shipped to energy giant
  In less than one year, GB Railfreight (GBRF) has turned a train and freight shipping process designed to supply biomass to Drax Power Station, the U.K.'s largest power station, into an award winning business. […]
• Attitudes Improving
  I’ve come across more mainstream news articles lately that are not so blindly anti-biomass. Too often, the loud opinions of opposition groups catch the eyes and ears of reporters more than the business-as-usual demeanor of a developer. […]
• B.C. Bioenergy Network funds AD demonstration
  The B.C. Bioenergy Network announced it has awarded a loan and grant totaling $1.5 million to Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre, a Harvest Power Inc. company, to support the development of an "Energy Garden" that will convert organic waste into power. […]
• SMUD assists two Calif. dairy farms with AD projects
  Two dairy farm anaerobic digestion projects under development in Sacramento County, Calif., are making progress and may be operational by the end of the year. […]
• Wood pellet pricing now part of N.H. energy report
  The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) is now the second state-affiliated energy information provider in the Northeastern U.S. to include average residential pricing for wood pellets. […]
• D.C. clean energy investor calls biomass secure solution
  The Washington D.C.-based clean energy investment team at Leaf Clean Energy Company believes the 2012 biomass industry has tremendous promise based on a number of factors, and with two biomass power investments, the company is looking for more. […]
• Auditing agencies now accredited for PFI standards program
  The Pellet Fuels Institute's densified biomass fuel standards program may not be fully unveiled for several months, but PFI has completed accreditation of ten auditing agencies and two laboratories. […]
• Northeast Biomass Heating Expo agenda unveiled
  Now in its fourth year, the Northeast Biomass Heating Expo, slated for March 21-23 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has released its 2012 conference program. […]