What woodfuels can do to mitigate climate change
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EU Biofuels Goals May Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lobby Groups Say
Biofuels targets in the European Union could raise emissions of greenhouse gases because forests and wetlands will be destroyed to grow the crops necessary, nine environmental groups said in a
US$8M for land titling, solar power in Amerindian communities – Jagdeo
The government's US$8 million pledge to Amerindian communities, from the first tranche from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) set up with Norway, will be used to accelerate land demarcation and finance a solar power drive, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced.
Woody biomass prices in the US increase
Prices for woody biomass, whether it was sawmill by-products, forest residues or urban wood waste, were higher in the 3Q/10 than the previous quarter in most regions throughout the US reports Wood Resources International LLC.
Officials show locals Burlington biomass site
BURLINGTON - While 25 people from Pownal signed up to take a bus trip to the McNeil Station, a 55-megawatt biomass power plant located at the north end of Burlington, only about a dozen attended.
Rated output reached at Novoyeniseysky LKhK
Project manager of Novoeniseysky LKhK pellet mill construction (Krasnoyarsk Kray) Alari Roosi has visited the enterprise again after a month and a half since the launch of production.
Wood biomass will heat 5 public buildings in PEI
Prince Edward Island has approved two proposals that will see five public buildings in the province heated by wood biomass.
Atlantic Bioheat will supply biomass-based heat to M. E. Callaghan and Hernewood junior high schools.
Nova Scotia approves NewPage plan to burn trees for power
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has just announced that its approval of the NewPage Port Hawkesbury and Nova Scotia Power's proposal to burn trees to create power.
ArcelorMittal invests to expand production of charcoal
ArcelorMittal Bio-energy is responsible for the production and marketing of the renewable commodities such as charcoal, wood, seeds and seedlings from the formation of Eucalyptus forests.
Stora Enso and Neste Oil launch a new renewable diesel plant
Stora Enso and Neste Oil launch environmental impact assessment for a new renewable diesel plant. Stora Enso's and Neste Oil's joint venture, NSE Biofuels Oy, is to commence environmental impact assessments for a commercial-scale biorefinery at Porvoo and at Imatra in Finland.