Biomass may not be electricity fuel king in Georgia, but the state definitely is peachy keen on the resource. Last year, the state generated 5 million MWh (or 5 GWh) of electricity from biomass, ...

Generating electricity from biomass, such as urban waste and sustainably-sourced forest and crop residues, is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, because it is carbon-neutral: it ...

Biomass energy is a form of renewable energy derived from organic materials such as wood, crop waste, and other plant or animal matter. Unlike fossil fuels, biomass captures solar energy stored in ...

Last week, Steve Adler, the mayor of Austin, Texas, announced that city taxpayers would be paying $460 million for a biomass power plant they’d previously paid $128 million to help build on top of a ...

When scientists think of a “biomass” fuel, organic materials like wood pellets, timber scraps or other plant matter that can be burned typically comes to mind. But recent votes by the Georgia Public ...

Chemists at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Utrecht University have developed a new method to produce a promising chemical building block from biomass. This compound can serve as a ...

A new proposal would significantly rewrite E.U. rules on renewable energy, ending subsidies for biomass like wood pellets. By Lois Parshley In recent years, Europe’s power plants have slashed their ...

The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) has identified 51.88 megawatts of potential power generation capacity ...

In 2021, Japan and South Korea imported a combined 6 million metric tons of wood pellets for what proponents claim is carbon-neutral energy. Large subsidies for biomass have led Japan to import ...