The draft UK Energy Bill that was eagerly anticipated by the renewable energy industry, and delivered by energy secretary Ed Davey in May, has not won many producers and suppliers over with its vision...

According to the Commerce Department, the US’ petroleum-related trade deficit for 2011 amounted to $265 billion (€212 billion), and it is costing another $84 billion for the US military to keep...

In 2009, the US EPA announced that for the first time in 20 years it would be updating its New Source Performance Standard for Residential Wood Heaters (NSPS). The NSPS has traditionally governed emissions...

During April US congressmen Bill Pascrell Junior and Brian Bilbray introduced a bipartisan bill called the Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit, designed to encourage job creation in the...

Nanocrystalline cellulose — the fundamental crystal structure contained within cellulose — has a number of characteristics which make it suitable for a vast range of uses within industrial...

Sweden has steadily increased its pellet production over the past few years. The first pellet factory was built in the town of Mora in 1982, when demand was quite low.   The breakthrough in the market...

Denmark is a country making great strides towards the provision and use of bioenergy and biofuels in northern Europe.   It is home to enzymes developers like Novozymes and Danisco, the former having...

When Inbicon built a new biomass refinery in the Danish port of Kalundborg, the company set an ambitious goal: to turn 30,000 tonnes of harvest leftovers — baled wheat straw — into 1.5 million...

The transition to burning biomass for renewable energy is becoming increasingly prevalent among utility companies.   This is due to the rising cost of fossil fuels, more strict environmental regulations...

Anglian Water Services (AWS) serves around 5.8 million wastewater customers and operates 1,114 waste water treatment works in the UK.   Earlier this year the company decided it wanted to quantify...

Organic waste comes from a number of sources in the UK. The major ones are sewage sludge (1.4 million dry tonnes), food waste (10-20 million tonnes) and agricultural slurries (about 90 million tonnes)....

The meat processing industry is entering uncharted waters as governments worldwide introduce carbon pricing regimes and expand community awareness about which industries are posing environmental challenges...

The international financial crisis has put in check several renewable energy technologies which, regardless of their potential, still require government subsidies to stay afloat.   In Spain the recent...

At Heineken Spain’s brewery in Seville, opened in 2007, wastewater generated is treated in the two Waterleaudesigned UASB (Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket) reactors. Although the plant manager, José...

An increasing demand for wood pellets from European utilities has seen wood pellet exports from North America reach a record high.   In 2011, over 2 million tonnes were shipped to Europe; a 300% rise...