Xcel Energy announced plans Tuesday to spend between $55 million and $70 million to convert a coal-burning power generator into one fueled by gasified biomass -- primarily waste wood. Before the ...

Sometimes specific crops and trees are grown just for biomass power. These are often referred to as energy farms. For many years, farmers have been growing switchgrass as a side crop for livestock ...

The forest biomass industry — cutting forests to make wood pellets to be burned in power plants — will continue booming through 2030, says a new report. By then, pellets made in the U.S., Canada, EU ...

Plans to revive an old coal-fired power station using bioenergy are being considered in the Hunter region of New South Wales. Similar plans for the station have previously not gone ahead. As we ...

Food waste is a growing problem in Canada and many other parts of the world — and it is only expected to get worse in the coming years. The world population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050, ...

The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) is a private certification scheme developed by the bioenergy industry to assure the sustainability of biomass for fuel. A new report alleges that SBP is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California wants biomass markets to fund costly forest thinning, and startups — many based in the state — believe ...