As we slowly wean ourselves away from our centuries-long love affair with fossil fuels in an attempt to reduce CO 2 emissions and combat global warming, there has been a rapid expansion across a broad ...

Tons of biomass used to be hauled out of New Mexico to paper mills in the Northwest. Today, Local Energy converts woodchips like these (a pile at the former Duke City Lumber in Espanola) to energy for ...

Sequestering biomass or the carbon captured via CCS in the production of energy is a leading contender for achieving carbon removal and net-zero emissions. The Fast Company Executive Board is a ...

Utilities customers help pay for biomass because electric utilities buy its products to produce electricity, paying four ...

Two amendments tucked inside the bipartisan energy bill that passed the Senate yesterday are elevating the question of whether biomass is a renewable energy source on par with wind and solar in the ...

Last Friday saw one of the biggest economic development announcements for the Black Belt in recent memory - a $175 million biomass wood pellet plant in Sumter County, and a big promise by the company ...

IZMIR, TURKIYE - OCTOBER 13: A view of fabrication of biomass fuel type pellet, which is used for heating and obtained by drying and grinding industrial and agricultural wastes and compressing them ...

Josh Schlossberg is an investigative journalist, horror author and former environmental organizer who lives in Denver, Colorado. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Biomass Monitor, a ...

Even though it's considered a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, biomass is still not one of the most common forms of domestic heating systems, which is why I'm often asked – 'what's it like to ...

Presently around the West, the Forest Service, timber advocates, and far too many conservation organizations are promoting biofuels and biomass energy as “Green Energy.” The FS and its allies want to ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)—It’s been months since the International Paper Mill shut down in Georgetown County, and the site’s future remains unconfirmed. Rumors of a biomass plant coming to the ...

Biochar is a carbon-rich material that is made from biomass through a thermochemical conversion process known as pyrolysis. Don’t worry if that all sounds like a mouthful—read on for an introduction ...