In its latest short term energy outlook, the EIA projected that total U.S. electricity generation from the electric power sector will come in at 4,244.2 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025.

The Hawaii law that allows electric utility companies to burn all types of biomass, including trees, was passed more than 20 years ago when the push for renewables was primarily focused on wind ...

The deal gives Arbor $41 million to help it build its first commercial-scale power plant in southern Louisiana that will burn waste biomass to generate electricity for a data center. At the same time, ...

Simply put, burning biomass (plant matter) produces heat and can also be used to generate electricity or to produce biofuels. Generally speaking we know this as bioenergy.

Do we have any readers representing BioTown, USA, AKA Reynolds, Indiana? This tiny town (population ~550) is trying to become energy self-sufficient and is using biofuels and biomass-generated ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted this year, “Expansion in electricity generation from biomass and waste has ended in recent years, after growing ...

In 2019, the Department of Energy Resources under Gov. Charlie Baker proposed "updating" Massachusetts' strict biomass rules to make it easier for some older and less efficient plants to get clean ...

A plan to modify what was once the dirtiest power generator in Australia and allow it to burn wood has been approved by the state government.

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has closed a $24-million loan to support the Atikamekw of Opitciwan, a remote First Nation community in Northern Quebec, in its energy transition aimed at ...

We are not going to eliminate our reliance on biomass electricity generation tomorrow, but given the urgency of the climate emergency, we need to start planning for that possibility today. by ...

While the fuel is widely used as power source in Europe, Georgia Power’s long-range energy plans require the utility to purchase more electricity from biomass facilities in the years ahead.