Biomass Week - October 26, 2012

October 26, 2012

Drax to sell 180 million euro shares to fund biomass conversion Drax, the U.K.'s largest power station, is planning to raise 180 million euros through a new share placing to support its transformation into a predominantly biomass-fueled power generator, the company announced. READ MORE SHARE
Russell Biomass terminates project Russell Biomass, a biomass power project under development in Russell, Mass., has been cancelled. READ MORE SHARE
	Pellet producers group first to start standards program A new era in the wood pellets industry is about to begin thanks to three pellet fuel producers in the U.S. that will begin a standards program designed to verify quality. READ MORE SHARE
Profiling Team Romney: US Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's short list of possible energy secretaries includes Tea Party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, former House energy committee chairman. READ MORE SHARE
World Bioenergy Association issues small-scale biomass heat facts As part of a campaign to highlight key developments across the entire bioenergy industry, the World Bioenergy Association has released a fact sheet focused on small-scale biomass heating. READ MORE SHARE
Poet divulges key technology for Project Liberty Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels has contracted for a key technology/process component in breaking down cellulose to produced advanced biofuel. READ MORE SHARE
ABO supports algae biofuels sustainability report The Algae Biomass Organization has responded to a report on algae-based biofuel sustainability, applauding the report's conclusion that current concerns are not a barrier to industry growth. READ MORE SHARE
Algae biofuel report covers sustainability, improvement potential A new report from the National Research Council has found that sustainable, algae-based biofuel production needs to improve. READ MORE SHARE
Profiling Team Romney: Continental Resources' Harold Hamm Harold Hamm, a.k.a. "America's Oil Man," is chairman of Romney's energy policy advisory team and likely his first runner-up choice for energy secretary after American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard. READ MORE SHARE
Calif.'s largest biogas-powered fuel cell comes on line Believed by its developers to be the largest of its kind in California and the world, a 2.8 MW, biogas-powered fuel cell recently came on line at a California wastewater treatment plant. READ MORE SHARE
REAP grants include money for biomass projects A total of $16 million in investment for 244 projects received funding from the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program, including several blender pumps and a few biomass-related projects. READ MORE SHARE