BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe USDA has published a notice of funding availability for the Rural Energy for America Program for fiscal year 2013. The program provides financial assistance in the form of grants and guaranteed loans for renewable energy projects. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, ThermalThe 2013 Northeast Biomass Heating Expo kicks off this week in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. This year's annual event will feature a keynote address from Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y. on April 4, the first day of the expo. READ MORE

BY Chris Hanson Found In:PelletsOver 24 million acres of biomass, an attractive business climate and suite of incentives is keeping Georgia in the project spotlight. READ MORE

BY Anna SimetFound In:Pellets, Power, ThermalThe U.K. Office of Rail Regulation's consultation period on implementing a freight-specific biomass charge has ended, and the Rail Freight Group is urging the ORR not to proceed with proposals to increase charges paid for rail transport of biomass. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, PowerThe U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the March 2013 issue of its Monthly Energy Review, which includes biomass power data for all 12 months of 2012. Power generation from both woody biomass and waste biomass increased last year. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, ThermalThe U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change has published its heat strategy and provided an update of the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme. The residential RHI scheme is expected to be up and running next spring. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsOn March 27 the European Commission published its first Renewable Energy Progress Report under the Renewable Energy Directive, showing that the EU as a whole is on its trajectory towards the 2020 RED targets. READ MORE

BY DONG Energy Found In:Pellets, Power, ThermalDONG Energy and AffaldVarme Aarhus (AVA) have agreed on a new biomass-based heat agreement for the period until 2030. It will mean that Unit 3 of the Studstrup power station in Aarhus will have to be converted for firing with wood pellets. READ MORE

BY Anna SimetFound In:PelletsKremmling, Colo.-based Confluence Energy has acquired certain assets of Rocky Mountain Pellet in Walden, Colo., a transaction that will nearly double the company's current capacity of 100,000 tons. READ MORE

BY Anna SimetFound In:PelletsNew Hampshire-based New England Wood Pellet has qualified for the Pellet Fuels Institute's pellet fuel standards program, making it the first manufacturer to do so. NEWP operates three manufacturing plants in New Hampshire and New York. READ MORE