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Let’s go back to the “good old days” when living was simpler. The Carbon Trust is publishing, “Practical Guide,” which will outline methods for companies and organizations to replace electric, oil, and gas heating with new biomass technologies. This switch will have the effect of saving money on utility bills while at the same time reducing carbon emissions.

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A recent study has determined that 100 sites now used for industrial purposes could exchange their fossil fuels for biomass to provide power. The research study was commissioned by Envirolink Northwest and found that Northwest England was quite possibly the “best biomass fuel supply chain in Great Britain,” largely due to the amount of woodchips that are accessible.

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Ceres, Inc. has begun selling “high-biomass sorghum seed” and switchgrass under the name Blade Energy Crops. This is the beginning of the low-carbon and non-food crop seeds that have been manufactured and designed specifically to grow the raw materials necessary to provide and produce biopower with biofuels.

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Guidelines are going to be necessary to ensure biomass is a long-term sustainable source of renewable energy. The soil is an important factor in determining the success of biomass harvesting in the long term. As forestry professionals are learning, there are many considerations to be taken into account to assure sustainable use and re-use of the land.

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A new industry is on the horizon, thanks to biomass and understanding the uses for it as a renewable energy resource. Pine Star Logging in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, is discovering a completely new business by converting wood waste to wood pellets for use as bioenergy.

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What once looked like “the” solution to a renewable fuel source “and” farmers’ economic struggles is now turning into just one more hardship to bear. As of January 2008, more than 139 ethanol plants were operating in the U.S. and more than 60 new sites were being planned for construction of ethanol refineries. The current rocky financial situation has caused at least 27 ethanol plants to either close or halt current construction efforts.

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Vital Renewable Energy Company (VREC) has received an infusion of capital from Leaf Clean Energy Company (LCEC). LCEC was established in the Cayman Islands in May 2007, and it invests in clean fuels and renewable energy alternatives. It issued $50 million in financing with the preferred stock option for Vital Renewable. VREC, a relatively young Brazilian company, will construct facilities in Brazil to harvest sugarcane for ethanol production.

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A new type of hybrid car was introduced in early November at the Frederikshavn “EnergyWeek.” The prototype vehicle which uses methanol to power the fuel cell, as opposed to hydrogen gas, is set to entertain new possibilities.

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A program designed to strengthen the economy of New Brunswick involving the harvesting of biomass from the Crown forest area to support sustainable and renewable energy policies has been announced. The policy is known as the “Crown Land Forest Biomass Harvesting Policy,” and it is expected to be a very beneficial program.

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A program designed to strengthen the economy of New Brunswick involving the harvesting of biomass from the Crown forest area to support sustainable and renewable energy policies has been announced. The policy is known as the “Crown Land Forest Biomass Harvesting Policy,” and it is expected to be a very beneficial program.

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Ethanol, at first thought to be the saving grace for petroleum-hungry vehicles, has now been proven to still be a part of the problem and not necessarily the solution as was once thought. Research introduced through such scientific journals as Science magazine, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science have all brought forth revelations that ethanol is not the “end all” answer some believed it was. Production of ethanol is still emitting greenhouse gas toxins and contaminating fertilizer. The rate of production may actually have increased the amount of greenhouse gases produced.

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Three 300 megawatt power plants are in the planning stages near the Port of Immingham, north of the coast of Lincolnshire, in Britain. They will process biomass to make energy. Agricultural and forestry waste will be utilized to produce the power. Drax and Siemens of Germany are partnering on this project. Drax, who owns the largest coal-fired power plant in western Europe, will have 60 percent ownership in the project, while Siemens will own 40 percent. Drax will provide operation for the three renewable energy plants and Seimens will provide the technology.

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Bulgaria currently has one power plant that provides a heating source though biomass fuel. Six more biomass plants are scheduled for development in Bulgaria. Mape Development is a joint-venture company between Bulgaria and Portugal. It is part of a consortium of Portuguese entities called the MAPA SGPS Group. During the next four years, the development company will invest 150 million euro toward the goal of constructing six more biomass-fueled plants in Bulgaria. Five biomass-fueled power plants are scheduled to be built in Portugal.

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An oil palm plantation is anticipating its bio-energy business segment will reach an annual level of revenue input totaling approximately RM20 million by the year 2011. This amount of capital is expected to come from selling electricity to the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) as well as carbon credits received from the reduction of emissions. The plantation, Cepatwawasan Group Bhd, is preparing to execute a renewable purchase agreement (REPA) with the electricity company early in 2009.

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Countries such as Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Benin, Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, Togo, and Senegal all have natural resources. The answers to the poverty in these countries could come from a bio-energy solution. Three key crises are being faced: there is not enough food – agricultural production is down all over the globe; there is not enough wood; and there is not enough fuel. What to do? Development alternatives – concentrate on bio-energy development.

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Sweden, easily the greenest economy in Europe, has shown that forest biomass can be an efficient fuel, and now they believe they have found a way to better transport the product to other countries involving a less expensive technique.

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The British Government has received their commissioned report revealing shocking facts about biofuel. Due to the large demand for biofuels the prices for food are bound to rise up to 20% which will force millions into poverty and might even raise gas emissions causing global warming. The report showed that in the next 10 years some of the food prices will even rise by 75%.

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Buenos Aires/ Köln - 25 000 km with Plant Oil raced in a new record time: The german Rally Team Panamericana 2006 won the race through two continents and 14 countries on saturday night, may 20th. Around 11 000 liters of plant oil were nescessary to succeed in the goal of the initiators, to make publicity for the use of alternative fuels.

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