Biomass power for the poor in India

Husk Power System, a company in India, has developed mini biomass power generators that now provide power to those who never had electricity. The power is generated from agricultural waste

After five months of R&D, they developed a system that could produce 32 kilowatts of power by burning 50 kilograms of rice husk per [...]

Biomass power must meet strict GHG standards in Mass.

Wood may be a renewable energy source but a recent study in Massachusetts concluded that large scale wood-powered electricity plants would create more GHGs by 2050 than coal. New proposed regulations would mean stricter emissions controls for such power plants before they could earn renewable energy credits.

“Wood is problematic because it takes so [...]

Biomass energy impacted by price of gas

New Hampshire biomass plants use 1.8 million green tons of biomass each year, or 155 truckloads each and every day of the year

Even when plants use renewable energy certificates to offset costs, the rising price of gas is making it difficult for loggers to make a profit.