Biofuel got its start over a century ago, in 1876, when the Otto Cycle became the first combustion engine that used a combination of alcohol and gasoline. While this vehicle didn’t use biofuel, it inspired Ford to power the Model T with ethanol made from corn – thus becoming the… Read More
In a sign of potential wide-scale growth in biomass in the Southeast, a renewable energy investor has announced a major move in Alabama’s developing biomass industry. Pinnacle Renewable Holdings, which operates one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of industrial wood pellets, has purchased a 70% stake in an… Read More
Biomass promises to be one of the most feasible carbon-neutral ways to wean the nation off of fossil fuels. More practical at the moment than solar, and more reliable than wind, biomass has enormous potential – and researchers around the globe are working around the clock to come up with… Read More
The latest figures for biomass production have been released, and they reveal a healthy market as of April 2018. Per the Energy Information Administration, there were 630,000 tons of biomass fuel produced in April. Most of it – 600,000 tons – was sold. The figures were compiled from 87 biomass… Read More
Here at ProcessBarron, biomass is a part of our daily lives – and that means we keep up with all the latest developments in this still-budding industry. We’ve promised to take care of our customers in every way possible, including education, and so we’ve rounded up some of the latest… Read More
A forecast released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that total biomass capacity and generation will increase throughout 2018 and 2019. According to the EIA’s numbers, one major type of biomass – wood biomass – will see production increase. Throughout the rest of 2018 and into 2019, wood… Read More
In what comes as good news for the biomass industry, the amount of biomass fuel produced in the United States is growing – a trend that could increase well into the future thanks to global demand. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, biomass fuel producers in the U.S. produced… Read More
Biomass has definitive carbon benefits over coal, which isn’t debated. But what many in the industry may not understand is the carbon benefit biomass has over natural gas. Last year, the Biomass Power Association released a study that explored the carbon produced by a forest residue-based biomass plant versus a… Read More
