Oil palm growers in Indonesia can boost soil health and reduce their fertilizer use by adding waste biomass back to the soil, a new study says. Biomass such as pruned palm fronds and empty fruit ...

As the race to go green picks up pace, biomass is becoming an increasingly popular source of clean energy, but questions remain over just how clean it is From the EU to Indonesia, governments and ...

The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) is a private certification scheme developed by the bioenergy industry to assure the sustainability of biomass for fuel. A new report alleges that SBP is ...

The conversion to biomass energy has played a key role in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. But is this renewable energy source really as green as we first thought? Kate Ravilious investigates ...

URBANA, Ill. ¬- Oil produced from biomass can provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. But technological challenges make it difficult to scale up production and make it economically viable.

There’s fuel in slime. That was part of the message given by Michael Pacheco, director of the National Bioenergy Center, at a recent conference. Algae as a source of biofuels, according to Pacheco, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In a roundabout way, coal is solar-powered. Millions of years ago, swamp plants ...

For decades, oil shale ash has been classified as hazardous waste, but it may in some cases be safer than biomass ash and suitable for widespread use. A doctoral dissertation defended at TalTech ...

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil Ltd (IMO.TO), opens new tab on Tuesday said it is currently managing a minor biomass spill into the St. Clair River from its water treatment plant in Ontario, Canada.

Oil produced from biomass can provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. But technological challenges make it difficult to scale up production. A new study discusses methods to manage ...