With growing awareness of the impact of fossil fuels on the natural environment and their common usage in buildings, architects are increasingly required to specify and accommodate alternative energy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the global energy transition and net-zero emissions. A recent report published by the Joint Research Centre of the ...

Plans to revive an old coal-fired power station using bioenergy are being considered in the Hunter region of New South Wales. Similar plans for the station have previously not gone ahead. As we ...

Andrea Macklin never turns off his TV. It’s the only way to drown out the noise from the wood mill bordering his backyard, the jackhammer sound of the plant piercing his walls and windows. The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California wants biomass markets to fund costly forest thinning, and startups — many based in the state — believe ...

The Obama administration put off for another three years a decision on whether to regulate planet-warming gases from biomass power. The surprise delay dealt a blow to green groups' hopes for pollution ...

Vattenfall, the Netherlands’ third-largest energy producer, has announced it is abandoning plans to build the country’s largest wood pellet burning power plant. Forest advocates, who launched a ...

The sustainability certification of forest biomass produced to generate industrial-scale energy has long been controversial and called into question. Wood pellet companies argue their product is ...