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SDG&E Adds Biomass Energy From Northern California (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

San Diego Gas & Electric today announced that it has signed a power-purchase agreement with Blue Lake Power, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Renewable Energy Providers, to supply 11 megawatts of biomass energy from Blue Lake's facility in Humboldt County, California.

Wyden Intends To Promote Biomass (KOBI - KOTI Medford-Klamath Falls)

(7/03/08) Southern Oregon residents got the opportunity to voice their opinions on energy use today. Senator Ron Wyden listened to local concerns during a public forum at the Medford City Council chambers.

RWE Innogy begins work on Siegen-Wittgenstein biomass-fueled CHP plant (Energy Business Review)

RWE Innogy has laid the foundation stone for the biomass-fired combined heat and power plant in Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany. The facility is expected to be commissioned in 2009.

French company options Va. Tech biofuel processes (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

French biotechnology company Biomethodes has taken an option to license technologies developed by a Virginia Tech affiliate for converting biomass into ethanol and hydrogen.

French company options Tech biofuel processes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKSBURG -- French biotechnology company Biomethodes has taken an option to license technologies developed by a Virginia Tech affiliate for converting biomass into ethanol and hydrogen. The processes for developing bioethanol and biohydrogen were developed by Percival Zhang,...

Mazda to Provide Green Electricity for Japanese Pro Baseball's 2008 All-Star Games (Japan Corporate News)

Hiroshima, July 3, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that it will provide electricity generated from renewable sources, such as wind power, solar power, and biomass, for two all-star games organized by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association in Japan.

Maine mill shuts off oil burner to save money (Boston Globe)

An East Millinocket paper mill is going oil-free. Katahdin Paper Co. officials said the mill has shut down its oil burner and is now using a biomass boiler to produce all the steam it needs to produce telephone directory paper. The company said the change is a major step toward profitability.

ConocoPhillips signs multi-year biofuel research agreement with C2B2 (Energy Business Review)

ConocoPhillips has signed a $5 million, multi-year sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, to develop new ways to convert biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels.

East Millinocket Mill Shuts Off Oil Burner To Save Money (WCSH 6 Portland)

EAST MILLINOCKET (AP) -- An East Millinocket paper mill is going oil-free. Katahdin Paper Co. officials said the mill has shut down its oil burner and is now using a biomass boiler to produce all the steam it needs to produce telephone directory paper.

Follow-up: News about world fisheries (The Christian Science Monitor)

Congress hits shark ?finning' practice; fleet subsidies cut would be ?historic'; whales don't compete with humans for fish, studies show.