There is a growing industry that's providing wood pellets for power. Pellet producers say it's renewable energy, but critics argue that this practice is actually clear-cutting trees — removing a ...

UK regulators last week opened an investigation into Drax, questioning whether the British energy firm made misleading statements about where it sourced the wood for its biomass-fueled power stations.

In an energy conversation dominated by buzzwords and breakthroughs, it’s easy to overlook the quiet, proven solutions that are already delivering results. Exhibit A: wood pellets. These compact ...

30 July 2004 – Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. is targeting power companies interested in using carbon pellets in place of coal in their power plants. The company has developed a garbage ...

UNC-Chapel Hill is seeking an air permit that would allow it to experiment with supplanting coal with pellets made of paper and plastic scraps at its Cogeneration power plant on Cameron Avenue.