Wood waste joins the mix as U.S. coal-fired utilities look to cut carbon dioxide output to meet EPA goals. The co-firing approach is also popular with German utilities, which have built mammoth wood pellet plants in the U.S.

As Oriented Strand Board capacity is expands with the return of the U.S. housing market - competition rises, along with prices, for wood fiber also used by the growing wood pellet biofuel industry.

Celebrating its fourth year of involvement with the Vancouver GreenTech Exchange, Solegear Bioplastics was recently very honoured to have been chosen as one of only 3 Canadian companies nominated for a 2013 Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) Later Stage Award for Biofuels/BioEnergy.

Wood waste is being converted to transportation fuel on a commercial scale at INEOS Bio at its Indian River BioEnergy Center where cellulosic ethanol is being made from citrus, oak, pine, and pallet wood waste.

INEOS Bio today announced that its Indian River BioEnergy Center (Center) is now producing cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale, using including vegetative and yard waste, and citrus, oak, pine, and pallet wood waste.

Vecoplan won a $25.7 million contract from German Pellets Gmbh, which will begin construction on the world's largest wood pellet plant, in Urania, LA. It is double the size of a Woodville, TX plant going on line now.

Matt Davidson was promoted to project manager at Vecoplan LLC, res;posible for wood waste biofuel processing systems and other engineering.

Advanced biofuel companies now in more than half of U.S. States, and clean fuel standards fueling growth in top states.

Mohawk Industries (NYSE: MHK) entered an agreement to acquire Belgian melamine and chip board maker Spano Invest NV for $168 million in cash. It already owns Belgian panel maker Unilin.

Germany intends to assist Ukraine in establishing its own biofuel production in 2013.