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2011 Ethanol Exports Total 1.19 Billion Gallons | Energy content from Corn and Soybean Digest
cornandsoybeandigest.com | Feb 10, 2012
< div class="field-byline" > Source: Renewable Fuels Association < /div > < p > The official numbers are in and confirm what the industry has known all year: 2011 was a huge year for ethanol exports. The annual total for 2011 was 1.19 billion gallons, more than triple the 2010 export total of 396

Cuts to support for solar and wind announced
www.fwi.co.uk | Feb 10, 2012
Government proposes cuts to support for solar and wind

UK-based Sundog first to install Trinamount system in Europe | PV-Tech
www.pv-tech.org | Feb 9, 2012
Having launched its fast-track module mounting system in Europe and the US last year, Trina Solar has said that the first European project to use the innovative system was recently completed in Cumbria, UK.

Nation's Oldest Family Mushroom Farm Goes Solar | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 8, 2012
Nation's Oldest Family Mushroom Farm Goes Solar. SEM has installed a 1.13 MW solar array in Pennsylvania for Marlboro Mushrooms. - PR11793861

Growth of biomass industry dependent on government policy | Bioenergy content from Farm Industry
farmindustrynews.com | Feb 7, 2012
< p > The biomass industry, and consequently the market for handling equipment, is growing, but just how much will depend a lot on government policy. While federal legislators recently retained funding for energy title programs in the 2012 appropriations & ldquo;minibus, & rdquo; there could be

PigProgress - News: Impacts of ethanol policies on Canada’s pig industry
www.pigprogress.net | Feb 7, 2012
A study from the George Morris Centre demonstrates that the growth of ethanol production in Canada has had negative economic consequences for the livestock industry. The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) partnered with the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and the Canadian Meat Council to have this work

Farmers set to benefit from Teesside project - Farming News - Farming - nebusiness.co.uk
www.nebusiness.co.uk | Feb 7, 2012
FARMERS are set to benefit from a new project on Teesside to speed up the development of small scale anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies.

Corn Markets Remain Unsettled
www.thepigsite.com | Feb 7, 2012
US - The 2011-12 corn marketing year is approaching the half-way point. At this time of year, prospects for marketing year consumption and ending stocks are often fairly clear and the market begins to focus more on new crop prospects, writes Darrel Good.

BusinessDay - Biofuels sector ‘frustrated’ by lack of a policy framework
www.businessday.co.za | Feb 6, 2012
Tongaat Hulett CEO Peter Staude says small-scale farmers would have a better chance of succeeding if the government finalised the regulatory framework enabling independent players to get into the generation of energy, including electricity and biofuels

AllAboutFeed - News: Canadian ethanol policy impacting the meat industry
www.allaboutfeed.net | Feb 3, 2012
Canadian ethanol policy has directly impacted Canadian grain markets and users of grain, such as the Canadian livestock and meat industry.