RUSSELL, Mass. -- The push for more power from renewable fuels has renewed interest in one of the oldest energy sources: wood. While airwaves have been permeated by advertisements for solar and wind ...

BOSTON (State House News Service) – Facilities that burn wood to create energy should not be eligible for credits under a state program that rewards generators of “clean heat,” advocates said ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Massachusetts Land Court ruled last week that a building permit issued in 2011 to Palmer Renewable Energy has long expired, dealing a blow to plans for a $150 million, 35-megawatt ...

In short, clean energy does not come out of a smokestack. Wood-burning energy production is extremely inefficient; a typical power plant burns at about 23 percent efficiency, so 77 percent of the ...

A rising push to pull energy from the world’s forests is heating the planet — despite industry claims otherwise, a new report argues. The report from Princeton researcher Timothy Searchinger and Yale ...

For years, a battle has raged between EU nations that claim their forest biomass certification policies safeguard against ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. That was an age during which the clear-cutting of forests for ...

At the state Mass Senior Action Council meeting in Worcester, one of our board members gave a report on Palmer Renewable Energy wanting to build an energy-producing plant in Springfield. This plant ...

Labour is set to put health warning labels on new wood-burning stoves under the party’s plans to address pollution.