PowerNews Report predicts growing bioenergy production The International En- World renewable and bioenergy power capacity ergy Agency has released projection (GW) its second annual MediumTerm Renewable Energy Market Report, predicting that renewable energy will increase by 40 percent over the next five years and account for nearly 25 percent of the global power mix by 2018. Biomass power will comprise a portion of this increase. According to the report, bioenergy production in the U.S. increased last year, reaching 12.1 gigawatts (GW) of capacity and accounting for 1.5 SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY percent of the power mix. The IEA predicts that bioenergy capacity will Canada, Mexico and Chile to reach 99 terawatt increase 12.4 GW this year, and increase steadily hours (TWh) by 2018. Production is also through 2018, when the U.S. will be home to an expected to increase in the Organization for estimated 14.4 GW of bioenergy capacity. Economic Cooperation and Development Taken together, the IEA said it expects countries of Europe to increase, reaching 192 combined bionenergy production in the U.S., TWh by 2018.
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ReEnergy retrofits, opens Ft. Drum plant ReEnergy Holding’s 60 MW Black River plant in Fort Drum, N.Y., has celebrated its grand opening. ReEnergy acquired the facility in 2011 and retrofitted it to burn biomass as its primary fuel, rather than coal. The plant will sell renewable energy credits to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority under New York’s renewable portfolio standard. The company has also announced five of its plants in Maine and New York, have achieved certification under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. In addition to the Black River facility and the 22 MW ReEnergy Lyonsdale plant in Lyons Falls, N.Y., they are: the 37 MW Renewable Fort Fairfield plant, the 39 MW ReEnergy Livermore Falls plant, and the 48 MW ReEnergy Stratton plant, all in Maine. ReEnergy is the first company solely devoted to electricity production to be certified under the SFI Standard.