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WBA news

2009 July 28
European Commission publishes template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans
The template regulates in detail how the member states have to set up their Renewable Energy Actions Plans until June 2010.
2009 July 28
National laboratory sketches America’s 10 biggest energy challenges
The latest edition of the magazine put out by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee outlines what the editors see as the ten biggest energy challenges facing the United States.
2009 July 27
Pentagon looks to algae for cheap military-grade biofuels
The US military is funding a number of research projects in hopes of developing algae-derived biofuels to help lower the costs of operating its massive fleet of planes and other vehicles.
2009 July 22
US pellet producers ramp up to meet European demand
With more European utilities choosing wood pellets to fuel power plants, the southeastern United States is increasingly becoming a major pellet exporter.
2009 July 13
New Zealand Greens want biofuel sustainability criteria
New Zealand’s Green Party wants to reintroduce biofuel sustainability criteria in order to keep promotional grants away from companies that cut down rain forests in order to produce biofuels.
2009 July 13
World Bank supports coal plant modernization in India
India has been approved for a $180 million loan from the World Bank to help it modernize the country’s coal-fired power plants.