China Construction Bank (CCB) has extended a $4bn credit line to China's National BioEnergy, a subsidiary company of the Dragon Power Group, to finance a plan by the biomass-based electricity generator to build 100 power plants over the next five years.

Danish utility DONG Energy has announced plans for a 300 MW biomass power plant in Hull, UK.

Drax, owner of the UK's biggest power plant, has warned that it may drop plans to build three dedicated 300 MW biomass units because of uncertainty over government policy on long-term subsidies

President Obama and several cabinet members, along with a bipartisan group of governors, held a meeting Feb. 3 to discuss ways to incorporate more biofuels and emissions technology into means of lowering the United States' dependence on foreign oil.

A U.S. House of Representatives Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee heard testimony March 16 that the U.S. faces a potentially serious shortage of rare earth metals, without which next-generation wind turbines, hybrid vehicles, cell phones and national defense technologies don’t work.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to change its rules regarding how pressurized water reactor (PWR) operators can determine how likely a reactor vessel is to fail during a pressurized thermal shock (PTS) event.

Ameren Corp. (AEE) will file an application to combine three of the company's Illinois units into a single public utility that would be called Ameren Illinois.

USEC Inc. is operating a cascade of AC100 centrifuge machines in a commercial-plant configuration. The company called its efforts "integral" to meeting Department of Energy requirements for a loan guarantee.

Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana asked state regulators March 16 to allow them to continue early development of a new nuclear generator that could come online in 2024.