Dear Jim: I use my fireplace for extra heat, but it is a hassle. I am considering getting a corn or wood pellet stove instead. Are they energy efficient and low-maintenance, and what are my options? — ...

Q. I am tired of hauling wood indoors for my fireplace. I saw pellet and corn stoves at my home center store and they sell the pellets there. Are they convenient to use and do they produce much heat ...

PLAINVIEW — As the temperatures drop, a Plainview farm hopes the market for its new home-grown renewable energy product line will heat up. The Kruger family farm grows corn, but it is not ethanol that ...

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Next Step Biofuels, Inc. (www.nextstepbiofuels.com), a Nebraska-based company that utilizes proprietary processes to convert non-food biomass into clean, renewable energy ...

The Energy Conservation Fund has allocated 10 million baht to the Energy Ministry and Chiang Mai University (CMU) to study a pilot project to build a machine that produces corn pellets from biomass.

Q: I'm tired of hauling wood indoors for my fireplace. I saw pellet and corn stoves at a home store, and it sells pellets, too. Do the pellets produce much heat? Are they convenient? A: The new wood ...

Dear Jim: I am tired of hauling wood indoors for my fireplace. I saw pellet and corn stoves at my home center store and they sell the pellets there. Are they convenient to use and do they produce much ...