Feb 27, 2017
Airex Energy unveils biomass torrefaction plant in Quebec
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Feb 27, 2017
The Scottish Tenant Farmers Association (SFTA) is repeating its warning to the UK government that the "headlong drive to produce renewable energy from by-products of the distilling industry through anaerobic digesters and biomass plants will cause severe damage to the beef industry".
The supply of distillery by-products, draff, pot ale syrup and dark grains, which beef... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2017
China will invest $184 million dollars into a 30 megawatt biomass power plant in Guinea Bissau, according to a media report in Reuters.
"The funds are meant for construction of a biomass plant fed by two generators each with 15 ( sic.) kilowatt (MW) capacity," a statement from the Chinese embassy said, quoted in Reuters.
China will foot 93% of the bill for the project,... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2017
The Renewable Energy Association (REA), the UK’s largest trade association for renewable heat, power and transport, has slammed the Chatham House report on wood-based biomass and labelled it “misleading”.
Yesterday (23 February), a report published by Chatham House, a London-based policy institute, stated that using wood pellets to generate low-carbon... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2017
Using biomass to generate low-carbon electricity is a flawed policy that is speeding up and not slowing down climate warming, according to a new study from Chatham House.
The report is entitled ‘Woody biomass for power and heat impacts on the global climate’.
The study maintains that wood is not carbon neutral and emissions from pellets are higher than... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2017
Canadian pulp manufacturer Mercer International has agreed to buy one of Germany's largest sawmills and a biomass power plant.
Mercer International will acquire the Friesau facility for around CAN$55.1 million (€39.7m) plus defined working capital of approximately $9 million.
Mercer International did not disclose the owner of the facility in its press statement.
According... [Read More]
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Feb 21, 2017
Alberta is in a prime position to convert its coal-burning plants to biomass fuel in order to meet its climate targets at a low cost by using existing coal-firing infrastructure.
This is the argument four University of Victoria researchers are making in a Policy Options article titled: Refuelling Alberta coal plants with biomass. "Biomass, which today... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2017
Sustainable Biomass Partnership has suspended PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) from issuing certificates in Canada and the U.S. for not fulfilling an SBP requirement.
According to an SBP statement, PwC did not effectively correct a major non-conformity and demonstrate conformity to the SBP requirements within the required timeframe. The suspension took effect 23 January.... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2017
A biomass site, based near Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK, is using Heliex GenSet technology to turn the steam produced in its steam-raising biomass boiler into electricity.
The Pedigree Power recycling site, operated by Silvertree and developed by Larch Group, is converting up to 25,000 tonnes of waste wood per annum into a green source of power. The company said... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2017
UK power giant Drax said it was reviewing its dividend policy after reporting another decline in annual profits on the back of weak energy prices, according to Reuters.
As its core power production business struggled with low market prices, the company more than trebled revenue from providing back-up generation. It saw scope to grow this business significantly as rising... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2017
A US, Alabama-based, company has agreed to buy a shuttered biomass plant fuelled by wood chips, from Niagara Worldwide in Maine.
42 Railroad Ave plans to reopen the plant by late June and plans to bring around 300 jobs the area.
In a statement, company CEO Steven Johnson, said he plans to rebuild the turbine, activate new transmission lines and build a rotary kiln to produce... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2017
Canada-based Hefler Forest Products has sold its 3.7MW biomass power plant in Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia, the first sale of its kind in Canada.
The new owners, Hawthorne Capital and Katalyst Wind, are considering having a third party operate the sawmill on site.
Kevin Bromley, a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, told The Chronicle Herald the sale... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2017
US-based Rocky Mountain Power will test a new biomass fuel that may reduce the amount of coal being burned by power plants, according to a media report in Bloomberg.
The Utah-headquartered utility, which is part of Pacificorp, will use a plant in Utah to test a biomass fuel made by Active Energy Group Plc, Paul Murphy, a spokesman for RMP told Bloomberg. Active Energy’s... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2017
Dong Energy has decided that by 2023, coal will no longer be used as fuel at the company’s power stations. The decision is a result of the company’s vision to lead the way in the transformation to a sustainable energy system and to create a leading green energy company.
Since 2006, Dong Energy has reduced its coal consumption by 73%, and the company has now... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2017
The Africa Development Bank (ADB) has given a grant of $1m (€1.14m) to renewable energy firm Earth Energy to develop a 20MW biomass power plant in northern Uganda in order to mitigate climate change due to deforestation, according to news website AllAfrica.com
, climate change is fundamentally a development issue which is threatening to worsen poverty and hurt economic... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2017
ILC Construction AS has placed an order worth NOK 35 million (€3.91m) with Pilum, the energy and environmental technology Group’s subsidiary Hotab Biosystems , for a turnkey subcontracting solution to deliver a heating plant to the Oslofjord Convention Centre in Stokke, Norway to provide district heating for the convention centre.
Oslofjord Convention... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2017
Michael Wild, president of the IBTC (International Biomass Torrefaction Council), gives his views on the year ahead.
Right now, the question on people’s minds is what 2017 might have in store for us. Yet, what we do know is that the turn from 2016 and 2017 seems to be a kind of watershed for the torrefaction industry.
For many years the industry put a lot of... [Read More]
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