Jan 19 2018
Drax will convert fourth 645 MW unit to pellets
UK private owned utility Drax is to convert a fourth 645MW unit to 100 percent biomass firing at its Selby power plant. After conversion the unit will return to service in late 2018. The decision follows the results of a UK government consultation to control the cost of support for biomass under the Renewable Obligation […]
Jan 8 2018
Enviva acquire 500 000 t/y pellets plant from the Navigator company
The portuguese forest industrial company Navigator will sell it´s american pellets business including the 500 000 t/y pellets production facility Colombo Energy in Greenwood, South Carolina, Buyer is a joint venture between the development unit of the world largest pellets producer Enviva and the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, called Enviva JV Development Company, LLC. In […]
Jan 4 2018
Pellet and biomass producer Rentech bankrupt – several pellet plants sold
Rentech, Inc. (RTKH.OB), an owner and operator of wood fibre processing and wood pellet production businesses, said that the company and its subsidiary, Rentech WP U.S. Inc. have filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The company […]
Jan 4 2018
Pellet Fuels Institute recruits Tim Ports from Biomass Magazine as Executive Director
January 4, 2018 – Pellet Fuels Institute announced today that it has hired Tim Portz to serve as the organization’s executive director. Portz, based in Minneapolis, MN, joins PFI with a wealth of industry knowledge from his previous role as longtime executive editor of Biomass Magazine and Pellet Mill Magazine. “We are thrilled to welcome Tim Portz to […]
Dec 15 2017
Steeper Energy supply Hydrofaction technology for advanced biofuels to Statkraft and Sodra in Tofte
Steeper Energy will be the technology supplier to Statkraft and Sodras demo plant in Norway Steeper Energy, a Danish-Canadian clean-fuel company, is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish joint venture, to construct a EUR 50.6 M (DKK 377M) industrial scale demonstration plant at a former pulp mill located in Tofte, Norway leading to a […]
Dec 15 2017
Statkraft and Södra invests 50 milj Euro in demo plant for advanced biofuel
Statkraft and Södra to build advanced biofuel demonstration plant in Tofte, Norway Silva Green Fuel AS, a company owned by Statkraft (51%) and Södra (49%) will build a demonstration plant with the objective of producing advanced (second generation) biofuel from forest feedstock. The plant will be located in Tofte in the Norwegian municipality of Hurum. […]
Dec 15 2017
The Updated Bioenergy Global Event Calendar – Conferences and Exhibitions
business.conbio.info/2017-12-15 Latest event added: July 16 – 19 Bio World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Philladelfi, PA, USA, Biotechnology Innovation Center Meet and network with 1,000 global business leaders, investors and policy makers. The event covers the latest in Industrial Biotech including Synthetic Biology and Genetic Editing, Advanced Biofuels, Biobased Materials, Renewable Chemicals, Flavors, Fragrances and Food Ingredients, Agricultural […]
Jan 29 2018
Valmet to supply a waste-fired boiler to Shanying Huazhong Paper in China
Valmet and Shanying International Holdings Co., Ltd. have signed a contract regarding a delivery of a mill waste-fired CFB boiler plant to Shanying Huazhong Paper’s paper mill, in the city of Jingzhou in Hubei province, China. The new waste-to-energy boiler plant will supply electricity for the paper mill and enables the mill to utilize all of its […]
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