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 […]
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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