Wednesday, 04 February 2015 10:13
PHG Energy Acquires Gasification Plant and Patents from MaxWest
PHG Energy of Nashville has officially acquired multiple intellectual property assets and a municipal gasification plant in the bankruptcy of Florida-based MaxWest Environmental Systems, Inc. In addition, PHG Energy (PHGE) announced that Jeff Snyder has joined the company to lead…
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Wednesday, 04 February 2015 09:37
Valmet to supply flue-gas cleaning and condensation plant to Tampereen Energiantuotanto's Naistenlahti power plant in Finland
Valmet will supply flue-gas cleaning and condensation plant to Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy's Naistenlahti power plant in Finland. The investment will increase the plant's energy efficiency and district heating production capacity, as well as decrease the plant's emissions. The order is…
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Wednesday, 04 February 2015 09:32
Valmet to supply a flue gas scrubber to Kuopion Energia's Haapaniemi 2 power plant
Kuopion Energia has ordered a flue gas scrubber from Valmet for its Haapaniemi 2 power plant. The flue gas scrubber system with its efficient heat recovery process will significantly increase the plant's energy efficiency and production capacity. This new investment…
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Wednesday, 04 February 2015 09:27
Swell in cleantech investment highlights positive outlook for the future – says Ian Thomas from Turquoise International
With recent data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance reporting that cleantech investment soared by more than 16% in 2014, it seems that the global clean energy market is going from strength to strength. In response to this news, Ian Thomas,…
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Tuesday, 27 January 2015 08:35
UPM BioVerno diesel receives the Finnish Key Flag Symbol
The outstanding properties of UPM BioVerno, UPM's renewable wood-based diesel, received yet another acknowledgement when it was granted the Finnish Key Flag Symbol. The Key Flag Symbol can be granted to products that are manufactured in Finland and have a…
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Monday, 12 January 2015 19:12
UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery is in commercial production
The world’s first wood-based renewable diesel biorefinery has started commercial production in Lappeenranta, Finland. UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery is based on a hydrotreatment process developed by UPM, and produces approximately 120 million litres of renewable UPM BioVerno diesel yearly. “Lappeenranta Biorefinery…
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Friday, 05 December 2014 06:45
UPM and WWF Finland co-operate to promote the sustainability of wood-based liquid biofuels
UPM and WWF Finland have engaged in a dialogue on the status of wood-based liquid biofuels in Finland and present a list of joint measures to be carried out to promote sustainability. Renewable sources of energy and sustainable production methods…
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Thursday, 27 November 2014 06:04
Researchers find way to turn sawdust into gasoline
Researchers at KU Leuven’s Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis have successfully converted sawdust into building blocks for gasoline. Using a new chemical process, they were able to convert the cellulose in sawdust into hydrocarbon chains. These hydrocarbons can be…
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014 06:55
Valmet and Nokianvirran Energia sign a letter of intent regarding a boiler plant delivery to Nokia
Valmet and Nokianvirran Energia Oy have signed a letter of intent for a delivery of a biomass-fired boiler plant to a new steam heating station in Nokia, Finland. The new heating station will supply process steam to SCA Hygiene Products'…
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Wednesday, 19 November 2014 06:13
Hilmer Anderson sawmill selects Saxlund for waste wood biomass combustion solution
28 million SEK bioenergy contract for industrial process heat BioEnergy and materials handling firm Saxlund International, part of the Opcon energy and environmental group, has won a major contract to provide fuel handling and biomass combustion technology to Hilmer Anderson,…
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Monday, 13 October 2014 05:39
Hitachi Zosen Inova chooses Metso's automation technology for the eighth time
Hitachi Zosen Inova chooses Metso's automation technology for the eighth time, now for the new Greatmoor energy-from-waste facility in Buckinghamshire, UK Automation plays a key role in making waste management sustainable Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) has chosen Metso's automation technology…
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014 10:01
Valmet delivered biomass boiler handed over to RWE Innogy in the UK
Valmet handed over a new biomass boiler and flue gas treatment for RWE Innogy UK's Markinch combined heat and power plant (CHP) in July 2014 following a commissioning period and test-runs. The plant is located in Fife Scotland, and is…
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Friday, 15 August 2014 04:45
St1 Biofuels: From Sawdust to Transport Fuel - Cellunolix® Ethanol Plant to Be Built in Finland
North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB) has made an investment decision concerning the construction of a bioethanol plant on the Renforsin Ranta industrial estate in Kajaani. The raw material for the plant will be sawdust from local sources. The plant…
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Thursday, 26 June 2014 06:34
CNIM chooses Metso’s automation technology again for greenfield biomass
Metso has been awarded four repeat orders from the CNIM group to supply automation to greenfield plants in France and the UK, thus reaching a record number of 12 orders received from CNIM for similar projects since 2011. These orders…
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Thursday, 15 May 2014 06:19
Södra and Statkraft initiate biofuel collaboration
Statkraft and Södra have signed a letter of intent to create a company with the aim of establishing production of biofuel based on forest raw material in the future. The agreement means that Statkraft will acquire the company Södra Cell…
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