Tuesday, 04 February 2020 07:32
Five years at the forefront of biofuel development
The first biorefinery in the world to produce wood-based advanced biofuels started commercial production in Lappeenranta, Finland five years ago. The UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery uses wood-based residual raw material, crude tall oil, to produce unique renewable fuels that genuinely decrease…
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Friday, 17 January 2020 15:04
BillerudKorsnäs Number One in Global Sustainability Rating
For the sixth consecutive year, BillerudKorsnäs receives the highest rating level in EcoVadis, thus continuing to be in the top of the companies being evaluated. This is one of several sustainability assessments, such as Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, that confirms…
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Thursday, 31 October 2019 08:48
Massive UK biomethane plant went live after only six month construction time
Exemplary project of WELTEC BIOPOWER demonstrates successful use of waste-to-energy With a construction time of only six months, the biomethane plant of Lanes Farm Energy near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, Uk went live on time. “We are very happy and proud…
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Thursday, 31 October 2019 08:31
Alamo group inc. Completes acquisition of Morbark, llc
Alamo Group Inc. (NYSE: ALG) has just reported that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Morbark, LLC, a former portfolio company of Stellex Capital Management, for a total consideration of approximately $352 million, on a debt free basis…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 11:36
Greencoat Capital agrees first biomass acquisition - 40MW Templeborough Biomass Power Plant from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Greencoat Capital is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Templeborough Biomass Power Plant Ltd (“TBPP”) from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (“CIP”). The investment is being made on behalf of a number of Greencoat Capital’s pension…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 11:30
Investors Won’t Eyeball Sustainable Tech Without A Coherent Framework. Can Brussels Help?
Ahead of the trilogue negotiations on EU Taxonomy regulation, the bioenergy, agriculture and forest sectors would like to raise the attention of the European legislator on the importance of a coherent and consistent legislative framework if we truly want to…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 09:06
Valmet to supply an optimization solution for Helen Ltd’s district heat production and network in Helsinki, Finland
Valmet will supply an optimization solution for Helen Ltd’s district heat production and network in Helsinki, Finland. The system will enable the company to improve the energy efficiency of its district heating network, reduce emissions and lower costs. Optimization is…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 09:02
Bioplant to provide heating for the city of kemi, finland
KPA Unicon will supply Unicon Biograte bioplant for Kemin Energia ja Vesi Oy. Construction of the plant has begun in the industrial area of Karjalahti in Kemi, Finland in the fall 2019. The commissioning of the plant will be by…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:32
Valmet to deliver biomass pretreatment system to PRAJ Industries in India
Valmet will deliver biomass pretreatment system to PRAJ Industries for their second-generation bio refinery project which is under execution in India. The delivery is planned for the year 2020. The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the third…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:29
Libryo pledges commitment to growing renewable energy sector
Renewable energy suppliers currently produce more than 20 per cent of the UK’s electricity and EU targets mean that this is likely to increase to 30 percent in the next year. With this substantial growth, coupled with the ever-changing legislation,…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:26
World's first combined 2G ethanol and crude lignin oil biorefinery inches closer to reality
Sainc Energy Limited (Sainc), a London-based developer of biomass refineries, has entered into a definitive supply contract for 180,000 tons per annum of local olive tree prunings for its planned advanced bio-refinery at Villaralto, in Cordoba Province, Andalusia, Spain. The bio-refinery…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:20
Nfu backs biomass heat works! Campaign calling out government on rural decarbonisation policy…
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has pledged its support to the Biomass Heat Works! campaign, the biomass heat industry’s call for UK Government to act now, protect approximately 46,000 jobs, extend the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme (RHI) and raise fossil…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:16
New Sustainable Certification Scheme Starts Practical Tests
The SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES Verification Scheme GmbH (SURE) has announced the start of the practical operation for the certification of sustainable power and heat from biomass at this year’s German Industry for Wood Energy conference in Würzburg. Since the beginning of…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:06
Complete production chain from biomass residues to Fischer-Tropsch products successfully validated
Production of biofuel by gasification of biomass residues was successfully validated in the EU’s COMSYN project in September. The process performance was verified with bark in an 80 hour-long test run at VTT. The syngas conversion to Fischer-Tropsch (FT) products…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:02
Commenting on the passing of the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) Bill
Claire Mack, Chief Executive at Scottish Renewables, said: “The cross-party consensus that Scotland must take bold action on emissions reductions remains one of the most important aspects of Scotland’s climate change success and we welcome this piece of legislation as…
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