Friday, 20 December 2013 10:40
Future Valmet to sharpen its focus on biomass based energy production business
Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power business, the future Valmet, offers biomass, waste and coal based heat and power generation solutions in its energy business. In the field of biomass based energy production solutions, Valmet will sharpen its focus on the…
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013 19:06
39 embassies represented on World Bioenergy get-together
Representatives from 39 embassies and trade offices from around the world gathered at the beginning of December for the traditional get-together held by Elmia and the Swedish Bioenergy Association Svebio to focus on the latest news and innovations in bioenergy.…
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Friday, 22 November 2013 09:52
UPM leads materials sector in CDP’s forests program
UPM was announced as the sector leader for the materials industry at the launch of CDP’s forests annual report. CDP’s forests program asks companies to disclose their exposure to deforestation risks through their use of five agricultural commodities that are…
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:37
Future Valmet to deliver a complete biomass fired power plant for Uni Viridas in Croatia
Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power business, the future Valmet, will supply Uni Viridas d.o.o. with a complete biomass fired power plant, which will provide power and heat to the city of Babina Creda in Croatia. Uni Viridas is a special…
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013 10:15
Key patent for the BALI process granted by the European Patent Office
The European Patent Office has granted Borregaard a patent for the key production process behind the company’s BALI project. The patent describes the conversion of wood, agricultural waste and other biomasses to advanced biofuels and/or biochemicals, and to water soluble…
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Monday, 04 November 2013 09:10
Metso’s automation to run Asia’s largest-capacity biomass power plant
Metso’s advanced automation technology for difficult fuel mixes enters South Korea GS Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (GS E&C), has chosen Metso to supply automation for the Dangjin 4 Biomass Power Plant, currently under construction in Dangjin City, about 70…
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Thursday, 31 October 2013 09:02
Borregaard: Natural gas replaces heavy oil
Borregaard's new natural gas facility at the plant in Sarpsborg is now in full operation and has made the company independent of heavy oil. This entails major environmental benefits in terms of emissions to air. For the past 13 years…
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Wednesday, 09 October 2013 19:40
Official opening of European Bioenergy Research Institute at Aston University on 28 October 2013
The European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University will have its new facilities officially opened by The Rt Hon. the Lord Deben at an event on Monday 28 October. EBRI’s new ‘home’ at Aston University is a state-of-the-art building…
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Thursday, 03 October 2013 09:39
Vaskiluodon Voima orders automation retrofit from Metso for its Seinäjoki power plant in Finland
Targeting even better availability and safety Vaskiluodon Voima and Metso have signed an agreement about an extensive automation retrofit at the former's power plant in Seinäjoki, Finland. With the investment, Vaskiluodon Voima replaces the automation system taken into use in…
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Monday, 23 September 2013 09:31
ANDRITZ to supply major equipment for Mjölby biomass power plant, Sweden
ANDRITZ Energy & Environment (AE&E), part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from energy utility Mjölby-Svartadalen Energi (MSE) to supply a biomass-fired combined heat and power plant for the town of Mjölby, Sweden. Start-up is scheduled for…
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Monday, 09 September 2013 09:35
Saxlund to deliver to Waste-to-Energy project in Zürich
Saxlund International GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opcon AB, the energy and environmental technology Group, has won an order from Outotec GmbH for the delivery of sludge handling equipment to the Waste-to-Energy solution at ERZ Entsorgung + Recycling Zürich’s new…
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Thursday, 01 August 2013 11:00
US biofuel producer Inoes Bio brings $130m plant online
US biofuel producer Inoes Bio‘s $130m Indian River BioEnergy Centre biofuels plant has come online, with first ethanol shipments to be released in August. A joint venture between Inoes Bio and New Planet Energy, the plant is expected to have…
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