A group of eight German companies (Vastani GmbH, Eckrohrkessel GmbH, Envitec Biogas Ag, GTP Solutions GmBH, Binder GmbH, Ascentec GmbH, Novis GmbH and Pregobello GmbH) recently took part in a…
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4,000 tons of torrefied wood pellets shipped to Europe
New Biomass Energy LLC announced its third transatlantic bulk shipment of torrefied wood pellets to Europe to be used as fuel in coal-fired power plants. The shipment consisted of over 4,000 tons…
Aston University bioenergy expert appointed Fraunhofer director
A leading expert in the field of renewable energy has been announced as the new director of the Institute branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg of Fraunhofer UMSICHT in Bavaria, Germany. Professor Andreas Hornung,…
World’s largest circulating fluidized bed boiler starts operation in Poland
The GDF-Suez power plant located in Polaniec, Poland, is now in commercial operation, delivering over 200 MWe of electricity to the country’s electricity grid solely from biomass. This plant integrates the…
Germany will help Ukraine to develop biofuels in 2013
At joint council held recently, Jurgen Keinhorst representative of the German Federal Ministry of Environment announced a collaboration with Ukraine to start the production of biofuels in 2013, pilot projects…
New fact sheet on carbon neutrality of sustainable biomass released by WBA
A the recent COP 18 in Doha the World Bioenergy Association published its third fact sheet titled “The carbon neutrality of biomass from forest,” highlighting WBA’s position on the theories…
Borregaard wins NOK 30 million grant for research on wood processing
The Borregaard biorefinery received a grant of NOK 30 million from the Research Council of Norway’s for research on wood processing. Funding comes from the User-Led Innovation Arena (BIA), which…
E.ON France gets approval to convert a coal plant into a biomass unit in Provence
E.ON is going to convert its “Provence 4” power plant in Bouches-du-Rhône from coal into a biomass operating unit. The project was approved by the CODERST (Conseil Départemental de l’Environnement…
EurObserv’ER consortium publishes EU biomass and biogas barometers for 2011
The EurObserv’ER consortium has published its annual barometers for solid biomass and biogas in the 27 European Member States for 2011. Biomass heating decreases while biomass electricity production grows steadily…
Sweet sorghum seen as a strategic crop for bioethanol in Brasil
One of the world’s leading companies in agro-industry, Syngenta, and the energy crop company Ceres will work together to support the introduction of sweet sorghum as a source of fermentable…
