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Use a cover to maximise energy content
The Walki Biomass Cover is a paper-based material used to cover and protect stored energy wood from rain, snow and frost. The resulting higher level of dry matter increases the energy content of the biomass. “Covering your energy wood saves you time and money,” says Magnus Andersson of Walki. Biofuel use is constantly increasing. One important biofuel reserve is felling residue, ...
By Elmia AB
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Success for ebeaver at World Bioenergy 2010
“This exceeds our wildest expectations. We’ve met exactly the right people here at this fair. It’s unbelievable.” Johan Dagman, one of the men behind the ebeaver, is having a hard time finding the words to describe his success: Three days of the fair and three machines sold! The radio-controlled mini-harvester of biomass was predicted to be a major attraction at World ...
By Elmia AB
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EIA Announces U.S. Consumption of Renewable Energy Reached Record High in 2019
On October 19, 2020, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced that, in 2019, renewable energy consumption levels in the United States increased for the fourth year in a row, reaching a record 11 percent of total energy consumption. Wood and waste energy, wood pellets, and biomass waste from landfills accounted for approximately 24 percent of U.S. renewable energy use. According ...
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Iona Capital invests in three Newbridge Energy wood chip CHP units in Wales
UK energy and environmental investment company Newbridge Energy will install three wood chip-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) units in northern Wales. The move comes after the company reported receiving a "multi-million pound" investment from Iona Capital. The three units, to be situated in the town of Ruthin, will have a combined capacity of 3MWe and 12MWh, and they are expected to come ...
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Expanding wood energy markets in the U.S.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that it will invest up to $7 million in grants to fund projects that support the expansion of wood products and wood energy markets. This initiative, which is being managed by the U.S. Forest Service’s Wood Innovations Program, will address three main priorities: Mitigating the effects of hazardous fossil fuels while ...
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Opportunities and risks of wood energy production
The use of wood energy can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and can contribute to poverty reduction, FAO said today. But the agency warned that the use of wood for fuel can result in deforestation or forest degradation if sustainable forest management is not effectively practiced. Wood is the most important biofuel, mainly in developing countries. Today half of the annual harvest of ...
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PGI Energy Signs Allocation Oil Agreement With Intertorco Europe S.A./Saudi Aramco
PGI Energy, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PGIE) PGI Energy has entered into an allocation agreement with its limited joint venture partner Intertorco Europe S.A. as the exclusive trading desk for six million (6,000,000) Bbl per month for twelve (12) months with option for 60 months extensions to sale Saudi Light Crude Oil from Saudi Aramco. PGI will begin trading this crude immediately at favorable pricing ...
By Saudi Aramco
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Kake Receives Final Plans for Biomass District Heating System
Working Together for Wood Heat Energy In June, Kake took one giant step toward energy independence with the delivery of the final engineering plans and financial analysis for a biomass district heating system designed by the Oregon firm, Wisewood Energy – a firm with deep experience in Southeast and many operational plants across the region. Like most remote Southeast villages, Kake ...
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BTEC, RPG Receive Grant to Promote Biomass Heating and Cooling
The BTEC and the Resource Professional Group were awarded a $70,000 grant to promote energy cost savings and environmental improvement of commercial buildings by teaching architects and biomass appliance manufacturers about wood energy. The Biomass Thermal Energy Council and the Resource Professional Group were awarded a $70,000 grant to promote energy cost savings and environmental improvement ...
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SgurrEnergy appoints Claus Hjoerringgaard as director of clean energy
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has appointed Claus Hjoerringgaard as its new director of clean energy. Based at SgurrEnergy’s Glasgow headquarters, Claus will be responsible for heading up the leading renewable energy and grid integration consultancy which provides engineering and technical advisory services in onshore and offshore wind, solar, wave and ...
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Fläkt Woods Deliver Energy Efficient Indoor Climate System For The Turku University Hospital In Finland
Fläkt Woods has signed a prestigious contract worth approximately 2.5 million Euro to deliver EU air handling units with the Econet system for TYKS, the Turku University Hospital in Finland. Fläkt Woods’ modular product range is modern and highly specified, designed for customers with high demand on quality and energy efficiency. Each unit can be optimized for acoustic and/or efficiency ...
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Webinar Announcement: The Transatlantic Trade in Wood for Energy
We need to expand our understanding of sustainability concepts beyond simple growth-to-drain calculations: this is one of the key findings on sustainability standards and greenhouse gas emissions in the transatlantic wood pellet trade set to be announced in an upcoming webinar. Europe’s demand for imported wood pellets is increasing and expected to reach 60 million tons a year in the next ...
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Germany`s RWE Innogy creates fuel-wood plantations for energy
RWE intends to further extend its biomass activities and in particular the use of wood as fuel in cogeneration power stations. To support this strategy, RWE Innogy Cogen GmbH, a subsidiary of RWE Innogy, signed a contract with the renowned forest tree nursery P&P, which is based in Eitelborn, Germany. The agreement forms the basis for planting up to 10,000 hectares of fuel-wood plantations in ...
By RWE AG
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Biomass Combustion Research
The use of alternative combustion fuels that provide a renewable source of energy is a major area of research and investment. Sources of biomass fuels include virgin wood, energy crops, agricultural residues, food waste and industrial waste. Controlling the combustion process of any new fuel and keeping track of the biomass fuel emissions of combustion by-products is important to users of these ...
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Synterprise Global Consulting Introduces Widespread Availability of the Ecotube System to Deliver Significant Biomass Combustion Improvement and Emissions Reduction
Chattanooga, TN. Synterprise Global Consulting, a leading combustion engineering and CMMS, Reliability, and Outage Management consulting firm, today announced the North America availability of the Ecotube System, an advanced combustion improvement and CO and NOx reduction technology solution developed and patented by the Swedish environmental equipment and research firm, Ecomb AB. Michael ...
By Synterprise
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Mārupes Siltumnīcas invests a million euros in the new boiler house complex
The Latvian modular boiler house manufacturer SIA EcoHeat Technologies has completed and put into operation a new container-type boiler house complex SIA Mārupes Siltumnīcas, which consists of 2 biomass water-heated boiler units with a capacity of each unit of 0.95 MW and a total boiler house capacity of 1.9 MW. In the new boiler house, heat energy is produced using local, renewable energy ...
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Advancing Biomass Energy: Unveiling the Wood Charcoal Machine
In an era where sustainability and renewable energy sources command unprecedented attention, the resurgence of biomass energy solutions holds promise. Among these innovative solutions, the wood charcoal machine emerges as a vanguard, steering the trajectory towards cleaner and greener energy alternatives. This article ventures into the intricacies of wood charcoal machines, unraveling the ...
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Hormel Foods to Become Powered by Nearly 50 Percent Renewable Energy
Hormel Foods Corporation, maker of SKIPPY, SPAM, Hormel Natural Choice, Hormel Black Label, Columbus and many other branded food products, has announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for wind energy. Through this and other initiatives, the company will be supplied by almost 50 percent renewable wind power. In addition, the project will result in a reduction of approximately 197,000 ...
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Obey optimises bioenergy yield: A proven way of boosting the energy value of wooden biomass
Since the global increase in energy use is showing few signs of slowing down, sustainable energy solutions have to be developed. For this reason, the energy of biomass has to be used more widely and more efficiently. In forests all over the world a huge amount of logging residue is left lying idle and the bioenergy unused. This could be changed by using Obey, a procedure for optimising bioenergy ...
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Commercial Buildings, Huge Energy Savings with Wood Heat Focus of 2012 Northeast Biomass Heating Expo
Fourth annual Northeast Biomass Heating Expo 2012 to feature two dedicated technical and economic development tracks Saratoga Springs, NY (March 21-23, 2012) – The fourth annual Northeast Biomass Heating Expo 2012 (nebiomassheat.com) will feature two dedicated technical and economic development tracks for its March 21-23 conference and expo in Saratoga Springs, NY. Through an expanded ...
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