wood energy News
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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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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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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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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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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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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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ANNOUCING : The results of the Innovation Competition of the Salon Bois Energie 2014
During the Salon Bois Energie 2014 in Saint-Etienne last month, 12 prizes were awarded by the Innovation Competition Jury - 4 Bois Energie d'Or (Gold) and 8 Bois Energie d'Argent (Silver). It is with great pleasure that we share with you all the relevant details of these encouraging innovations and we urge you to pass on the message to your readers, listeners, spectators wherever they should be ...
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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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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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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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Positive Customer Experiences in Moisture Control
Moisture control in the manufacturing process can determine the quality of the final product. MoistTech’s state of the art equipment and superior customer service outshines the competition in providing the diamond standard in process and quality control. 40+ years of moisture control experience gives us the ability to provide expertise across many industries including Food, Minerals, Paper ...
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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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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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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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US Energy Storage Market Ggrows 232% Year-Over-Year in Q1 2019
The United States non-residential storage market had its strongest quarter ever in Q1 2019, according to the new U.S. Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Energy Storage Association (ESA). Q1 2019 was also the second strongest quarter on record for the U.S. residential storage segment. Overall, Q1 2019 was the largest ever single quarter for U.S. energy ...
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MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE INVESTS IN A LIFETIME OF ENERGY SAVINGS
Fläkt Woods has won one of its largest ever turnkey contracts, matching the precise air handling needs for Middlesbrough’s new state-of-the-art College, on the Tees Valley’s biggest regeneration site. The £68m project will cater for a total of 20 000 students and more than 600 staff when it is completed in summer 2008. The 32 000 square metre building will play a key role in Tees Valley ...
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Most Kenyans say no to cleaner energy, study finds
The majority of Kenyans are unwilling to abandon their traditional energy sources in favour of cleaner or renewable ones, unless their incomes rise significantly, a study has found. Last month (21 September) the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, announced US$50 million to subsidise the provision of clean, environmentally-friendly cooking stoves in developing countries to reduce deaths ...
By SciDev.Net
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RENEXPO® Poland – international business event for the RES industry
The sixth edition of the International Trade Fair for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency will take place on 19-21 October in Expocentre EXPO XXI in Warsaw. The fair organizer is REECO Poland and the event is held under the Honorary Patronage of the Ministry of Energy and the Marshal of the Masovian Voivodeship. New regulations on renewable energy sources, which came into force on July 1st in ...
By Reecon A/S
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America`s first expo and conference on energy from biomass and waste
Now is the time to think about energy recovery from biomass and waste. With energy prices constantly rising, domestic resources such as wood waste, energy crops, and agricultural 'byproducts' like manure are becoming attractive alternatives. And there is more that can be done with waste than just dump it. The State of Pennsylvania has taken the lead with many pathbreaking projects and will be ...
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