wood fuel News
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Farm2000 Exports to Norway
We have been exporting straw and wood boilers to Norway for several years. The Norwegians like the fact that FARM 2000 boilers can be fired with bulky fuels such as straw and wood, with minimal fuel preparation and stoking frequencies. The latest boiler on its way to Norway is a model BB154/2, which will be linked to a large accumulator, providing an output range of 50-200 kW. It will be ...
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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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Ghana `must embrace biogas`
Ghana's policymakers should embrace abundant and clean biogas as a source of energy, to curb its reliance on dwindling wood resources for fuel, say researchers. The country has huge potential for producing biogas, including the technical expertise to construct almost 280,000 biogas plants, but it faces many obstacles in achieving this, according to a study published in the May issue of Renewable ...
By SciDev.Net
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World`s largest biomass plant approved
Britain is set to build the world's largest biomass plant after the Government gave the green light to a scheme in south Wales. The 350MW wood chip-fuelled plant, which will be based in Port Talbot, is expected to generate enough electricity to power half of the homes in Wales. Energy Secretary John Hutton approved plans for the £400m plant from London-based firm Prenergy Power Ltd on ...
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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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World Environment Day
World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. It serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. WED theme this year is "Seven Billion ...
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New agreement brings global bioenergy expertise to Sweden
The Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio) and Elmia AB have agreed to co-organise another three World Bioenergy events in Jönköping in 2010, 2012 and 2014. World Bioenergy was launched almost six years ago and after four editions has established itself as the internationally leading meeting place and trade fair for the bioenergy industry. World Bioenergy is now also one of the few trade fairs ...
By Elmia AB
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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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Wood Pellet Production Line Supplier
With the development of economy, the equipment in the machinery industry is also improving, the wood pellet production line is the same. From the future time, wood pellet fuel is a new biomass energy and belongs to the environmental protection industry. Zhengzhou Fusmar Machinery is a professional wood pellet production line manufacturer, this article will introduce the wood pellet production ...
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That Is What You Need To Know Wood Pellet Production Line
With the development of economy, the equipment in the machinery industry is also improving, the wood pellet production line is the same. From the future time, wood pellet fuel is a new biomass energy and belongs to the environmental protection industry. Zhengzhou Fusmar Machinery is a professional wood pellet production line manufacturer, this article will introduce the wood pellet production ...
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Successful production of renewable vehicle fuel from synthetic natural gas
As part of a test campaign in collaboration with Cortus Energy AB, NeoZeo has provided its demonstration module to remove carbon dioxide from synthetic natural gas produced from wood biomass. This campaign is part of the Life+ project which is supported by Biogas XPOSE. On 8 June 2018, the upgraded gas produced from NeoZeo's module was pressurized and refueled to a Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) ...
By NeoZeo AB
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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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The agricultural sector also wants to contribute biofuel
The biggest volumes of biofuel raw material are in the forest but the agricultural sector can also contribute more renewable energy. At least, so says the Swedish Board of Agriculture, which had a stand at World Bioenergy 2010. “Willow, reed canary grass and rapeseed are some of the energy crops with major potential,” says Tobias Kreuzpointner, responsible for business and landscape ...
By Elmia AB
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DelAgua health to use carbon financing to bring clean water and efficient energy to Rwanda
750,000 Families to Receive Water Filters & High Efficiency Cook stoves Reducing Need for Wood Fuel Embedded Monitoring Devices Measure Effectiveness 750,000 rural households in Rwanda’s Western province will receive water filters and high efficiency cook stoves for home use. The project is being run by DelAgua Health in partnership with the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the Rwandan ...
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David Blume Plenary Talks at New Living Expo 4/29 and the Freestone Fermentation Festival 5/21, 2011 Provide Practical Transition Solutions for Post-Petroleum Living
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA): What: The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA) announced today that its Executive Director and Founder David Blume is a featured speaker at the New Living Expo in San Francisco, CA as well as at the Fermentation Festival in, Freestone, Sonoma County, CA. Blume, a globally renowned regenerative ...
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EPA Comfort Letter Provides Fuel Customers Added Assurance
An Environmental Protection Agency Comfort Letter recently issued regarding WastAway’s SE3™ fuel provides users solid assurances of regulatory compliance as a non-waste material, compatibility with fossil fuels, and significantly low levels of contamination. “This means the EPA concurs with our product’s capability to more cleanly utilize coal fuel resources,” said ...
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Enviva LP ™ Acquires CKS Energy Inc., a Manufacturer and Exporter of Wood Pellet Biomass Fuel
RICHMOND, Va. - Enviva LP (“Enviva”), a leading manufacturer of wood pellets and processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe, announced today it has acquired CKS Energy Inc, a privately held company that manufactures wood pellets for industrial, commercial and residential uses. Based in Amory, Mississippi, CKS is one of the few US-based companies with a successful track ...
By Enviva LP
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KBR Awarded EPC Contract by KiOR, Inc. for Biomass-to-Renewable Crude Project in the United States
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by KiOR, Inc. (KiOR) to build a first-of-its-kind biomass-to-renewable crude facility to be located in Columbus, Miss. The facility is designed to process approximately 500 tons per day of wood biomass and produce over 11 million gallons of fuel ...
By KBR, Inc
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Cheap beads offer alternative solar-heating storage
A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on paraffin wax and stearic acid is described in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology and could help keep homes warm in sunny parts of the world that get very cold ...
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Metso`s heating plant delivery for Kotka Energy increases the utilization of renewable fuels in local heat generation
Metso Corporation's press release on September 8, 2011 at 13:00 local time Metso will supply Kotka Energy Ltd a biomass-fired heating plant for the production of district heat in the township of Kotka in Finland. The turn-key heating plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture MW Power. The value of the order is not disclosed. Once completed, the plant will produce hot ...
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