In a joint press release published on March 13, the European Biomass Association and the European Association of Electricity Industry advocate establishing harmonised, binding sustainability criteria for solid biomass. According…
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World’s largest biomass gasification plant inaugurated in Finland
The world’s largest biomass gasification plant was inaugurated on March 11th in Vaasa, Finland. The 140 MWe plant was supplied by Metso. The technology of the new plant is based…
Dalkia starts construction of biomass boiler at the Toulouse University Hospital
The Toulouse University Hospital has undertaken a major energy savings program and the redeployment of its Energy Unit. As a result, it has contracted Purpan Energies Santé, a Dalkia France…
German companies land in the Philippines to advance in the bioenergy sector
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…
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…
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…
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…