Bioenergy
Large pellet-fired heating plant was launched in Finland
A large pellet-fired heating plant was supplied by Metso to Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy, in Finland. The plant is based on a technological solution that is the first of its kind in the country. It will bring new opportunities to gear the structure of Finnish district heat production towards the goals of sustainable development. more...Strategic participation in Italy
The German AGO AG Energie + Anlagen has taken a share in Pellerei AGO Energia Società Agricola S.r.l. in Italy. The Italian company has a 74 hectare plantation for fast-growing wood in the region between Milan and Turin and has obtained a construction permit for a biomass cogeneration plant with receiving compensation for delivering electric current into the public grid. The energy forest’s operative field of activity is the production more...RWE Innogy replaces coal-fired power station with a wood-fired one
At present, the electricity comes from a power station fired with hard coal. The permits have not all been granted yet, but RWE Innogy – the company responsible for renewable energies in the German RWE group – expects that its subsidiary RWE npower renewables will be able to start preparing the construction works before the end of this year. The power station will have an electrical capacity of 50 MW more...Canadian province introduces biodiesel quota
It requires that all diesel fuel contains 2 % biodiesel on average over the year. Manitoba is the first Canadian province to introduce such a quota. On 1st January 2010, British Columbia will follow suit with a 5 % quota, and so will Alberta on 1st July 2010, with 2 % like Manitoba. more...BD Agro erects its first biogas plant in Poland
The German manufacturer of biogas systems BD Agrorenewables GmbH & Co. KG, which is part of Big Dutchman International GmbH, wants to complete its first biogas plant on Polish territory in the region Zielona Gora by the end of this year. After the projecting phase, the construction works are now going ahead for the erection of a biogas plant of the type UniFerm, a BD Agro solution for the capacity more...World Bank stops financing the palm oil industry
