Biofuel

Pinnacle Renewable Energy announces the attendance of company representatives at the Christening and Launching Ceremony of S1130, a Handy class vessel of almost 40,000 DWT.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced the construction of a commercial plant specializing in the production of cellulose filaments, a new sustainable biomaterial derived from wood fiber, at its Kénogami paper mill in Quebec as well as the optimization of the mill, at a total cost of $38 million.

The new bio-boiler plant has been put into operation at UPM Joensuu plywood mill in Finland. It replaces the combined heat and power plant which was built in 1962. The modern bio-boiler plant not only improves the mill's energy efficiency but also environmental performance, occupational safety and fire safety.

Ence opened in Puertollano, Spain its new renewable energy generation plant with low emission biomass of 50 MW. It will produce an estimated 325,000 MWh / year, equivalent to the energy needs of more than 60,000 people. To do this, it will consume around 238,000 tons / year of biomass, among which is pomace, vine shoot...

Drax Biomass, Inc. announced that Matt White will become its new Senior Vice President and run Drax’s US biomass operations from its headquarters in Monroe, Louisiana.

The Lenzing Group and Duratex will build a 500,000 tons dissolving wood pulp plant in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The start-up is planned for the first half of 2022. In the joint venture, Lenzing holds a 51%, Duratex a 49% stake.

The Board of Directors of Ence - Energía y Celulosa has appointed Reyes Cerezo as General Director of Sustainability. Reyes Cerezo joined Ence Energía y Celulosa in July 2017 as Director of the company’s General Secretariat.

Pinnacle Renewable Energy announced the planned construction of a new industrial wood pellet production facility in the southeast United States in close proximity to Pinnacle's Aliceville, Alabama facility.

Canada Infrastructure Bank, Port Hawkesbury Paper and IFE Project Management Canada sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing their collaboration on the potential Pirate Harbour Wind Farm in Nova Scotia.

Forisk Consulting, a leader in North American forest industry and timber market research, has acquired the North American Wood Fiber Review from Wood Resources International of Bothell, Washington. The Review will be published by Forisk as the Forisk Wood Fiber Review beginning in 1Q 2020.

Mayr-Melnhof Holz has ordered a complete biomass heating plant from URBAS Energietechnik. URBAS was commissioned to install an additional boiler plant in the Paskov sawmill in Czech Republic with a performance of 12 MW.

E.ON is planning to build a biomass power plant on a paper mill site provided by UPM in Hürth, Germany. The new plant is designed for an electrical output of 20 megawatts (MW) and a thermal firing capacity of 87 MW. E.ON is planning to invest around Euro 110 million in the project that could create more than 30 new job...

The country has shipped almost 32 million m3 of lumber this year, representing 23% of globally traded lumber.

Ence’s new 50 MW biomass generation plant in Puertollano, Spain, has already joined the Red Eléctrica and generated its first megawatts of renewable energy with biomass. The new installation of Puertollano will continue in the testing phase until the end of January 2020, when it is expected that it will complete this p...

Lenzing successfully places sustainable bonded loan of over Euro 500 million. The initial Euro 200 million bond was of such interest to investors from Europe and Asia that the decision was made to increase it to Euro 500 million. Nearly 12% of this ($65 million) was tendered in US dollars.