Latvia's largest combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant is due to come online later this month.
Energy company Fortum developed the Jelgava-based plant, which will consume woodchips to generate 45MW of power and 23MW of electricity – enough to benefit 85% of the city's heating capacity.
The inauguration ceremony on 11 September will be attended by Latvia's president Andris Bērziņš and Fortum CFO Markus Rauramo.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Nortegas Group a framework financing of up to €80 million to enable group subsidiary Nortegas Renovables to finance the construction of biomethane plants in Spain and launch a digital operations centre
This facility is supported by the the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) and the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC)
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, has announced that its MegaMax catalyst has been selected for a China biomass gasification-to-green methanol project
