Michael Rowan, CEO of Active Energy Group (AEG), spoke to Bioenergy Insight about the company’s CoalSwitch® Technology, which was recently awarded multiple patents for turning forest waste into clean energy.
AEG is a biomass-based renewable energy business focussed on using its proprietary technology to transform low-cost or waste biomass material into renewable biomass fuels.
AEG’s CoalSwitch Technology, a next generation biomass fuel, has been in development since 2017. It utilises low-value waste residuals from lumber operations to create a biomass product that is a direct drop in replacement for coal, can be co-fired with coal or replace white biomass pellet.
The production process utilises a steam treatment process to react with low...
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