Biomass News

Anellotech’s MinFree™ technology, an innovative, patent pending biomass pretreatment process has been demonstrated to significantly reduce the mineral (ash) content of loblolly pine at a 20 metric tonnes/day scale. Month-long trials converting this MinFree™-treated, low-mineral pine into aromatics (BTX) at Anellotech’s Bio-TCat™ process TCat-8® pilot plant…
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Professor Gyoo Yeol Jung and his research team utilised algae that grow three times faster than starch crops and succeeded in producing biofuel and biochemicals. The biorefinery technology uses biomass as a feedstock and converts it to energy and other beneficial byproducts. It is drawing attention as an eco-friendly and sustainable technology to prepare for depletion of fossil fuels. However,…
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With the Axtor 4510, Komptech is offering an all-purpose wood chipper that is perfect for both chipping and shredding. It’s the perfect entry-level machine for small- to medium-sized plants as well as contract service providers. If more is needed, there is the powerful new Axtor 6210 with 577 HP. The Axtor can shred as well as chip, and is designed for wood and green cuttings. In shredder…
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As climate change makes daily headlines, all available solutions to mitigate it must be thoroughly investigated and then deployed in an evidence-based way, fair to our environment and societies. Figures show that RES consumption has steadily increased over the last decades, with bioenergy counting today for 63% of EU final renewable energy consumption. The time has come to take a step forward and…
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Smithfield Foods announces the construction of new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah, which bring the company steps closer to delivering renewable natural gas (RNG) to communities in multiple states using manure from its hog farms. Detailed in its recently released sustainability report, Smithfield’s manure-to-energy projects are part of Smithfield Renewables, the…
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Monica Normark is the new acting head of the biorefinery technology at clean-tech company Sekab E-technology, as of June 2019. She has been with Sekab E-Technology for two years, working primarily with developing technology for large scale production of biofuel and renewable fuel. “Everything you can make with crude oil can be made using biomass instead, which of course is much better for…
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Work is to start on a 300,000MT per year heat-based phytosanitation facility for biomass fuel-grade wood chips located 13 miles from Port of Searsport, Maine. Aeon Energy Solutions, Alabama, announces the start of work on a 300,000MT heat based phytosanitation facility. Phase I processing equipment will be provided by TDC designer and EPC Contractor of Topeka, Kansas designers of Heavy Industrial…
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Canfor Corporation announces it will be closing its Vavenby sawmill in British Columbia this July following an orderly wind down. Canfor has reached an agreement to sell the forest tenure associated with the Vavenby sawmill to Interfor for a price of $60 million. The sale of the forest tenure is subject to customary closing conditions including the consent of the Minister of Forests. Closing is…
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On Tuesday, testimony from the New Hampshire forest products industry testified in support of resurrecting biomass energy subsidies. New Hampshire Public Radio reports those working with timber and biomass saying the uncertainty is negatively affecting industry, facilities left untouched and orders aren’t shipping. "I look at this as not a subsidy – I look at this as an…
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A team of researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) has been awarded a grant for nearly $1 million (€0.9 million) to determine the key parameters for high-quality, year-round woody biomass feedstock logistics systems for commercialised biorefineries in the Southeastern United States. The long-term goal of the study is to expedite the pace of developing a…
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Atlantic Power Corporation announces it has executed an agreement to acquire, for $20 million (€18 million), the equity ownership interests held by AltaGas Power Holdings Inc. (AltaGas) in two contracted biomass plants in North Carolina and Michigan. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and customary third-party consents.…
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Global shredding brand UNTHA has shipped its first waste shredder to Ecuador, as worldwide waste management firm Geocycle prepares to deliver new co-processing solutions for clients in the South American country. The XR3000C mobil-e has made the 6,500 mile journey from Austria to Guayaquil, Ecuador by road and sea-freight and now fully commissioned can shred varied waste streams. With the…
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Technology-solution company for waste gasification to energy projects, EQTEC, is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement of 15 May 2019, it has signed a Framework Agreement ("the Agreement") with Phoenix Biomass Energy, Inc. ("Phoenix"), a California based power company that builds, owns and operates on-site biomass gasification plants in partnership with businesses in the…
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An engineering company specialising in the scientific bio-degradation of waste has formed a partnership with UNTHA shredding technology, to roll out a sophisticated aerobic digestion solution for a selection of mixed waste streams. Bath-headquartered Advetec has treated a variety of waste and effluent, since it was established in 2000. But keen to develop a more homogenous product for optimal…
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