Industrial Thermal Energy & District Heating

November 16, 2018

Valmet to supply a biomass-fired boiler to project in Finland

BY Valmet Corp. Found In:ThermalValmet will supply a biomass-fired boiler plant to Elenia Lämpö Oy's Vanaja power plant in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The investment will enable the company to raise the share of renewable fuels used in the city's district heat production. READ MORE

November 15, 2018

Report finds biomass can play bigger role in UK energy production

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, BiogasOn Nov. 15, the U.K. Committee on Climate Change published a report on biomass that has determined sustainably sourced biomass feedstocks can play a fundamental role in decarbonizing the U.K. economy. READ MORE

November 14, 2018

Anaergia celebrates opening of California CHP system

BY Anaergia Inc. Found In:Power, Thermal, BiogasAnaergia Inc. has announced a ribbon cutting ceremony was held Nov. 7 to mark the official opening of its combined-heat-and-power (CHP) system at the Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility, in the City of Escondido, California. READ MORE

November 13, 2018

European Parliament approves REDII

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsThe European Parliament approved new targets for renewables, energy efficiency and second-generation biofuels when it voted to confirm a provisional agreement reached with the European Council in June on a revised Renewable Energy Directive (REDII). READ MORE

November 09, 2018

HoSt begins construction on 15 MW biomass CHP plant

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Power, ThermalNetherlands-based HoSt Bio-Energy Installations has announced it recently began construction on a new 15 MWth biomass-fired combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plant in Duiven, Netherlands, on behalf of Sparkling Biomass BV. READ MORE

November 07, 2018

EIA updates bioenergy production, capacity forecasts

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, ThermalThe U.S. EIA has released the November edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting that nonhydropower renewables will provided more than 10 percent of electricity generation in 2018, increasing to nearly 11 percent in 2019. READ MORE

November 07, 2018

Fluence awarded waste-to-energy project in Argentina

BY Fluence Corp. Ltd. Found In:Power, Thermal, BiogasFluence Corp. Ltd. recently announced it was awarded a contract for a waste-to-energy system by ArreBeef Energia S.A., a beef processor in Argentina. The system will use anaerobic digestion technology developed by Fluence to produce biogas. READ MORE

November 02, 2018

EPA, USDA, DOE send letter to Congress on biomass neutrality

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, ThermalThe EPA, UDSA and DOE sent a letter Congress Nov. 1 describing the agencies’ work to ensure consistent federal policy on forest biomass energy and promote policies that encourage the treatment of biomass as a carbon-neutral energy solution. READ MORE

November 02, 2018

Contest on National Mall to showcase wood, pellet stoves

BY Alliance for Green Heat Found In:Pellets, ThermalThe Wood Stove Design Challenge, an international competition to showcase innovative and clean-burning wood stoves, will begin on Nov. 9 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., according to the Alliance for Green Heat. READ MORE