Austria’s Polytechnik probably to build biofuel heat plant near Penza
Penza, February 07. Austrian equipment producer Polytechnik Luft-und Feueurungstechnik GmbH is regarding a possibility to build biofuel heat plant in Penza region, as several Russian media reported....
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, April 08-14, 2013: Housing market drives capacity changes
Since April 15, 2013, WhatWood launches English version of Global Trends Review, as announced earlier. Sawlog prices in Europe were generally lower in 2012 than in 2011 because of lower log demand from...
View ArticleKovrovskie Kotly to supply biofuel-powered CHP to Singapore
Biofuel boilers maker, Kovrovskie Kotly company based in Vladimir region, has concluded development & supply contract with SalimCarbEco Green Technology Pte Ltd. (Singapore) to deliver...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, June 24-30, 2013: pellet trade growing but causing...
600 representatives of the Austrian paper industry took part in a demonstration in Klagenfurt, says Holzkurier quoting orf.at. The protest in the capital of Austria’s southern province of Carinthia was...
View ArticleMinistry for Nature prepared bioenergy stimulation plan
Russian government approved the plan on stimulation of renewable wood resources utilization in heat and power generation. Development of this industry will require changes in the legislation and will...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 01-07, 2013: Russian lumber exports to Japan to...
The Japan Foreign Timber General Supply and Demand Liaison Conference has released forecasts for timber imports in 2013, ITTO said. While total demand for logs in 2013 is forecast to be as much as it...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 08-14, 2013: improvement on the construction...
UK, Germany and the US have reported positive housing statistics recently. The UK’s largest builders group – the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) – says its latest state of trade survey shows the...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 15-21, 2013: sawmillers and pulp makers predict...
In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production fell by 0.3% in the Eurozone and by 0.2% in the whole European Union area in May 2013, compared with the previous month, according to first...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, July 29 – August 04, 2013: Energy demand for biomass...
Pellet imports from the US to Europe are still on an upward trend. According to statistics provided by Eurostat, in the first four months of 2013, import volume grew by 51% year-on-year to 756,789...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, September 09-15, 2013: bio-CHP industry spreading over...
Fortum company opened a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Latvian city of Jelgava. The new power plant uses biomass as fuel and will provide district heating to the residents and...
View ArticleEIG Engineering: Ukraine needs a programme for attracting investments in...
According to the analytic centre of EIG Engineering, wood resources for bioenergy power plants in Ukraine amount to about 4 million tonnes annually. In terms of calorific value of coal, this resource...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, September 23-29, 2013: Asian countries continue to...
Glue-laminated timber was not able to achieve satisfactory profit margin in Central Europe this year, and finally in September, price mark-ups for glulam were made in Italy and Germany, though they did...
View ArticleUkrainian bioenergy complex could attract €6 billion of private investments
According to the Analytic centre of EIG Engineering, construction of power plants working on solid biofuels in Ukraine can attract over €6 billion of investments. Calculations are based on the fact...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, September 30 – October 06, 2013: particleboard capacity...
Glulam production costs in Central Europe as of September 2013 stand at €411/m3, according to Timber-online, website run by Holzkurier journal. Price for glulam-lamellae ranges from €209 to €213/m3. To...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, November 04-10, 2013: panel capacities return to...
Pollmeier is expected to start up its new beech LVL factory in Germany in February 2014. The launch of sales is scheduled for March, says Holzkurier journal quoting company CEO Ralf Pollmeier. Major...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, November 11-17, 2013: Danish pellet imports to reach 3...
The Danish government has issued a report on its domestic market for wood pellets with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network. According to the report quoted by...
View ArticleTemporary waste wood storage opened in Komi
In the Adzherom village (Komi Republic), a site opened for temporary storage of waste wood. Total investments into the project amounted to 45 million roubles, the site capacity is 30,000 m3. The site...
View ArticleGlobal Trends Review, February 10-23, 2014: EU timber consumption slowly...
Consumption of softwood lumber in Europe is slowly increasing from a very low level, according to Fordaq which quotes study by International Forest Industries (IFI) published at woodnet.se. The sharp...
View ArticleDissolving pulp and second-generation biofuel: Solombalales presented an...
Solombalales company presented its investment project at the session of the Russian Chamber of Commerce. Chairman of the Council on strategic development of Solombalales Nikolai Lvov noted that the...
View ArticleConference on biomass to be held on 19 June in St. Petersburg
On June 19, 2014, the pavilion 6-2 in the exhibition complex Lenexpo, St. Petersburg, will host a conference “Energy from biomass: boiler-houses and thermal power station on biofuels, the production of...
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