http://www.risi.comThe leading information provider for the global forest products industryen-usWed, 8 Feb 2012 14:32:28 -0500Copyright 2008 RISI, Inc.http://www.risi.com/community/images/Risi_logo.jpghttp://www.risi.com14428Visit www.risi.comhttp://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Rengo-completes-biomass-incineration-facility-at-its-Tonegawa-packaging-operations.html?source=rssRengo Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) announces that it has recently completed a biomass incineration facility at its Tonegawa Division (Bando-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture). Rengo places great importance on environmental protection as a guiding principle of its corporate activities, and is promoting initiatives for environmental preservation, including the new incineration facility. http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Rengo-completes-biomass-incineration-facility-at-its-Tonegawa-packaging-operations.html?source=rssTue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/AFPA-opposing-proposed-retroactive-u2018claw-backu2019-of-renewable-fuel-tax-credit.html?source=rssAmerican Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman released the following statement today in response to the proposed retroactive repeal of the renewable fuel tax credits.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/AFPA-opposing-proposed-retroactive-u2018claw-backu2019-of-renewable-fuel-tax-credit.html?source=rssMon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Liberty-Paper-plans-15-million-water-treatment-biogas-generator-project-at-Minnesota-recycled-linerboard-mill-From-the-web.html?source=rssLiberty Paper Incorporated today announced plans to build a water pretreatment facility with a biogas generator at its mill in Becker.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Liberty-Paper-plans-15-million-water-treatment-biogas-generator-project-at-Minnesota-recycled-linerboard-mill-From-the-web.html?source=rssMon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Sappiu2019s-Somerset-mill-in-Maine-looks-to-hook-up-with-proposed-gas-pipeline-extension-as-part-of-upgrades-From-the-web.html?source=rssSappi Fine Paper North America's plan to hook into a proposed natural gas pipeline would be the latest move in its effort to reduce its carbon footprint and the company is performing an engineering study that would show how effective that move would be.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Sappiu2019s-Somerset-mill-in-Maine-looks-to-hook-up-with-proposed-gas-pipeline-extension-as-part-of-upgrades-From-the-web.html?source=rssFri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Metsa-Tissue-awarded-grant-of-Euro-400000-by-EC-for-its-sustainable-low-carbon-tissue-manufacturing-project.html?source=rssMetsä Tissue has been awarded a grant of over €400 000 by the European Commission as part of its Sustainable Industry Low Carbon (SILC) Scheme. Metsä Tissue is participating in the scheme with its Sustainable Low Carbon Tissue Manufacturing Project. http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Metsa-Tissue-awarded-grant-of-Euro-400000-by-EC-for-its-sustainable-low-carbon-tissue-manufacturing-project.html?source=rssThu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Metsa-Tissue-says-investing-in-energy-efficiency-saving-16-of-the-targeted-20-by-end-of-2012.html?source=rssSince the start-up of the Tissue 20 project, Metsä Tissue has successfully implemented more than 300 practical improvements related to energy efficiency. Actions taken so far have already achieved a total saving comparable to 16 per cent of the targeted 20 per cent.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Metsa-Tissue-says-investing-in-energy-efficiency-saving-16-of-the-targeted-20-by-end-of-2012.html?source=rssThu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/UPM-continues-to-invest-in-efficient-energy-generation.html?source=rssUPM continues to invest in efficient energy generation and builds a new combined heat and power plant at the UPM Schongau mill in Germany. The target is to significantly reduce energy costs as well as to secure the energy supply. The total investment is EUR 85 million.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/UPM-continues-to-invest-in-efficient-energy-generation.html?source=rssWed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Papierfabrik-August-Koehler-starts-new-renewable-energy-plant-Koehler-Renewable-Energy-in-Germany.html?source=rssOn January 23, 2012 the directors of Koehler Holding GmbH & Co. KG and the management board of Papierfabrik August Koehler AG (Oberkirch) established a new subsidiary of Koehler Holding GmbH & Co. KG and filed for its entry in the trade register. The company's name is Koehler Renewable Energy GmbH, and its purpose is the founding of renewable-energy companies, as well as the purchase and management of investments in other renew-able-energy companies.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Papierfabrik-August-Koehler-starts-new-renewable-energy-plant-Koehler-Renewable-Energy-in-Germany.html?source=rssWed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Mercer-International-to-make-NAFTA-claim-over-energy-operations-at-Castlegar-mill-in-BC-says-unfair-treatment-costs-C19M-in-energy-sales-per-year.html?source=rssMercer International Inc. today served a Notice of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration (the "Notice") on the Government of Canada for breaches by it of its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"). Under NAFTA, Mercer's investments in Canada are to be treated on a basis that is no less favorable than the most favorable treatment afforded to Canadian investors. Mercer's NAFTA claim (the "Claim") relates to its investments in its Castlegar pulp mill (the "Mill"). http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Mercer-International-to-make-NAFTA-claim-over-energy-operations-at-Castlegar-mill-in-BC-says-unfair-treatment-costs-C19M-in-energy-sales-per-year.html?source=rssThu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Hadera-Paper-signs-15-year-natural-gas-purchase-agreement-that-may-total-about-750-million.html?source=rssHadera Paper Ltd. (hereinafter: "The Company") does hereby announce that an Agreement was signed on January 25, 2012, between the Company and the partners in the Tamar Project (footnote 1), (hereinafter: - "Tamar") pursuant to which, subject to having met the preconditions stipulated in the Agreement, the Company will purchase natural gas from Tamar (hereinafter: "The Agreement") according to the following principal conditions:http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Hadera-Paper-signs-15-year-natural-gas-purchase-agreement-that-may-total-about-750-million.html?source=rssWed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/AFPA-statement-on-EPA-letter-to-Sen-Wyden-businesses-need-the-certainty-of-achievable-rules-to-comply.html?source=rssAmerican Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman today issued the following statement regarding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson's letter to Sen. Wyden regarding U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman's decision to vacate EPA's stay of the March 2011 Boiler MACT rules.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/AFPA-statement-on-EPA-letter-to-Sen-Wyden-businesses-need-the-certainty-of-achievable-rules-to-comply.html?source=rssMon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Mercer-installs-40-MW-steam-turbine-to-increase-annual-pulp-production-capacity-by-30000-ADMTs-at-its-Stendal-mill-Germany.html?source=rssMercer International Inc. today announced a project ("Project Blue Mill") to increase production and efficiency through debottlenecking initiatives including the installation of an additional 40 MW steam turbine at its Stendal mill. The debottlenecking which, among other things, requires the new turbine in order to enhance and efficiently utilize steam production, is designed to increase the mill's annual pulp production capacity by 30,000 ADMTs to approximately 675,000 ADMTs. The new turbine is also expected to initially produce an additional 109,000 MWh of surplus renewable energy for sale at premium pricing.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Mercer-installs-40-MW-steam-turbine-to-increase-annual-pulp-production-capacity-by-30000-ADMTs-at-its-Stendal-mill-Germany.html?source=rssFri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Alberta-Newsprint-idles-mill-on-two-days-as-electricity-rates-hit-thresholds-alarm-provinceu2019s-industries-From-the-web.html?source=rssYou can hear it on the floor of AltaSteel's east Edmonton mill when the hourly price of electricity spikes. Virtually everything goes quiet.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Alberta-Newsprint-idles-mill-on-two-days-as-electricity-rates-hit-thresholds-alarm-provinceu2019s-industries-From-the-web.html?source=rssFri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Maine-senator-Susan-Collins-meets-with-Great-Northern-Paper-to-discuss-companys-plan-to-produce-biocoal-From-the-web.html?source=rssU.S. Sen. Susan Collins emerged from a closed-door meeting with owners of the new Great Northern Paper Co. LLC mill confident that company plans to produce biocoal would result in big dividends for the Katahdin region, she said Thursday.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Maine-senator-Susan-Collins-meets-with-Great-Northern-Paper-to-discuss-companys-plan-to-produce-biocoal-From-the-web.html?source=rssFri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Co-gen-plant-at-Prince-Albert-pulp-mill-in-Alberta-to-supply-green-power-to-grid-by-late-May-with-10-million-in-investments-From-the-web.html?source=rssThe CEO of Sask Power and the General Manager (GM) of P.A. Pulp have announced that the two companies intend to have the co-generation power facility at the local pulp mill providing power onto the grid by late May.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Co-gen-plant-at-Prince-Albert-pulp-mill-in-Alberta-to-supply-green-power-to-grid-by-late-May-with-10-million-in-investments-From-the-web.html?source=rssThu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Subsidiary-of-Foster-Wheelers-Global-Power-Group-awarded-contract-for-CFB-steam-generator-for-its-industrial-paper-complex-in-Yangzhou-Jiangsu-Province-in-China.html?source=rssFoster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Yuen Foong Yu Paper Mfg. (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd. for the design and supply of one circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator for captive use at its industrial paper complex in Yangzhou Jiangsu Province. http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Subsidiary-of-Foster-Wheelers-Global-Power-Group-awarded-contract-for-CFB-steam-generator-for-its-industrial-paper-complex-in-Yangzhou-Jiangsu-Province-in-China.html?source=rssWed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Lignin-fuels-come-of-age.html?source=rssIn August 2007, PPI presented news about an exciting new biofuel development taking place at Wermland Paper's mill in Backhammars, Sweden, in conjunction with STFI-Packforsk. Since, Backhammars has been bought by Nordic Paper and STFI has evolved into Innventia. However, the biofuel development, LignoBoost, is going stronger than ever and in 2008, the technology was purchased by Metso. Simply stated, LignoBoost is a fuel made from lignin with a high dry solids content that is taken from a pulp mill's evaporators. LignoBoost even has its own predecessors. LignoTech began producing lignin at Backhammars in 1994 but its use then was for specialty chemicals. http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Lignin-fuels-come-of-age.html?source=rssTue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Germanys-Papier-und-Kartonfabrik-Varel-expands-its-efficiency-of-energy-production-in-paper-and-board-mill.html?source=rssExpansion of combined heat and power at the paper and cardboard factory Varelhttp://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Germanys-Papier-und-Kartonfabrik-Varel-expands-its-efficiency-of-energy-production-in-paper-and-board-mill.html?source=rssMon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Norske-Skog-signs-long-term-energy-contract-with-NTE-for-supply-of-electricity-for-its-paper-mill-at-Skogn.html?source=rssNorske Skog has signed a long-term energy contract with NTE (Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk) for the supply of electricity for the paper mill at Skogn. http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Norske-Skog-signs-long-term-energy-contract-with-NTE-for-supply-of-electricity-for-its-paper-mill-at-Skogn.html?source=rssThu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Harmac-pulp-mill-in-BC-sees-emissions-rise-along-with-production-plans-to-phase-out-use-of-heavy-fuel-oil-From-the-web.html?source=rssFossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions at the Harmac pulp mill crept up by about 10% between 2009 and 2010 as the facility ramped up production.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Harmac-pulp-mill-in-BC-sees-emissions-rise-along-with-production-plans-to-phase-out-use-of-heavy-fuel-oil-From-the-web.html?source=rssWed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Old-Town-pulp-mill-in-Maine-faces-pollution-fines-even-as-it-benefits-from-public-funding-From-the-web.html?source=rssMaine has spent millions of dollars to prop up the Old Town pulp mill while steadily fining the mill's owner for pollution. And now the biggest fine ever is imminent.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/Old-Town-pulp-mill-in-Maine-faces-pollution-fines-even-as-it-benefits-from-public-funding-From-the-web.html?source=rssWed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/M-real-showcases-its-wallpaper-design-trends-supporting-latest-design-decorating-trends-and-sustainability-at-Heimtextil-2012.html?source=rssMany exciting wallpaper design trends are underway, all requiring a base that offers high performance, strength, flexibility and good environmental credentials. M-real, the world's leading producer of wallpaper base, is showing its full Cresta range at Heimtextil 2012 with products that support the latest design and decorating trends, and support sustainability.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/M-real-showcases-its-wallpaper-design-trends-supporting-latest-design-decorating-trends-and-sustainability-at-Heimtextil-2012.html?source=rssWed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/AFPA-says-court-decision-to-vacate-stay-of-Boiler-MACT-rules-jeopardizes-jobs.html?source=rssAmerican Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman today issued the following statement regarding Judge Friedman's District Court decision to vacate the stay of the Boiler MACT rules.http://www.risi.com/techchannels/powerenergy/AFPA-says-court-decision-to-vacate-stay-of-Boiler-MACT-rules-jeopardizes-jobs.html?source=rssTue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500