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Hamburger Rieger starts up Euro 140 million RDF-heating plant in Spremberg, Germany; 110 MW facility secures containerboard production at the site
After 26 months of construction and a successfully concluded test drive of all facilities, the new built refuse derived fuel (RDF)-heating plant of Hamburger Rieger in the industrial estate "Schwarze Pumpe" in Spremberg (Germany) is officially being put into operation today. The new power plant has a More
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Tullis Russell to shift entire power generation to its new biomass CHP plant by Oct. 2013
In October 2013 the employee-owned company will switch all its power generation to a new $320M biomass combined heat and power plant which is being built in partnership with RWE npower renewables. The facility will provide Tullis Russell with all its electricity and steam requirements and will More
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Redevelopment of former Resolute mill in Nova Scotia into demonstration center for forest products and bioenergy slowly advances [From the web]
The chair of the government agency spearheading a new business plan for the former Bowater-Mersey paper mill in Nova Scotia's Queens County is warning not to expect immediate results. In December, the provincial government spent more than $115 million to acquire a large tract of private forest More
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xpedx awarded Energy Star at Seattle and Cleveland locations, now covers 22 sites since 2011
xpedx, a leading business-to-business distribution company in North America, has earned the ENERGY STAR designation at its locations in Seattle, Wash. (7011 South 188th St., Kent) and Cleveland, Ohio. xpedx is an "ENERGY STAR partner" and is committed to responsible stewardship of natural resources. The ENERGY STAR More
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Kimberly-Clark, Domtar join coalition to oppose energy utility rate hikes that would impact Kentucky mills [From the web]
Three of the largest industries that buy power from Big Rivers Electric Corp. have created a lobbying coalition to oppose a pair of large rate increases that Big Rivers is proposing as it braces for the loss of its two largest customers. Big Rivers officials have said More
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Holmen and investment fund Eurofideme 2 to build SEK 650 million wind farm at Norrtälje, Sweden
Together with investment fund Eurofideme 2, Holmen has decided to build a wind farm in the municipality of Norrtälje in a jointly-owned company. The annual production is an estimated 165 GWh and the wind farm is planned to commence operation in autumn 2014. Eurofideme 2, a renewable More
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Port Hawkesbury Paper seeks to diversify product base, looks at bioeconomy, sugar technology [From the web]
Just as groups in the Strait area are looking for ways to diversify its economy, the region's largest employer is looking to diversify the products it manufactures. Since restarting the former NewPage paper mill in Point Tupper in October, Port Hawkesbury Paper has been looking to expand More
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ABTCP to hold 46th Pulp and Paper International Congress and Exhibition in Sao Paulo, Oct. 8-10
The largest event of Latin America's pulp and paper industry, ABTCP 2013 - 46th Pulp and Paper International Congress and Exhibition will take place from October 8th to October 10th at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, and is expected to bring together more than 180 More
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Spain's J. Vilaseca obtains ISO 50001:2011 certification for energy management and efficiency
On February J.Vilaseca obtained the certification ISO 50001, an international standard for energy management and efficiency. J.Vilaseca's main objective with the procurement and implementation of this standard is to establish systems and processes to improve energy efficiency, reducing energy consumption and costs, as well as offsetting the More
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Andritz to upgrade recovery boiler and sulfite liquor boiler at Stora Enso Nymölla and Domsjö Fabriker plants in Sweden
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received orders from Stora Enso Nymölla AG and Domsjö Fabriker AB, Sweden, to modernize a recovery boiler and a sulfite liquor boiler. Due to technology and equipment supplied by ANDRITZ Energy & Environment (AE&E), the capacity of the two boiler plants can More
