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  • Nova Scotia loans NewPage $5M for energy project

    The province of Nova Scotia is assisting a major paper producing facility and an important employer for Cape Breton with working capital for its Port Hawkesbury mill. A $5-million, interest-bearing loan, through the Industrial Expansion Fund, will help NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. improve the energy efficiency of More

  • West Linn Paper increases corporate commitment to renewable energy

    West Linn Paper today announced it has increased its commitment to renewable energy by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) for 2009 and 2010. Additionally, West Linn Paper has just been accepted into the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Partnership program. More

  • AMEC nets $93M contract for PCA energy upgrade at Valdosta, GA

    AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a US$93 million contract by Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) for energy efficiency upgrades at its linerboard mill in Valdosta, Georgia that will reduce energy consumption and electricity costs. Work is currently underway on the project More

  • Cascades wins PPI Award for its use of biogas energy

    Cascades was recognized by Pulp and Paper International (PPI) for its advanced use of bio-energy at the first edition of the PPI Awards. The biogas energy project was chosen within the global pulp and paper sector as the most innovative and viable use of local and renewable More

  • Procter & Gamble activates solar power at California paper mill

    SunEdison and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) celebrated today the activation of a 1.1 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar system at Procter & Gamble's paper products manufacturing plant in Oxnard, California. The event was attended by Mayor Tom Holden of Oxnard; Senator Fran Pavley of the 23rd District; More

  • Nova Scotia allows NewPage to sell crown wood for electricity

    The province is furthering its commitment to creating and securing jobs, increasing renewable energy, and contributing to a green economy. NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. was given consent today, Nov. 3, to sell harvested, Crown-land timber to a proposed wood biomass-fueled electrical generation facility for the Strait area. More

  • Smurfit Kappa to invest Euro25M on biomass energy at mill in Spain

    SMURFIT KAPPA NERVIÓN S.A., part of the SMURFIT KAPPA Group, a world leader in paper based packaging, has announced capital expenditure of 25 million Euros on a biomass-based renewable energy plant together with residual gas treatment at the SK mill in Iurreta, Biscay, SPAIN. Energy efficiency, sustainability More

  • The future is bright - Substantial investment in biofuel conversion technologies

    The commercial viability of second-generation biofuels grows ever closer as finance pumps into research, and pilot plants for cellulosic ethanol conversion proliferate. With the goal of producing ethanol-based biofuel for less than US$1.07/gallon, significant reductions in operating costs are still needed. However pilot and demonstration plants are More

  • Domtar building $40M biomass cogen at South Carolina mill

    Domtar began construction this week of a new $40 million, 45-MW biomass cogeneration plant at its uncoated freesheet mill in Bennettsville, SC. The new plant when completed next year will double the 20-year-old mill's biomass consumption and raise its energy self-sufficiency to 95%, local press reports noted. More

  • Sweden firms Holmen, Stora, SCA join Vattenfall energy project

    Sweden's basic industries are now launching a joint project with Vattenfall to secure energy production and electricity supply at competitive prices in the future. In recent days, Industrikraft i Sverige AB, a newly formed company owned equally by Boliden, Eka Chemicals, Holmen, Stora Enso and SCA Forest More



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