News / Biofuel markets
07 December 2020, 01:32
KPA Unicon delivers biomass boiler plant to Russia: Unicon Biograte steam boiler plant for Sokol Timber Company, city of Sokol in Vologda region.
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07 February 2017, 00:11
Maguin Promill and Promill Stolz become one company
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12 January 2016, 13:56
KPA Unicon to supply a biomass-fired boiler plant to Stora Enso sawmill in Sweden
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23 August 2014, 11:05
First international standards in solid biofuels published
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23 October 2013, 14:08
Replacing coal with wood pellets will reduce climate impacts of Salmisaari power plant
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Analytics and publications / Biofuel markets
We live in turbulent times, full of challenges and opportunities. A devaluating ruble means good business for exporting wood pellet producers who invested in their equipment at better valuta rates. This counts for the Siberian producers focused at China/ Japan/ Korea, or for those focused at the EU from western Russia.
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The coordinator of the plan realization is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. A working expert group is organized for discussing this topic in the Ministry. Experts from different fields are presented there. Olga Rakitova, the CEO of the National Bioenergy Union is one of them. INFOBIO has asked several questions from Mrs Rakitova.
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Canadian biomass: Pellet exports from North America to Europe reached a new record high in the 4Q/11
Shipments have increased practically every quarter for four years, up from 130,000 tons in the 1Q/08 to almost 600,000 ton in the 4Q/12, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review (NAWFR). Export data collected by NAWFR from exporters and customs information in both North America and Europe show that wood pellet shipments reached just over two million tons in 2011, up almost 300% from 2008.
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Russians should secure their biofuel supply to Europe by constriction of their own biomass cogeneration and power stations in Europe.
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The total capacity of the existing 34 mills is 2.6 million ton told Gordon Murray at the European Pellet Conference in Wels March 2011. It is comparable to the total capacity of the Russian pellet mills.
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