Portuguese bioenergy company Futerra Torrefaçao e Tecnologia S.A. (Futerra Fuels) has commenced production of white and torrefied pellets in its recently built production plant in Valongo, Portugal. The plant includes 6 torrefaction lines delivered by Yilkins which are embedded in the broader plant set-up developed by Futerra. In the coming months the production of white pellets will be stepwise increased … Read More
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CEG & TSE successfully trial renewable black pellets
A member of IBTC announces the successful trial of over one thousand tonnes of renewable black pellets.
CEG delivers 200 tonnes of CEG BioCoal for a European customer trial
Clean Electricity Generation (CEG) is pleased to announce the successful delivery of CEG BioCoal pellets for the first of its 2019 program of customer trials. Sustainably-sourced CEG BioCoal pellets are a renewable biomass drop-in replacement for fossil coal. The 2019 program of customer trials is in support of Baltania, a planned commercial-scale CEG BioCoal pellet production plant in Estonia. … Read More
Supply Chains and Status: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Biomass Torrefaction
Biofuels Digest just published IBTC President Michael Wild’s presentation at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco, during which he delivered an overview of biomass torrefaction’s status, market requirements, and supply chain efficiency comparison. See the presentation >>
Futerra Fuels builds commercial scale torrefaction plant in Portugal
Valongo, 11 December 2018 – Portuguese bioenergy start-up Futerra Torrefaçao e Tecnologia S.A. (Futerra Fuels) has started the construction of their first commercial scale torrefied pellet production plant in Valongo, Portugal. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 120.000 tons of torrefied pellets and 55.000 tons of regular industrial wood pellets per year. According to Henk Hutting, chairman … Read More
Baltania OÜ and Pöyry sign EPCM services assignment for first industrial scale Torrefied Pellet Plant
Baltania OÜ has awarded Pöyry with an assignment for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services for the new Torrefied Pellet Plant project in Vägari, Estonia. The assignment includes project management, basic engineering, procurement and site supervision services. Read the full article .
TAPPI’s International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference (IBBC) with the International Biomass Torrefaction Coucil
Partnership promotes dual vision of bringing awareness to new sustainable technologies developed from biomass in the forests products industry BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (August 28, 2018) – The International Biomass Torrefaction Council (IBTC) and TAPPI’s International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference (IBBC) have announced a new partnership to help promote awareness of torrefied biomass. Based in Brussels, IBTC was founded in 2012 and brought together 23 companies from … Read More