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Biochar Provisions Included in the Amercian Power Act

May 14, 2010 by timbercommunity

biochar 2010American Power Act (APA), a plan to secure America's energy future, contains several important provisions to support deployment of biochar as a climate mitigation and adaptation tool.  Biochar is charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass. Its primary use is not for fuel, but atmospheric carbon capture and storage. Biochar is of increasing interest because of concerns about climate change caused by emissions of carbon dioxide. Senators Kerry and Lieberman released a discussion draft of the legislative plan on Wednesday. Read more

Wind farm will supply pulp mill with energy

April 27, 2010 by timbercommunity

The Norwegian energy company Statkraft and the cooperative forest owner association Södra agreed in October 2009 on cooperation in renewable energy. The goal of the collaboration is to develop wind farms and realize the existing portfolio of over 300 wind turbines of around 1.6 TWh of annual energy production. Construction of the first wind park is expected to begin in early May 2010. Estimated start of production for the six new wind turbines is November 2010.
 
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Södra builds wind turbines at Mönsterås Mill

March 7, 2010 by timbercommunity

Södra has purchased six ENERCON E-82 wind turbines through its subsidiary Södra Vind AB. The turbines are to be constructed at Södra Cell’s Mönsterås pulp mill. Read more

Electricity prices set new record in Sweden

March 6, 2010 by timbercommunity

The major cost items for many pulp companies are electricity and raw materials. Refineries that convert wood chips into paper pulp are large consumers of electricity since it is a complex process to separate the wood fibers. The spot price during February 2010 was almost 100% higher than the corresponding period in 2009.  Price trends in daily average in the Nordic countries and Germany during the peaked with over 500 Euro / Mvh. Read more

Rapid expansion of wood pellet capacity in North America drives sawdust and wood chip prices upward, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review

January 19, 2010 by timber09

 The wood pellet industry in North America has grown six-fold since 2004, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. The dramatic expansion has resulted in higher costs for sawdust and wood chips in the regions with the greatest growth, including Western US and Canada.

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Wood costs have remained unchanged for Canadian pulp mills in 2009 despite tighter wood chip supply, reports the North American

January 7, 2010 by timber09

 The pulp industry in Canada has sharply reduced production the past two years both as a result of weaker pulp and paper markets worldwide and also because of less competitive pulp manufacturing facilities. Wood costs have increased for many plants as the result of reduced availability of relatively inexpensive sawmill residuals, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

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Europe's first unit to convert woody biomass to pyrolysis oil

December 2, 2009 by timbercommunity

The Italian company Industria e Innovazione will pursue Europe's first RTP(R) pyrolysis unit to convert woody biomass to pyrolysis oil for use in power generation. Pyrolysis oil is a synthetic fuel under investigation as substitute for petroleum. Read more

Nuclear Target Among Consortium with Swedish Paper and Pulp Companies

October 31, 2009 by timbercommunity

The energy giant Vattenfall and a newly formed company Industrikraft has signed a memorandum of understanding on joint power generation. The goal is to build a new nuclear power plant for the industry says Mats Gustafsson, president of Industrikraft in Sweden AB.
Five companies are also supporting the new company among them pulp and paper companies Holmen, SCA, Stora Enso and Eka Chemicals. Industrikraft is also supported by the mining company Boliden. The Swedish pulp and paper industry is simply dependent on electricity at competitive prices.
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Pulp and Paper Industry's current energy consumption and energy savings potential

March 28, 2009 by timbercommunity

 Forest products industry of the future
On behalf of the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program (ITP), Jacobs Engineering and the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) at Georgia Institute of Technology performed a detailed estimate of the U.S. Pulp and Paper Industry's current energy consumption and calculated the energy savings potential of employing best practices and implementing more efficient pulp and paper manufacturing technologies.
 
The report provides energy estimates for the following four cases:


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Profiting from efficient motor system use

March 28, 2009 by timbercommunity

The Paper and Allied Products Industry in pulp and paper annually spends $3.6 billion or about 2.6% of its overall operating costs to operate electric motor systems in the US. Savings opportunities at the mill level are significant, amounting to between $480,000 and $659,000 per year.
 
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