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Biomass-to-Energy Monitor

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2 Plants 10

3 Pellets, Pulp, Sugar & Co 12

4 Policy & Others 13

General Information 14

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1 Projects

Austria / Kühtai heating plant

inaugurated

After a construction period of only 5 months, the Kühtai biomass

heating plant has been commissioned. The plant has a capacity of

2.5 MW and is connected to a 3.5 km district heating network. The

investment sum of the project amounted to EUR 4 million. The

plant is fuelled with waste wood sourced within a radius of 50 km.

Operator of the plant is Austrian energy company Biowärme

Kühtai 2020 GmbH.

20.12.2014, www.tt.com

Belgium / Operation stop at

Langerlo conversion project

Due to E.ON's plans to sale its 500 MW coal power plant in

Langerlo, Limburg province, the workers went on strike and E.ON

had to stop energy generation. The proposed conversion of the

coal-fired facility to run on biomass was approved in July 2013;

however, after E.ON decided to sell the coal power plant by 2016,

they have not stuck to the conversion plans anymore. After a

successful conversion, the plant would have a capacity of 200

MWel (see also issue 2013-15).

11.12.2014, www.deredactie.be

Bosnia and Herzegovina /

EBRD to support biomass

project

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

will support the construction of a biomass boiler meant to be built

in Prijedor. The loan sum amounts EUR 7 million and will be

granted to project owner Toplana AD Prijedor. The boiler will

replace an old oil-fuelled one with a wood chip-fired boiler.

Concrete capacity data are not available at present. Another EUR

2 million will be granted by the Swedish International

Development Cooperation Agency.

02.01.2015, www.balkans.com



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China / CEI to construct BtE

plant in Nanqiao

China Everbright International (CEI) has signed an agreement to

invest, construct and operate a biomass power generation project

in Nanqiao District. The USD 52 million project will process

280,000 tons of agricultural waste and straw in order to generate

30 MW of power. The source does not give the scheduled

commissioning date of the planned facility.

07.01.2015, www.biofuelsandbiomass.energy-business-

review.com

China / New BtE plans in

Zhongxian

Chinese gas heating appliances manufacturer China Chant Group

is developing a Biomass-to-Energy project in Zhongxian,

Chongqing municipality. The project consists of two phases, in

each of which a 15 MW generator set will be installed. The

investment sum amounts to RMB 280 million.

05.01.2015, www.sohu.com

China / Second BtE plant in

Jinan online

The second biomass power plant (Shanghe Yuquan) in Jinan city,

Shandong Province, has been commissioned. It has an installed

capacity of 30 MW. The biomass investor Shangdong Qiquan

Group Co., Ltd. has developed the project. The plant will

incinerate 300,000 tons of straws every year and generate

165,000 MWh of electricity annually.

03.01.2015, www.jinan.gov.cn

China / Yibin BtE plant

commissioned

The 30 MW biomass power plant in Yibin, Sichuan Province, has

been put into operation. Zhuzhou Qifeng Green Energy Co., Ltd.

is the owner of the plant that entailed an investment sum of RMB

200 million. The facility will incinerate 230,000 tons of agricultural

and forestry waste per year and generate 180,000 MWh of

electricity annually (see also issue 2013-23).

29.12.2014, www.sichuan.scol.com.cn



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Costa Rica / Bridgestone

inaugurates biomass boiler

Tire manufacturer Bridgestone has announced that they

inaugurated a biomass boiler at their La Reberra de Belen facility

in Heredia Province. Construction works at the boiler had started

in late 2013. The boiler replaces an older oil-fired unit and will help

the company to save about 11,000 tons of CO2 emissions. The

source does not give any detailed information on the capacity of

the boiler.

05.12.2014, www.tyrepress.com

Croatia / Izvan okvira to build

biomass plant

Zagreb-based energy company Izvan okvira d.o.o. will build a

biomass power plant in the municipality of Grubišno Polje. The

plant will have a gross heat capacity of 5 MW and will be able to

generate electricity as well as heat, which will be supplied to

neighbouring greenhouses. Its main fuel will be wood chips

collected from local forests. Construction of the EUR 26 million

plant is scheduled to start in summer 2015.

22.12.2014, www.gradimo.hr

Europe / Funding for two

gasification projects

The European Union and the German Ministry of Food and

Agriculture will fund two gasification pilot projects in the EU as

part of the network for research funding "Eranet Plus BESTF". The

project "Teerreformiung" in Göteborg, Sweden, will treat the

biomass until it reaches a gaseous state in order to increase the

fuel's value. TU Berlin and Swedish partners will carry out the

project. Furthermore, German-based Schmack Carbotech GmbH

in partnership with a UK-based company will build and operate a

wood chips- and straw-fuelled plant that will be based on plasma-

enhanced gasification technology and will be located in Sinton,

UK.

12.12.2014, Holz Zentralblatt

Finland / Turku Energia to

build heating plant

Finnish energy company Turku Energia will invest into a 40 MW

biomass heating plant, which is meant to be located in

Luolavuoreen. The plant will be fuelled with wood pellets

produced from waste wood sourced from the Finnish timber

industry. Construction is scheduled to begin in March 2015 and

start of operation is planned for early 2016.

16.12.2014, www.turkulainen.fi



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Finland / Empower to

maintain Sunila biorefinery in

Kotka

Infrastructure engineering company Empower has signed a new

multi-year service contract with packaging company Stora Enso

on maintenance operations at the new biorefinery to be built at the

Sunila pulp mill in Kotka. The new biorefinery should extract lignin

from black liquor that can be burned to heat the production

process. It is scheduled to begin operations early next year and

replace 90 % of the mill's natural gas consumption by using black

liquor.

10.12.2014, www.mynewsdesk.com

France / Galion 2 power plant

proposed for Martinique

French independent energy producer Albioma and energy

company EDF have signed a bagasse contract for the proposed

40 MW Galion 2 biomass CHP plant in Martinique, to be located

next to the Galion sugar refinery. The contract covers bagasse

prices for the Galion 2 power plant. Bagasse will be used in order

to process steam, which will be supplied to the neighbouring

sugar refinery. The EUR 170 million project will be operated by

Albioma Galion, a subsidiary of Albioma (80 %), and its

longstanding partner in the Antilles, COFEPP (20 %). According to

the source, the biomass CHP plant will be able to generate 15 %

of the overall island's energy needs.

15.12.2014, www.euroinvestor.com

Germany / Timber company

Kerck invests in new boiler

German timber company Kerck has invested into the

modernisation of its heating plant, including a new biomass boiler

at is company site in Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg. The new

boiler will have a capacity of 3.2 MWth and will be fuelled with

bark. Austrian plant manufacturer Kohlbach will build the plant.

12.12.2014, Holz Zentralblatt



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Hungary / Metso to equip BtE

plant in Dunaujvaros

Finnish technology provider Metso will deliver automation

technology to Hamburger Hungaria Power's new power plant in

Dunaujvaros, Közép-Dunántúl. Hamburger Hungaria Power Ltd,

subsidiary of the leading European containerboard manufacturer

Prinzhorn Group, ordered a cutting-edge automation system to

support an efficient and environment-friendly power production

from black liquor. The project is expected to start generating 42

MWel and with a thermal capacity of 158 MW in late 2015 (see

also issue 2014-11).

11.12.2014, www.metso.com

India / Hybrid CSP biomass

project planned for Barun

The Indian Center for Study of Science Technology and Policy

(CSTEP) has announced to build a 3 MW hybrid solar biomass

pilot project in Barun, Bihar. The so-called "Scopebig" project

(Scalable CSP Optimised Power Plant Engineered with Biomass

Integrated Gasification) is going to be developed by a consortium

of Thermax Limited, Bihar State Power Generation, the Energy

Centre of the Netherlands and the French National Centre for

Scientific Research. It will be funded by the Delegation of the

European Union to India.

06.01.2015, www.renergyinfo.com

Italy / Three bioenergy

projects proposed for Santa

Maria la Fossa

One biogas and two biomass facilities are currently being planned

to be developed in the Santa Maria la Fossa region, Province of

Caserta. Each project will have a capacity of 1 MW. At least one

project, to be developed by Sud One Ltd., will be located between

Santa Maria la Fossa and San Tammaro and will use waste wood.

The actual implementation of the projects, however, remains

uncertain as many experts have expressed criticism.

12.11.2014, www.matesenews.it



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Japan / Maniwa plant project

proceeds

The construction of the Maniwa biomass plant progresses on

schedule and will be finished by April 2015. The facility will be

able to produce about 10 MW of energy and will use wood that will

be sourced from the 30 lumber mills in the municipality. During a

second construction phase, the capacity of the plant is meant to

be increased by another 10 MW. It will then be able to satisfy the

overall municipality's energy needs, including the demand of the

local industry.

23.12.2014, www.ajw.asahi.com

Latvia / Daugavpils heating

plant operational

The biomass heating plant in Daugavpils city has been

successfully inaugurated in late December 2014. The heating

facility has a combined capacity of about 5 MW and is fuelled with

wood chips. Operator of the plant is Lithuanian energy company

Enerstena, which is currently building two 12 MW boilers in

France for French company Leroux & Lotz Technologies.

15.12.2014, www.enerstena.lt

Latvia / HoSt to deliver boiler

to Rezekne BtE project

Dutch boiler manufacturing company HoSt is currently building a

wood-fired CHP boiler for the BtE project in Rezekne, Latgale.

The EUR 10 million project will burn prunings to generate 3.1 MW

of electricity and 18 MW of heat. The facility is expected to start

operation by 2015.

10.12.2014, www.host.nl

Netherlands / Gasification

pilot project planned in

Alkmaar

The Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (ECN) has announced

to build a pilot gasification plant in Alkmaar. The plant will supply

300 cubic metres of synthetic natural gas (SNG) per hour to the

grid, which corresponds to a capacity of about 3 MW. Supported

by the EDGaR programme, a Dutch gas technology research

consortium, the project is expected to start operation in early

2017.

15.12.2014, www.energyvalley.nl



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Nicaragua / 12 MW biomass

project proceeds

The 12 MW Giant King Grass project planned in Nicaragua is

progressing. Energia Reino Verde, a joint venture of Viaspace und

Agricorp, received a proposal for constructing the power plant by

an EPC contractor that is not named in the source. The company

furthermore held strategy meetings with AGRICORP executives

and met with a potential operator of the power plant (not named

either). The source does not say when construction works are

scheduled to start (see also issue 2013-09).

15.12.2014, www.prnewswire.com

Philippines / CHE to develop

16 BtE plants

Multinational holding company CHE Group has announced that it

has plans to build 16 BtE plants with a total capacity of 191 MW in

the Philippines. According to the source, the facilities should be

constructed over the next five years, with engineering works on

the first plant set to begin in the second quarter of 2015 under a

USD 480 million contract. In October, the company had already

announced to invest USD 620 million in the construction of 20 rice

husk biomass plants in Vietnam.

15.12.2014, www.bioenergy-news.com

Spain / Biomass CHP plant

being developed in Esquel

A small-scale biomass CHP plant is currently being developed in

the municipality of Esquel, Chubut. The plant will have an

electrical output of 200 kW and will be also able to produce some

heat. It will supply the heat to a neighbouring waste treatment

plant and will be fuelled with locally sourced biomass such as pine

residues, waste from sawmills and pruning waste.

05.01.2015, www.energiaestrategica.com

Ukraine / ZE to build BtE plant

in Khmelnytsky region

Singapore-based technology enterprise Zhiyuan Energy (ZE) is

about to build a 30 MWel biomass power plant in Ukraine’s

western Khmelnytsky region. The project will entail an investment

of USD 48 million. The source does not give any further project

details.

10.12.2014, renewables.seenews.com



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USA / Eagar biomass project

announced

A 1 MW biomass power plant project has been announced for the

Eagar municipality, Arizona. Construction of the plant will start in

early summer 2015. First plans for the project were made by US-

based company Western Energy Solution back in 2010. In the

meantime, the company has merged with energy company

Concord Blue Eagar LLC (in 2012). When operational by early

2016, the plant will incinerate 40 tons of mill waste and forest

thinning per day. A power purchase agreement has already been

closed with Navopache Electric Co-Op Inc.

30.12.2014, www.biomassmagazine.com

USA / Works at Hawaii

biomass plant can continue

After a contractual dispute between Hawaiian Dredging

Construction Co and Hu Honua Bionergy has been resolved,

construction of a biomass plant located at the Big Island of Hawaii

can continue. The dispute started because workers of Dredging

Construction were not paid by Hu Honua Bioenergy. Construction

works are expected to be completed within the next 12 months.

When operational, the plant will have a capacity of 21.5 MWel and

burn wood chips (see also issue 2014-01).

19.12.2014, www.bizjournals.com



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2 Plants

Denmark / Vattenfall sells

Fynsvaerket CHP plant

Energy company Vattenfall is selling its Fyn Power Station,

Syddanmark, to local authority-owned utility Fjernvarme Fyn

under a EUR 147 million deal. The transaction was expected to be

completed by 1 January 2015. The company sells the CHP plant

in Fynsvaerket in order to continue shifting from fossil fuels to

renewable energies such as wind power. The facility generates

heat and electricity in three units, mainly using fossil fuels, but

also straw biomass and some municipal solid waste.

19.12.2014, www.businesswire.com

Germany / Hamburg:

Borsigstraße waste and

biomass plant sold

Swedish energy company Vattenfall has sold the Waste- and

Biomass-to-Energy plant Hamburg Borsigstraße. The facility

consists of two waste incineration lines, a biomass incineration

line and a separate unit for waste wood incineration. Municipal

utility Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH) purchased Vattenfall's 85.8

% stake as well as the remaining 14.5 % stake from German

company Energy from Waste Stapelfeld GmbH. Altogether, SRH

invested EUR 78 million to buy the plant.

01.01.2015, www.umweltfairaendern.de

Germany / Papenburg district

heating network under

construction

Construction of the planned district heating network in Papenburg,

Lower Saxony, which is meant to connect the 70 MW gross heat

biomass Papenburg CHP plant with neighbouring greenhouse

companies, has begun. Operator of the plant, German energy

company EEV AG, wants to supply local greenhouses with waste

heat. The company stated that construction of the district heating

network started during general modernisation works that are

currently being carried out. For doing so, the plant had to be shut

down and will restart operation by the end of this year. The

modernisation will also increase the heat capacity form 44 MW to

48 MW.

12.12.2014, www.gabot.de



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Germany / New chimney for

Landshut CHP plant

The chimney of the biomass CHP plant in Landshut, Bavaria, will

be rebuilt. The old chimney had been constructed back in 1989

and was part of the Waste-to-Energy facility that was converted

into a biomass CHP plant in 2011. The plant is fuelled with green

waste and is able to produce about 61 GWh of heat.

09.12.2014, www.wochenblatt.de

UK / Ironbridge plant to be

shut down

The Ironbridge power station, constructed in 1969 as a coal-fired

power plant, will be shut down in 2015. Within the framework of

fulfilling the specifications of the EU's Large Combustion Plant

Directive, the plant was initially meant to be shut down by 2012

already, but it got a new operating license for the co-incineration

of coal and biofuel. However, operator E.ON will not relicense the

plant beyond 2015.

05.01.2015, www.shropshirestar.com

USA / Gypsum plant to restart

operation soon

A fire destroyed the conveyor belt and part of a silo of the biomass

plant in Gypsum, Colorado, on 13 December. This incident

caused damage of about USD 200,000 and forced the plant to be

shut down. Now, operator Eagle Valley Clean energy has said

that operation of the plant should restart in a few weeks.

04.01.2015, www.gjsentinel.com



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3 Pellets, Pulp, Sugar & Co

USA / Portucel to build a

pellet plant in South Carolina

Portuguese pulp and paper company Portucel S.A. is going to

build a wood pellet production plant in South Carolina. The EUR

88 million project will have an annual production capacity of

around 460,000 tons of wood pellets and will start operation by

the end of 2016.

16.12.2014, www.bioenergy-news.com



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4 Policy & Others

Finland / RE share decreased The share of renewable energies (RE) of the total energy

production in Finland decreased from 35 % to 31 %. At the same

time, the share of fossil fuels increased by 2 %. The main reason

for the decrease of renewables is that energy generation with

hydroenergy plants dropped by 24 % due to low rainfalls.

However, the use of wood chips for energy generation increased

by 5 %. Wood fuels are Finland's largest energy source prior oil

and nuclear energy.

10.12.2014, www.verkkouutiset.fi

Spain / Study analyses

biomass potential of

Andalusia

According to a study of the Andalusian Energy Agency, 22.5 % of

the primary energy production of the autonomous community

could be covered by biomass fuels. Most potential comes from the

olive oil industry that generates byproducts such as prunings,

pomace and olive pits. Moreover, there should be other large

sources, such as agricultural waste from greenhouses, vineyards,

sunflower crop and forest residues, that could be used for

producing heat and electricity.

04.01.2015, www.elperiodicodelaenergia.com

UK / DECC to cut biomass

subsidies

According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change

(DECC), biomass guarantees will drop for large co-incineration

and conversion projects. With only limited funds available to

subsidise renewable energy projects, large-scale biomass

electricity generation guarantees have to decline in order to leave

money for other types of clean-power facilities including small and

mid-scale Biomass-to-Energy plants. Concrete figures are not

available at present, as consultations are taking place (see also

issue 2014-19).

13.12.2014, www.independent.co.uk



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