BIOMASSupdate TORREFIED PELLETS GO COMMERCIAL The first commercial-scale plant to produce torrefied wood pellets is being built in Duiven in the province of Gelderland, The Netherlands. The £15-million plant is a project of Topell Nederland, a joint venture between Dutch company Topell Energy and German company RWE Innogy. The plant is expected to begin producing torrefied biomass in early 2011, with a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes/year. The process developed by Topell enables the continuous production of torrefied pellets on an industrial scale. The manufacturing process is highly feedstock flexible. Torrefied pel-$1 MILLION FOR QUEBEC BIOMASS lets have a high energy density and, when co-fired with con-ventional coal, do not require additional infrastructure such as separate storage or pulveriza-tion equipment. RWE Innogy’s Dutch subsidiary Essent will be the first company to use the torrefied pellets over a period of five years for combustion in the Amer coal-fired power plants in Geertruidenberg. Three financial contributions totalling $1,090,358 are being granted to businesses in La Matapédia regional county municipality in Quebec. The funding, from Canada Eco-nomic Development, is to sup-port the forest biomass sector. Service de recherche et d'expertise en transformation des produits forestiers (SEREX), a college-level technology transfer centre that supports the secondary and tertiary wood processing sectors, is receiving a non-repayable contribution of $705,000. The funding will al-low SEREX to design and create a wood biomass boiler proto-type and to share its expertise with businesses operating in the biomass industry. The Coopérative forestière de La Matapédia is receiving a repayable contribution of $360,000, which will allow it to purchase wood process-ing equipment for producing biomass to fuel furnaces in commercial, institutional, and multi-residential buildings. Productions Gaëtan Roy, which specializes in manufac-turing custom metal products for various markets, is receiv-ing a repayable contribution of $25,358 to purchase and modify the equipment required to pro-duce metal components for manufacturing biomass boilers. For over 30 years Rawlings has designed and manufactured highly productive and cost effective wood waste recovery systems. We provide customized solutions, with support before during and after installation. Our systems are proven in various types of installations processing a wide variety of wood waste to the customer’s exact specifications. For the best value and return on your investment turn to Rawlings Waste Wood Recovery Systems a leader in fiber reclaim for wood to energy solutions. For the best value and return on your investment turn to Rawlings Waste Wood Recovery Systems. Ph: 1.866.RocWear (762.9327) or 406.728.6182 Rawlings Waste Wood Recovery Systems www.wastewoodhogs.com CanadianBIOMASS 5 Our manufacturing and construction capabilities are extensive from vertical stationary hogs, portable systems to complete turnkey projects. We have in house engineering to provide onsite support before, during and after installation. We are very proud of our customer relations with 24/7 service for over 30 years.
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