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ERB Plans $109 Million Brazil Sugar-Cane Biomass Plant With Dow
By Stephan Nielsen – Oct 15, 2013 Energias Renovaveis do Brasil Ltda., a Brazilian biomass-power developer, agreed to build a 237 million-real ($109 million) plant at a Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) ethanol project in Minas Gerais State fueled by sugar-cane residue. The plant will have 46 megawatts of capacity and generate 230 tons of steam an hour, ERB, as the Sao Paulo-based company is known, said today in an e-mailed statement. It’s expected to go into operation next year. The contract is ERB’s second in Brazil with Dow, which is building the Santa Vitoria ethanol mill with Mitsui & Co. (8031) , an ERB press official, who asked not to be identified because of company policy, said today in an e-mail. ERB agreed in December 2010 to build a 265 million-real wood-fired plant to produce steam for a Dow factory in the northeastern city of Aratu, according to ERB’s website . To contact the reporter on this story: Stephan Nielsen in Sao Paulo at snielsen8@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Reed Landberg at landberg@bloomberg.net Continue reading
EBRD Provides €15.5m For Ukranian Biomass
Biogasenergo, a subsidiary of EIG Engineering, is developing the plant – which should be operational by mid-2014. The implementation of the project is the beginning of a large-scale investment programme by EIG Engineering whereby it plans to develop up to five similar biomass plants with an aggregate installed capacity of 50MW. Technical assistance as well as regulatory and environmental assessment will be funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Continue reading
Active Energy Says Wood Chip Shipments Dipped But Remains Positive
Wed, 9th Oct 2013 10:33 LONDON (Alliance News) – Active Energy Group PLC Wednesday said the amount of wood chip it shipped in the three months to September 30 declined compared with the three months ended June 30. In a trading update the biomass fuel provider said it shipped 50,000 metric tonnes of wood chip between July and September, down from 57,000 metric tonnes between April and June, of which 38,000 metric tonnes was subject to a profit-sharing arrangement with Nikofeso Holdings Limited, a biomass exporter it acquired in June. Active said the third quarter shipments have generated gross revenue of USD5.3 million for the group and “reflect positively in the context of a clearly growing market opportunity”. The company plans to ship up to 350,000 metric tonnes of wood chip a year on Black Sea markets by the end of 2015, with a similar quanta of cargoes of power plant feedstock shipped to European clients. The entire volume shipped in the third quarter was for biomass feedstock to customers in Southern Europe, while shipments to clients engaged in medium-density-fibreboard manufacture in the Black Sea region are expected to resume in the fourth quarter in parallel with continuing biomass shipments. The company expects to release its results for the year ended December 31 in March or April 2014. Active shares were trading at 2.65 pence Wednesday, up 0.15 pence or 6.0% By Anthony Tshibangu; anthonytshibangu@alliancenews.com; @AnthonyAllNews Continue reading
