Brussels aims to tighten rules on burning wood pellets
Brussels wants to tighten rules to prevent some forms of wood-burning energy from counting towards [...]
June 22, 2021
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Global sawlog prices continue to rise on high demand in N. America and Europe
Global sawlog prices rose 8% in the 4Q/20 as demand for logs increased throughout North America and Europe. [...]
March 23, 2021
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EU Commission climate plan to limit growth in forestry and biomass sector
While recognising the positive role of forests in mitigating global warming, the European Commission has riled the agroforestry and biomass [...]
October 1, 2020
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The Netherlands says that burning biomass is not sustainable
The Netherlands should phase out the use of biomass for generating electricity as soon as possible, the advisory board of [...]
August 13, 2020
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Overview of the global forest industry in 2019
Global trade of softwood logs in 2019 remained practically unchanged from 2018 at 93 million m3 [...]
March 23, 2020
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Nippon Paper and Sojitz create joint venture for biomass-based power generation company
Nippon Paper Industries has agreed with Sojitz Corporation to jointly establish a power generation company Yufutsu Energy Center, LLC and [...]
May 21, 2019
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European biomass sector continues steady growth
According to the recently released Eurobarometer, in 2017 the European solid biomass sector came close to 100 Mtep (Million tons [...]
March 27, 2019
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New biomass subsidies schemes in Europe
The support of electricity generated from solid biomass is the most important stimulation for the development of the biomass power [...]
February 15, 2019
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Forecasts for 2019’s wood pellets market
From a North American producer’s perspective, 2018 was one of the best years in quite [...]
January 14, 2019
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Holzindustrie Schweighofer to build biomass plant in Germany
Holzindustrie Schweighofer plans to construct a biomass cogeneration plant at its site in Kodersdorf, Germany. The plant is expected to [...]
December 17, 2018
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