Co-firing biomass
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Wood pellet co-firing to resume in the Netherlands; imports expected to rise sharply
German utilities company, RWE AG, expects to start co-firing biomass at its 600 MW coal-fired plant in the Netherlands by the end of February. The company plans to co-fire 50pc biomass at Amer 9, which will consume around 900,000 t/yr. The production is further forecast to increase co-firing to 80pc in the coming years. This is very good news especially for Canadian wood pellet exporters, who will be among the first to ship to this plant. The Netherlands used to be the largest importer of industrial wood pellets for co-firing in the world and, under its biomass support scheme, Milieukwaliteit van de Elektriciteitsproductie (MEP), the consumption of wood pellets for co-firing reached 1.5 million tonnes annually. Yet, the imports started to decline very quickly from 2012, until they stopped, in 2014, when MEP's contracts expired. Although the Government of the Netherlands... Continue reading
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February 8, 2018
Wood pellet co-firing to resume in the Netherlands; imports expected to rise sharply
German utilities company, RWE AG, expects to start co-firing biomass at its 600 MW coal-fired plant in the Netherlands by the end of February. The company plans to co-fire 50pc biomass at Amer 9, which will consume around 900,000 t/yr. The production is further forecast to increase co-firing to 80pc in the coming years. This is very good news especially for Canadian wood pellet exporters, who will be among the first to ship to this plant. The Netherlands used to be the largest importer of industrial wood pellets for co-firing in the world and, under its biomass support scheme, Milieukwaliteit van de Elektriciteitsproductie (MEP), the consumption of wood pellets for co-firing reached 1.5 million tonnes annually. Yet, the imports started to decline very quickly from 2012, until they stopped, in 2014, when MEP's contracts expired. Although the Government of the Netherlands... Continue reading
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Wood pellet co-firing to resume in the Netherlands; imports expected to rise sharply
German utilities company, RWE AG, expects to start co-firing biomass at its 600 MW coal-fired plant in the Netherlands by the end of February. The company plans to co-fire 50pc biomass at Amer 9, which will consume around 900,000 t/yr. The production is further forecast to increase co-firing to 80pc in the coming years. This is very good news especially for Canadian wood pellet exporters, who will be among the first to ship to this plant. The Netherlands used to be the largest importer of industrial wood pellets for co-firing in the world and, under its biomass support scheme, Milieukwaliteit van de Elektriciteitsproductie (MEP), the consumption of wood pellets for co-firing reached 1.5 million tonnes annually. Yet, the imports started to decline very quickly from 2012, until they stopped, in 2014, when MEP's contracts expired. Although the Government of the Netherlands... Continue reading