Coal
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Danish power giant to burn more coal as Ukraine war hits wood pellet supplies
Danish green energy company Orsted is building its coal stockpile in anticipation of burning more of the fuel next winter, just as the EU approved a ban on Russian coal imports as part of a fifth round of sanctions. Chief executive Mads Nipper said a global shortage of wood pellets, which fuel Orsted’s biomass power stations, meant the company was likely to use coal instead later in the year. “However much we hate it, we are very likely going to see a temporary increase in our coal use, compared to the trajectory that we have been in,” Nipper told the Financial Times. “That is driven by the situation out of the war,” he said, explaining that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, combined with global supply chain challenges, had made it extremely hard to procure the specialised wood pellets Orsted usually relies on. “Biomass is hard to get right now because everyone is... Continue reading
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April 12, 2022
Danish power giant to burn more coal as Ukraine war hits wood pellet supplies
Danish green energy company Orsted is building its coal stockpile in anticipation of burning more of the fuel next winter, just as the EU approved a ban on Russian coal imports as part of a fifth round of sanctions. Chief executive Mads Nipper said a global shortage of wood pellets, which fuel Orsted’s biomass power stations, meant the company was likely to use coal instead later in the year. “However much we hate it, we are very likely going to see a temporary increase in our coal use, compared to the trajectory that we have been in,” Nipper told the Financial Times. “That is driven by the situation out of the war,” he said, explaining that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, combined with global supply chain challenges, had made it extremely hard to procure the specialised wood pellets Orsted usually relies on. “Biomass is hard to get right now because everyone is... Continue reading
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June 16, 2016
Drax claims to fully switch to wood pellets in the next 3 years
Drax group might eliminate coal power earlier than the 2025 deadline, which the UK ministers have previously set in November 2015. As the chief executive of the company, Dorothy Thompson, stated, Drax will start to use wood pellets instead of coal at its boilers from its North Yorkshire power plant,... Continue reading
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January 20, 2016
Japan: Projects to replace coal with wood pellets in power plants
The Japanese maker of heavy equipment, IHI Corp., is advancing a proposal for a new method to expand the ratio of wood biomass that could be burned at coal-fired power plants through increasing the pressure to curb the carbon dioxide emissions that result from power generation, according to Bloomberg Business. IHI Corp., based in Tokyo, predicts that the machine is able to boost the ratio of biomass to nearly 25% by retrofitting the mills that grind coal when they prepare for burning, as to be able to use more wood pellets. Also, when the wood biomass decreases, the mills can easily switch back to grind coal. This wouldn’t be the first machine to mix wood pellets by using mills intended to grind coal. These machines use some 10% biomass for the generated heat, with the contribution of coal, as Bloomberg Business states. Last year the United Nation’s COP21 meeting in Paris... Continue reading
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January 30, 2017
Is China going to bet on wood pellets to replace coal?
China's National Energy Administration has recently released its 5-year plan for biomass development, which focuses on growth in four areas: bio-gas, biomass pellet fuel, biomass for electricity generation and biomass liquid fuel.... Continue reading
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April 12, 2022
Danish power giant to burn more coal as Ukraine war hits wood pellet supplies
Danish green energy company Orsted is building its coal stockpile in anticipation of burning more of the fuel next winter, just as the EU approved a ban on Russian coal imports as part of a fifth round of sanctions. Chief executive Mads Nipper said a global shortage of wood pellets, which fuel Orsted’s biomass power stations, meant the company was likely to use coal instead later in the year. “However much we hate it, we are very likely going to see a temporary increase in our coal use, compared to the trajectory that we have been in,” Nipper told the Financial Times. “That is driven by the situation out of the war,” he said, explaining that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, combined with global supply chain challenges, had made it extremely hard to procure the specialised wood pellets Orsted usually relies on. “Biomass is hard to get right now because everyone is... Continue reading