Marubeni Starts Up Japanese Power Plant
Officials with Marubeni Corp. recently announced the completion and startup of its new biomass power plant in Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, as of late November. The wood-fired Aichi Tahara Biomass Power Plant has a 74 MW generating capacity and is expected to generate approximately 530 million kWh of electricity annually. The facility is jointly owned by Marubeni Corp., Enewill Corp. and Osaka Gas Co.
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MDF Or Bioenergy For Roseburg?
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New Sawmill Coming To Louisiana
Teal Jones Group marked the beginning of construction of an $110 million SYP sawmill near Plain Dealing, La. on July 11 with a groundbreaking ceremony. Canada-based Teal Jones Group had disclosed in December it was considering northwest Louisiana as the site of a sawmill…
Key Committee Boosts Biomass Before Fall EU Parliament Vote
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Going into the seventh Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo, organizers said the lineup of keynote speakers, on paper, was the best in the history of the event. The real thing was even better. Speakers from their wide-ranging perspectives provided a crystal clear picture of how the wood-based energy shapes up today and what to expect moving forward…
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