Biomass Digest» France http://biomassdigest.net/blog Biomass news for power, feed and food production Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 SmurfitKappa commissions 140MW biomass power plant in France http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/09/09/smurfitkappa-commissions-140mw-biomass-power-plant-in-france/ http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/09/09/smurfitkappa-commissions-140mw-biomass-power-plant-in-france/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:49:37 +0000 Jim Lane http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/09/09/smurfitkappa-commissions-140mw-biomass-power-plant-in-france/ In France, paper manufacturer SmurfitKappa has commissioned a 140MW biomass power plant at its paper mill in Biganos, near Bordeaux in southwest France with French energy company Dalkia. The $168 million project will supply 69MW of power to the national grid while the remainder will be used by the paper mill.

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]]> http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/09/09/smurfitkappa-commissions-140mw-biomass-power-plant-in-france/feed/ 0 Areva wins $362 million in biomass power contracts http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/areva-wins-362-million-in-biomass-power-contracts/ http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/areva-wins-362-million-in-biomass-power-contracts/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:32:37 +0000 admin http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/areva-wins-362-million-in-biomass-power-contracts/ In France, Areva announced that it has won three contracts $362 million, for construction of 14 biomass power plants in Thailand and Brazil. Contracts include: 11 turnkey wood-fired biomass plants for Brazil’s Bertin, utilizing eucalyptus and generating 380 MW; an upgrade of Seresta sugar mill power plant in Alagoas to 50 MW; and two turnkey 10 MW biomass plants in Thailand, using rice husks, which will be built for Buasommai Electricity Generating in North-East Thailand.

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