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Scottish Energy Minister opens UK’s largest biomass CHP plant
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major addition to the Scottish Government’s plan for a more sustainable energy
future in Scotland was reached when Fergus Ewing, MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, opened RWE’s Markinch Biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant in Glenrothes, Fife. Construction on the plant began in 2009 and was fully completed in 2014.
At the ceremony, the Minister stated: “I am delighted to open the Markinch CHP biomass plant. This is the largest of its kind in the UK and is not only an asset to Scotland, but will also help us deliver our target of 11% of non-electrical heat demand by renewable sources by 2020. With the help of a Scottish Enterprise grant this plant has also helped safeguard 500 jobs in the local papermakers, Tullis Russell, which has been open over 200 years”. Constructed and operated
SMALLTALK Fortum CHP plant
Left to right: Chris Parr, Chief Executive of Tullis Russell Group; Paul Coffey, Chief Operating Officer at RWE Innogy; and Fergus Ewing, MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism.
by one of Europe’s leading renewables’ operators, RWE, the state-of-the-art plant replaces the former 1950s coal and gas-fired CHP power station on the site of premium paper and board manufacturer Tullis Russell. It represents a reduction in fossil fuel- related carbon dioxide emissions by around 250,000 tonnes per annum, delivering a major contribution to the UK’s renewable energy generation targets. The new facility is already
providing all of Tullis Russell’s electricity and steam requirements, with excess electricity generation being fed into local networks. The project was financed, in part, with an £8.1 million Regional Selective Assistance grant from the Scottish Government and Forestry Commission Scotland has also helped underpin the investment with a long-term contract for timber supply to the plant, providing 750,000 tonnes of timber over the next ten years.
Biomass-based boiler plant for Nokia
A boiler plant that utilises biomass has been ordered from Valmet by Nokianvirran Energia in Finland. Valmet’s delivery will include a HYBEX boiler with a steam power of 68 MW that employs fluidized bed technology, flue gas purification equipment and the plant’s electrification and automation system.
The boiler plant will be delivered for a new steam heat station to be built in Nokia. The total value of Nokianvirran Energia’s investment is approximately 45 million Euros, of which the value of Valmet’s contribution is slightly more than a half.
The new heating station will produce process steam for the SCA Hygiene Products paper mill and the Nokian Renkaat factory, as well as district heat
utilise milled peat and sludge from the paper mill.
The boiler plant will be constructed inside an existing boiler building, in the middle of the photo, from where an old coal-fired boiler, delivered by Tampella in 1963, will be demolished.
for Leppäkosken Lämpö’s district heat customers. The fossil natural gas previously used for energy production will be replaced with more affordable biofuels, such as timber chips from local sources. The boiler will also be able to
For SCA, which manufactures tissues, the investment will decrease the company’s dependence on fossil natural gas. In addition, the de-inking sludge derived from the tissue mill can also be used for energy production at the new power plant.
For Nokian Renkaat, the power plant will bring cost benefits and also reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the production process.
The design work for
Nokianvirran Energia’s new boiler has mostly been completed and manufacturing has begun at Valmet’s workshop in Lapua. The project will begin producing steam in the Spring of 2016.
to boost efficiency Valmet will supply a flue-gas cleaning and condensation plant to Fortum’s combined heat and power plant in Joensuu, Finland, which burns wood and peat. The new flue gas scrubber will increase the plant’s energy efficiency and district heating production capacity and decrease the power plant’s emissions. The value of the order is around eight million Euros. The plant will be ready for use this Autumn in time for the start of a new heating season. Its heat output is 130 MW and electrical output 50 MW.
Biofuels from paper waste
Researchers from Sultan Qaboos University in Oman are setting up a pilot scale bioprocessing laboratory for testing various methods of producing biofuels and bioplastics from paper waste. The country produces about 62,000 metric tons of paper waste annually, but the research is looking to tackle the problem globally. The project began in January and has secured funding until 2017.
Key Flag Symbol
for UPM BioVerno UPM’s renewable wood-based diesel has been granted the Finnish Key Flag Symbol, which is reserved for products that are manufactured in the country and have a domestic origin of over 50%. UPM BioVerno diesel is produced only in Lappeenranta, Finland, and most of the raw material used in the production is Finnish crude tall oil from the company’s pulp mills.
Report on Chinese
biofuels market Growing demand for alternative fuel has motivated the Asia- Pacific biofuels market with China and India emerging as the fastest growing market sector for bio-based energy. A report providing insights into the global and Chinese biofuels sector has now been added to the database of Transparency Market Research based in Albany, New York. ‘China Biofuels Market’ contains a detailed overview and statistical data for the region.
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