Across many industries, biomass boilers are being adopted to replace or complement coal and heavy-oil systems, providing renewable heat and helping companies meet tightening environmental policies.

Editor’s Note: This article is based on a paper given at POWER-GEN International in Orlando in December 2010. The paper was recognized as one of the best presented at the 2010 conference. This ...

Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT) will use Emerson Process Management’s PlantWeb digital plant architecture to control a 190 MWe biomass boiler at the Polaniec Power Station in Poland. Foster Wheeler is ...

Dartmouth College says it’s reassessing its plan to build a wood burning heating plant that would replace its current oil-burning plant. The biomass plant was one piece of a $200 million project that ...

Valmet has received an order from Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin SA (ZE PAK) to convert a lignite-fired boiler into a biomass-fired boiler at its power plant in Konin, Poland. The order is ...

All Continental tire plants have transitioned to alternative energy sources, including biomass, biogas and electricity from ...

When scientists think of a “biomass” fuel, organic materials like wood pellets, timber scraps or other plant matter that can be burned typically comes to mind. But recent votes by the Georgia Public ...

Global tyre manufacturer Continental has announced the complete phase-out of coal and heavy fuel oil in its tyre production ...

The first biomass-fired power plant in Cuba—located adjacent to Ciro Redondo sugar mill in the central province of Ciego de Ávila—recently synchronized its two boilers to the grid. The 60-MW plant is ...