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Plant’s biomass boiler beginning operation

In WoodResidues by ken.wilson@innovatek.co.nz

A South Otago dairy industry plant hopes to lead the way in green energy, as it brought a biomass boiler online last week. Danone Nutricia NZ began “hot commissioning” for a new, NZ$30 million bubbling fluidised bed (BFB) biomass boiler at its Clydevale milk powder plant on Thursday, which will eventually provide up to 15.5MW of heat energy. The plant …

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Project Case Study: Conveying Equipment for Wood Pellet Plant

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Residues2Revenues 2022 Sponsored Post We have extensive experience providing conveying equipment for Nature’s Flame wood pellet plant in Taupo, the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Nature’s Flame manufactures premium heating fuel made from wood shavings and sawdust sourced from the timber processing industry. We helped design the plant that opened in 2010 to allow for future expansion. …

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Polytechnik recapitalised and under new ownership

In WoodResidues by ken.wilson@innovatek.co.nz

Polytechnik Biomass Energy, a global technology leader in biomass combustion, wood gasification and carbonisation systems has announced that they have a new majority shareholder and has restructured in order that they can continue to offer their full range of biomass boiler systems. The restructuring was finalised on 20 June 2022. In late January, Polytechnik which was in insolvency, announced that …

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Energy demands of dairy factories met – 6x over

In WoodResidues by ken.wilson@innovatek.co.nz

There is enough energy left over in forestry residues and other woody waste, such as from orchards, surplus pulp logs, and sawmill chip, to entirely replace the heat and energy demands of all New Zealand’s dairy factories, six times over.On the 26-27 July, as part of New Zealand’s Residues to Revenues 2022 event, just how much and where the wood …