CONTENTS - July 2009 - Volume. 1, Issue 2
MARKET BRIEFING
- Forest Biomass and Wood Pellet Price Indications
- Biomass & Pellet Market Analysis
- Forest Biomass Feedstock Availability – Forest and Sawmill activity
- Energy and Carbon Market Briefing
- Biomass Cost Drivers – Dry bulk freight rates tumble on demand and supply fears
- The FEM Biomass Cofiring Index
- UNECE study suggests that the availability of woody biomass in Europe may be greater than previously thought
- FOEX’s new Austrian industrial wood pellet price index is a step towards a Central European index
INVESTMENT & TECHNOLOGY
- What is the best way of using biomass to power vehicles?
- Australia emerges as a potentially major biomass supplier
- Two more biomass power projects have been announced in the UK
- Global trends in biomass and biofuel investment
- Investment & technology in brief... (NewPage Corporation, Chemrec AB, Sodra Cell, Goteborg Energi, Metso, UPM-Kymmene, Botnia, Stora Enso, New Gas Concepts LLC)
POLICY & LEGISATION
- Congress passes The American Clean Energy and Security Act
- Canada’s ‘Green transformation program’ will encourage biomass energy projects in the pulp and paper industry
- The UK’s transition plan to meet climate change targets
- Policy & Legislation in brief... (EU/USA biodiesel anti-dumping, UK renewable biofuel target)
