CONTENTS - November 2009 - Issue 4
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 - Copenhagen will not deliver a new climate change treaty
- The FEM Biomass Cofiring Index
- Shipping & Logistics - The Baltic Dry Index doubles, but handysize rates are more stable
- FOEX launches a Nordic price index for industrial pellets
INVESTMENT & TECHNOLOGY
- Two giant pellet mills are being planned in the south-east USA
- Wood pellet capacity in the USA is growing by over 50% per year
- Straw as a feedstock for biomass electricity generation in the UK
- Electrabel converts Belgian power station to 100% biomass
- Torrefaction update – EBES develops ‘Accelerated Carbonised Biomass (ACB)’ technology
- Investment & Technology in brief...
POLICY & LEGISLATION
- Will France’s carbon tax lead to an EU-wide version?
- EU deadlock over the need for biomass sustainability criteria
- Policy & Legislation in brief...
