Recently, I had an opportunity to participate in 4th Annual Conference “Mapping the Course”, organized by Western Forestry and Conservation Association and Wood Resources International in Vancouver in the State of Washington. The main idea,Continue reading
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Ence has acquired the controlling share in two Spanish biomass power plants
Energía y Celulosa (Ence) purchased recently the controlling share in two Spanish biomass power plants: Endesa’s Enemasa facility in Ciudad Real, and a Enel’s La Loma plant in Jaen.
Pellets production in Spain does not reach 40% of the installed capacity
In 2015 pellet production capacity in Spain, distributed among 79 plants, was 1,250,000 tonnes, but production did not exceed 475,000, the 38%. It is one of the data obtained from the ENplus day: five yearsContinue reading
The EU as the world’s largest wood pellet market
A report recently published by the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network provides an overview of the European Union’s biofuel, wood pellet market and biogas production. Without any doubts, the EU is the world’sContinue reading
China overtook Canada and USA in wood production
According to FAO, year 2014 was very successful in global production of all major wood products. Since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, all major forest products exceeded levels seen prior to economic crisis.
Housing market has improved in the U.S.
The Virginia Tech–U.S. Forest Service reported recently that housing has improved in the United States, in June 2016. However, most sectors of the housing market remain well less than their respective historical averages.
How to make better decisions in the forest sector?
Researchers from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) explored the possibilities of introducing risk into forest sector models (FSM). They have found a step-wise procedure, which has one main goal: help decision makers toContinue reading