In the Netherlands, Blackwood Technology announced the successful start of production of the first commercial FlashTor black pellet plant in Lampang Province, Thailand. The plant is owned and operated by NT Biomass Products Company Limited (NTBC), a 100% subsidiary of TTCL Public Company Limited (TTCL). When fully ramped-up, it will produce 75,000 tonnes of black […]
In Thailand, TTCL Public Company Limited and Blackwood Technology, a Dutch cleantech company under TTCL, jointly organized an inauguration event of a torrefaction demonstration plant, or the Demo Plant, which is a steppingstone to Thailand’s biomass upgrading by using Blackwood’s proprietary “FlashTor®” torrefaction technology with a multi-million dollar budget. The project is aimed at Thailand’s […]
In Europe, a multi-institute project evaluating the use of marginal land to cultivate trees and shrubs for use as feedstocks for bioplastics, biochar, and pet litter has achieved “promising results.” The group assessed growth of Siberian elm, common juniper, hoary rock-rose, rosemary, birch, common broom, blackwood acacia, mora, common hornbeam and black poplar across six […]
By Michael Wild, International Biomass Torrefaction Council, and Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Torrefaction is a thermal pre-treatment technology used to upgrade lignocellulosic biomass to a higher quality and more attractive biofuel. In the torrefaction process, biomass is heated to 250-350°C in a low oxygen atmosphere, so that all moisture is removed and the […]
Tired of corn, corn, corn or cane, cane, cane? There are 101 feedstocks in the biofuels canon. Here’s what’s up with each of them, and all of them. In Florida, Biofuels Digest released its annual Guide to biofuels feedstocks, tracking 10,658 items published in the Digest in the past 48 months on 101 feedstocks for […]
