WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤ to build jatropha-fired 9MW combined heat and power plant in Belgium

May 5, 2008

In Belgium, WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤, a Finnish company, announced that it will construct a 9 MW co-generated heat and power plant in Merksplas, using jatropha based biodiesel as a feedstock. Recently the Institute of Energy and Environment Research in Heidelberg, Germany gave the green light to jatropha biodiesel after completing a study of the fuel’s field-to-wheels production cycle and calculated a net positive environmental benefit.

In Finland, the 12 Mgy Hamina ethanol plant will open this month, replacing up to 2 percent of Finland’s conventional gasoline usage, with waste products from candy factories and bakeries among its feedstocks.

The plant will distribute fuel to 20 etanolix stations that are scheduled to open around the country.

In January, UPM-Kymmene and waste management company Lassila & Tikanoja announced that, in conjunction with the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), they had developed an ethanol and energy generation concept using paper, cardboard, wood and plastic, and would begin testing at VTT’s RajamÃ¤ki unit.

Finland’s Neste Oil recently announced a plan to construct the largest biodiesel plant in the world, in Singapore.

The 430 Mgy plant would be completed by the end of 2010. The plant would use palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Estimated project cost is $814 million.

Singapore is considered ideal for palm oil biodiesel because of its proximity to the feedstock plantations in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand as well as its world-class fuel terminal facilities.

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Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under International, Producer News