Biomass Digest» Brazil http://biomassdigest.net/blog Biomass news for power, feed and food production Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Viridas to supply 240,000 tons of biomass to UK from Brazilian jatropha http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/07/29/viridas-to-supply-240000-tons-of-biomass-to-uk-from-brazilian-jatropha/ http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/07/29/viridas-to-supply-240000-tons-of-biomass-to-uk-from-brazilian-jatropha/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:42:41 +0000 Jim Lane http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/07/29/viridas-to-supply-240000-tons-of-biomass-to-uk-from-brazilian-jatropha/ In the UK, Viridas announced that it plans to supply an unnamed UK energy generator with 240,000 tons per year of sustainable biomass for electricity generation from its jatropha plant in Brazil. The company will process the seeds into crushed ‘seed-cake’ in a facility in the UK and plans to start commercial production in 2013.

The two companies have signed a Strategic Development and Partnership agreement, which Viridas is expecting to result in a sustainable biomass offtake deal. The company said that it now has potential revenues worth up to $1 billion over a ten-year period.

]]> http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/07/29/viridas-to-supply-240000-tons-of-biomass-to-uk-from-brazilian-jatropha/feed/ 0 Petrobras to open first ethanol-fueled power plant in Brazil http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/petrobras-to-open-first-ethanol-fueled-power-plant-in-brazil/ http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/petrobras-to-open-first-ethanol-fueled-power-plant-in-brazil/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:33:21 +0000 admin http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/petrobras-to-open-first-ethanol-fueled-power-plant-in-brazil/ In Brazil, Petrobras announced that it opened the country’s first ethanol-powered power generation unit. The 45 MW turbine system came online at the Juiz de Fora power plant, utilizing ethanol made from sugarcane.

]]> http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/01/28/petrobras-to-open-first-ethanol-fueled-power-plant-in-brazil/feed/ 0 Vega announces JV for Brazilian torrefaction project http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2009/12/09/vega-announces-jv-for-brazilian-torrefaction-project/ http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2009/12/09/vega-announces-jv-for-brazilian-torrefaction-project/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:46:06 +0000 admin http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2009/12/09/vega-announces-jv-for-brazilian-torrefaction-project/ Vega Promotional Systems announced a Joint Venture Agreement to build a biomass production facility in Brazil. The Joint Venture Project will utilize special alternative energy technology called torrefaction.

Torrefaction converts most forms of biomass waste into thermally treated biomass powder that is then turned into bio-coal briquettes for shipment to the end user.

Bio-coal has a high energy density of over 10,000 BTU’s per pound and is considered a renewable energy fuel that meets the Renewable Portfolio Standards and renewable energy credits in the United States. The retail price of the bio-coal in the United States is between $135 and $145 per metric ton. In Europe, the price is approximately $100 per metric ton higher than the price in the United States. The cost to build the Brazil facility will be approximately $11 million (USD). When completed, the facility will generate approximately $7 million in annual revenue. The Company’s plan is to begin construction during the first quarter of 2010.

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