Timber industry research & analytics Tag: bioenergy
Global timber market review #12-2016
10 July 2016 ` 12:46
– After the excellent annual result in 2015 with an increase of 10.9% and in total over 100m EPAL pallets, 73.6m of which were newly produced EPAL Euro pallets, the upward trend is continuing in the first quarter... Global timber market review #7-2015
20 April 2015 ` 15:52
– Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovha Rada) has imposed a 10-year ban on unprocessed log exports. – Despite the decline in domestic consumption by 11%, Sweden’s wood pellet production increased by 4% in 2014, mainly due to increased exports. –... Global Trends Review, December 23, 2013 – January 12, 2014: Japanese housing performed well in 2013, but home producers might push importers off the market in mid-term
16 January 2014 ` 01:18
After eleven months of 2013, housing starts in Japan were up 10% on last year’s figures, Holzkurier says. This makes 2013 the strongest construction year in Japan ever since 2008. As a preliminary total estimate, 960,000 housing units... Global Trends Review, September 09-15, 2013: bio-CHP industry spreading over Europe; bank experts predict merger of UPM & Stora Enso
18 September 2013 ` 07:22
Fortum company opened a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Latvian city of Jelgava. The new power plant uses biomass as fuel and will provide district heating to the residents and businesses in Jelgava as... Global Trends Review, July 22-28, 2013: industry holds against wide biomass use in energy sector; Japan pushing domestic woodworking
30 July 2013 ` 20:32
British panel industry welcomes government’s decision to cut subsidies for biomass use in the energy sector, TTJ said. The Wood Panel Industries Federation (WPIF) and the British Furniture Confederation (BFC) have both campaigned against government support for power... 
Ministry for Nature prepared bioenergy stimulation plan
4 July 2013 ` 01:34
Russian government approved the plan on stimulation of renewable wood resources utilization in heat and power generation. Development of this industry will require changes in the legislation and will be tested in five Russian regions, according to Russian... Titan Group: WTO possibly to close a number of sawmills
7 September 2012 ` 11:52
WTO accession will possibly lead to closures of low-efficiency and old mills that don’t have possibilities to cut internal costs, as said by Dmitriy Krylov, Deputy CEO, Foreign Relations of Lesozavod-25 mill (belongs to Titan Group). ‘’Acute competition... 