Tag: biofuel

Construction of twenty boiler houses running on biofuel continues in the Arkhangelsk Region

Alexander Tsybulsky, Head of the Region, shared this information in his Telegram channel. Equipment purchasing procedures are currently in progress. According to calculations of the regional Ministry of Fuel Sector and Utilities, it will take 3–4 months to...

Biofuel, cardboard, and paper are included in the list of recycled products whose producers will receive additional government support

As of March 1, 2024, Russian producers of biofuel, cardboard, and paper using recycled materials will be entitled to government support measures within the Industry Development and Competitiveness Improvement state program and the subsidized loans program by the...

Vladimir Putin proposed to additionally allocate at least 15 billion rubles to support municipal boiler houses in switching to biofuel

At the meeting on the development of the timber industry, the President of the Russian Federation proposed to additionally allocate at least 15 billion rubles in publicly funded infrastructure loans to support municipal boiler houses in switching to...

Five boiler houses in the Irkutsk Region are supposed to be converted to biofuel by the end of 2025

Igor Kobzev, Head of the Region, has already given instructions to upgrade the heating sources in the pilot mode. Support measures for the timber industry were discussed on January 18 at the meeting with representatives of federal ministries...

Boiler facilities in Karelia can be switched to biofuels

Alexander Chepik, Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Karelia, held a meeting with representatives of the wood pellet industry. Previously, the products of the regional timber industry were mainly supplied to Europe. Under the new...

UPM plans a new biorefinery

Forest company UPM is starting the basic design phase of a new biorefinery. The design examines the attractiveness of the business, selects the technology option and assesses the need for investment. In addition, two main location options are...

Wood pellet plant launched in Pskov Region

The opening ceremony of a wood pellet plant with the capacity of 21,000 tons per year was held in Strugi Krasnye of Pskov Region on September 19, 2019. Its consumption of raw materials will be 50,000 m 3...

Ivan Klyuchnikov, CEO of Altailes: “The maximum effect in business can only be achieved by the full utilization of available resources”

Ivan Klyuchnikov, CEO of Altailes, told the WhatWood Agency about the group’s priority projects and shared his vision of promising and profitable areas of the forest sector. – How do you think the timber industry in Russia has...

In St. Petersburg, the largest Congress in Russia on biofuels is held

From March 19 to March 20, 2019, in St. Petersburg is held “Biofuel Congress” is Russia’s largest international business event in the biofuel industry. More than forty speakers will make presentations at the conference. They will share their...

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: the eight-year work of the existing head of Rosleskhoz was assessed as unsatisfactory; WhatWood summarizes the preliminary results of the LPK for 2018; the company “Solikamskbumprom” took a loan of 27 million euros; Segezha Group completed the design of a new pulp and paper mill in the Krasnoyarsk region; prices and volumes of production of LPK in Russia for 4Q 2017-2018

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: summed up the first results of the LPK for 2018; basic prices for round wood and lumber; prices for the products of LPK in Russia for 2017-2018; exchange rates to the US dollar from...

Researchers have proposed a new technology to produce biofuel from wood waste

Scientists from the Moscow Institute of physics and technology and the joint Institute of high temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences have proposed a new unique technology for biofuels from wood waste, according to the online publication...

Two new enterprises will start work in TOSER “Komsomolsk”

According to the press service of the Government of the Khabarovsk territory, two enterprises of the Amurlitmash site of the territory of advanced social and economic development-TOSER Komsomolsk will launch their production in the near future. Companies “Sunny...