Perstorp
November 11, 2014
BY Perstorp
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Drax Group plc on Dec. 11 announced the company has no near-term or medium-term plans to expand wood pellet production capacity. Work on the proposed 450,000-metric-ton-per-year pellet plant in Longview, Washington, will remain paused.
Dutch biomethanol producer Perpetual Next and American equipment supplier TSI celebrated their long-term collaboration on Nov. 24 with the kick-off of constructing the world's largest torrefaction reactor in Estonia.
Biomass energy sources supplied more than 9% of the U.K.’s electricity in during July, setting a new monthly record, according to the latest Electric Insights Quarterly report released by Imperial College London on Dec. 3.
The U.K. government on Nov. 24 announced it will apply a new anti-dumping duty on imports of biodiesel from China. The ad valorem duties range from $14.79% to 54.64% and will apply to biodiesel and renewable diesel. SAF is excluded.
The U.K. Trade Remedies Authority on Nov. 28 proposed new countervailing duties on U.S. renewable diesel. The agency is recommending duties be set at £257.80 to £303.56 per metric ton, which equates to approximately $1.09 to $1.29 per gallon.