Pellet Mill Press - September 4, 2018

EPA proposes ACE rule as replacement for Clean Power Plan On Aug. 21, the U.S. EPA released a proposed rule to create the Affordable Clean Energy program, which aims to establish emissions guidelines for states to develop plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. READ MORE SHARE
BTEC asks Senate to expand CWEIP in 2018 Farm Bill The Biomass Thermal Energy Council and more than 30 other groups sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Aug. 17 urging the Senate to expand the Community Wood Energy and Innovations Program in the final 2018 Farm Bill. READ MORE SHARE
	Hekotek to supply pellet plant to customer in Vietnam Hekotek, an Estonia-based mechanical engineering company that designs and manufactures machinery for wood processing industries, recently announced it is supplying its first pellet plant to a customer in Southeast Asia. READ MORE SHARE
SAE provides update of Uskmouth biomass conversion SIMEC Atlantis Energy recently issued an update on its 220 MW conversion project in Uskmouth, Wales. Post conversion, the station will export 220 MW of baseload power to the grid using an end-of-waste energy pellet. READ MORE SHARE
Arensis secures funding to develop UK renewable energy projects Los Angeles-based Arensis has announced the financial close of £13.5 million in debt funding ($17 million) from Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments Ltd. The funding was secured for renewable energy facilities in the U.K. READ MORE SHARE
Drax Biomass completes headquarters transition to Monroe Drax Biomass Inc. has completed its headquarters move from Atlanta to Monroe, Louisiana. Initiating the process earlier this year, the company has been building its new corporate staff which is now located on Tower Drive in Monroe. READ MORE SHARE
EchoPro pulse radar sensors provide reliable measurement Flowline has announced its EchoPro 26 GHz pulse radar sensors work with powders, grains, pellets and aggregates in dusty environments with limited space and varying angles of material repose. READ MORE SHARE