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Bioenergy International no 7 December 2015

FEATURE: 1&--&54t4)*11*/(t-0(*45*$4 BRUKS Rockwood was selected to provide complete engineering and equipment for the ship loader. This travelling, luffing, shuttling ship loader is designed to load wood pellets at a rate of 1 200 tonnes per hour (photos courtesy Bruks Rockwood). Bioenergy Int Internat ional No 83, 7-2015 11 chor points for the rails onto the existing dock as well as providing new mooring points for larger vessels. The moorings have to be designed with sufficient strength to hold vessels on berth even at times of the high water flows, which are typical on the Mississippi River. The shiploader was supplied by BRUKS Rockwood, a global leader in mechanical engineering and equipment supply for bulk-storage facilities. The scope of supply included the complete traveling, luffing and slewing ship loader. It is designed to transport and load pellets at a rate of 1 200 tonnes per hour and fully load a Panamax vessel with 65 000 tonnes in three days. In April 2015 the first boat, a ‘Handy’ sized vessel, set sail on the Mississippi River from Drax’s new port facility. It carried 25 000 tonnes of the first wood pellets produced by the Gloster plant testing the supply chain, from pellet plant to port and port to vessel, in preparation for the first Panamax-sized vessel. According to Lane Roberts, BRUKS is an important vendor for Dome Technology projects in the biofuel realm with multiple projects utilizing BRUKS equipment in Dome’s project portfolio, the most common being equipment used to deliver material to or from the dome, especially in the form of ship loaders and unloaders. – For these projects, BRUKS completes the engineering for their systems and that requires a thorough understanding of the machinery and the bulk product in question, ended Lane Roberts. Text: Alan Sherrard BI83/5122/AS Statkraft biomass hub delivers first shipment of woodchips Norway-based Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, has successfully shipped over 3 000 tonnes of woodchips to a leading Danish customer. The consignment is the first woodchip cargo to be shipped from Statkraft’s new biomass trading hub, which opened in August at Tofte, Norway. The site of the former Södra Cell paper mill, Statkraft is processing roundwood to energy chips at the site with moisture content close to 30 percent. – There is significant annual growth of the demand in the Scandinavian woodchip market forecast for the next few years and Statkraft has responded by creating a new product that is tailor-made for these customers, commented Christopher Moore, Head of Biomass Trading and Origination for Statkraft. He added that the strategic location south of Oslo directly on the Oslofjord with deep water and short sea ice-free vessel berth capacity operating 24/7 make the terminal perfectly suited for sustainable biomass products. – This ensures a quick turnaround of vessels and enables customers to accelerate their supply chains to receive their products on a just-in-time basis, explained Moore. The terminal has sufficient storage capacity for 100 000 tonnes of roundwood logs and 50 000 tonnes of woodchip, as well as covered storage for up to 20 000 tonnes of wood pellets. Supplies of biomass material are being received by road and sea and Statkraft is aiming for an annual throughput of ½ million tonnes of handled biomass materials to service the European energy market. – The biomass is sourced from sustainably managed forest certified in accordance with PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) and we expect to be SBP (Sustainable Biomass Partnership) certified by the end of the year. In addition, we can help other companies with their woodchip logistics optimization, said Moore. Statkraft’s future plans for Tofte include an expansion into the liquid biofuel sector with the implementation of a production facility in partnership with SödraCell. BI83/5132/AS Christopher Moore, Head of Biomass Trading and Origination for Statkraft.


Bioenergy International no 7 December 2015
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