Cement News tagged under: Biomass
Ambuja Cement co-processes 12,500t of biomass at Rabriyawas works22 January 2018, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim-owned Ambuja Cement has co-processed more than 12,500t of biomass from farmers at its Rabriyawas plant in 2017, a considerable increase when compared with less than 800t in 2012. The Ambuja Cement Foundation established a farmer-producer company to directly supply biomass to Geocycle India, which processed the waste into a suitable fuel for firing the Rabriyawas kiln. |
Tokyo Cement inaugurates second biomass power plant11 May 2017, Published under Cement NewsSri Lankan cement producer Tokyo Cement has officially opened its second biomass power plant at Trincomalee in the presence of country president Maithripala Sirisena, Daily News (Sri Lanka) reported. The Tokyo Eastern Biomass Plant began construction in 2015 with an investment of over LKR2.5bn (US$16.3m). The plant will contribute 70GWh per year to the national grid, generated using industrial and agricultural waste sourced through community trade. In total, the plant will produce 160,... |
Alternative ambitions16 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim’s leadership in reducing CO 2 emissions in the cement industry is spurring the group to make additional investments and further lower such emissions going forward. Its commitment to alternative fuels and the company’s increasing use of them to replace traditional fuels is key to achieving its ambitious CO 2 targets. By LafargeHolcim, Switzerland. As part of its 2030 plan, LafargeHolcim aims to ramp up alternative fuels usage to help reduce net specific CO 2 emissi... |
Biomass matters24 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsWhen accounting for CO 2 emissions from the manufacture of cement clinker it is important to know the biomass content of the fuels used to fire the cement kiln, as that biomass content is deemed to be ‘carbon neutral’ and therefore does not count in the CO 2 emission. The biomass content of alternative fuels is key in determining the carbon neutrality of the fuel As this month’s Technical Forum is being written, China and the USA have announced their ratification of the Paris ... |
Japan: Taiheiyo Cement to set up subsidiary for biomass plant01 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsTaiheiyo Cement will spend JPY23.5bn (US$224m) to set up a biomass power plant at a cement production site in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, Japan. An electricity-wholesaling subsidiary with a capitalisation of JPY4bn will be created this August to undertake the project, reports Nikkei Asian review. The 75,000kW facility will be fed with palm kernel shells and empty fruit bunches left over from palm oil production and will begin operation in the autumn of 2019. All output will be sold to eRex,... |
Japan: Taiheiyo Cement plans 75MW biomass power plant24 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsJapan's Taiheiyo Cement will construct a biomass-fired unit with 75MW in Ofuna Factory, Iwate prefecture. The new unit is understood to burn domestic and imported biomass fuel. At the site, a several power units had been operational, but some of them were damaged when the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the country in 2011. Thus, the new unit is considered as a replacement of the old power unit. Plus, since it will be built on the premises of the factory, Iwate prefecture decided there wou... |
Spain: Cosmos to go ahead with biomass16 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsCementos Cosmos is to be allowed to burn biomass at its kiln, according to the Cordoba appeal judge dealing with the case. Cordoba municipality had said the cement producer could not fire its kiln with waste, but this decision was overruled with municipality having two weeks to carry out the judgment. |
Well-rounded thinking06 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsUntil recently, square and rectangular explosion venting has been the norm in storing products prone to deflagration, but one US team has developed a round hybrid model for bulk-storage domes at two biomass companies in 2016. Dome Technology pioneers round explosion vents as a custom, stronger alternative to traditional square and rectangular vents. By Rebecca Long Pyper, Dome Technology, USA. As they are truss-and support free, storage domes offer benefits in terms of explosion preve... |
Ethiopia: Messebo in solid AF supply agreement23 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Egyptian Company for Solid Waste Recycling (ECARU), a subsidiary of Qalaa Holdings’ Tawazon, has signed a five-year contract with Ethiopia’s Messebo Cement to supply biomass to gradually replace coal. As stipulated by the agreement between the two companies, ECARU will be the technology and service provider responsible for collecting, transporting and processing local biomass that will be converted to alternative solid fuel. ECARU has been supplying biomass as a source of energy ... |
Taiheiyo Cement concludes contract for research into Fukushima agricultural land reclamation20 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsTaiheiyo Cement Corp of Japan has concluded a contract for collaborative research with the Fukushima Future Center for Regional Revitalisation of Fukushima University and commenced research using Minamisoma City as a case study. The goal is to promote research into preserving and utilising agricultural land damaged by the 2011 Earthquake and to respond to the need for regional revitalisation and agricultural recovery through recovering agricultural land by cultivating 'energy crops'... |