In a sign of potential wide-scale growth in biomass in the Southeast, a renewable energy investor has announced a major move in Alabama’s developing biomass industry. Pinnacle Renewable Holdings, which operates one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of industrial wood pellets, has purchased… read more
Power plant managers have to do a balancing act, juggling multiple things in order to keep their plants running efficiently and keeping stakeholders happy. The trouble is, there are so many problems a plant manager faces on a day-to-day basis that it can be difficult… read more
Last month, in Genoa, Italy, an elevated highway bridge collapsed, plunging three dozen cars and trucks 150 feet to the ground and killing 37. Back in 2007, the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis suffered a catastrophic failure that killed 13 people and… read more
Biomass promises to be one of the most feasible carbon-neutral ways to wean the nation off of fossil fuels. More practical at the moment than solar, and more reliable than wind, biomass has enormous potential – and researchers around the globe are working around the… read more
The latest figures for biomass production have been released, and they reveal a healthy market as of April 2018. Per the Energy Information Administration, there were 630,000 tons of biomass fuel produced in April. Most of it – 600,000 tons – was sold. The figures… read more
The 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum announced by President Trump earlier this year shocked the world – even those within the steel industry – and were viewed as a drastic measure by the European Union, who retaliated in what has been an escalating trade… read more
When it comes to air handling, there are many considerations as to what type of fan you’ll have in your plant – whether it’s a radial fan or a curved fan, etc. In certain operating environments, a backward curved fan may be the best option…. read more
When it comes to boilers, efficiency is the name of the game. Lower efficiency leads to worse performance, which impacts the revenue and profit margin of a plant, either directly (for a power plant) or indirectly (for a steel plant, pulp & paper mill, etc.)…. read more
