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made significant progress toward the
adoption of the latest energy-saving build-
ing codes for homes and commercial
properties. The full 2010 scorecard is
available online at www.aceee.org/
research-report/e107.
World’s Largest Pellet Plant
On Track
According to a Nov. 8 Moscow Times
article, the world’s largest pellet plant in
Vyborg, Russia, was to begin production
by the end of 2010. Owned by Russian
pulp and paper company Vyborgskaya
Cellulose, the plant has a production
capacity of more than 900,000 tons of
wood pellets per year. Swedish trading
house Ekman & Co., which has an exclusive
sales agreement with Vyborgskaya, says it is
looking to sell large volumes of the pellets
to industrial users, primarily power and
cogeneration plants across Europe.
An Ekman representative said that the
company already has several smaller
contracts to deliver pellets to small
combined heat and power plants in
Scandinavia. The raw material for the
pellets consists primarily of logs from
Russia and Belarus. Vyborgskaya has
several large 49-year leases on forest
land in the Leningrad and Pskov regions.
Dresser Waukesha Wins DOE
Grant for CHP System
Dresser Waukesha has received a
$6.6 million award from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Energy to develop an ‘ultra-clean’
combined heat and power system that will
produce 1-1. 5 MW of electricity and up to
1. 5 MW of hot water and/or steam for use
in commercial and industrial applications.
The Waukesha, Wis.-based company will
combine the DOE funds with a $5 million
investment of its own to develop this system.
IDEA’s 2011 Distribution Workshop
Workshop will take place before
the Campus Energy Conference
Monday & Tuesday
February 21-22, 2011
Miami, Florida
The workshop features a roundtable format emphasizing peer
exchange and open dialogue on the challenges of:
Don’t miss this opportunity to network and learn from your peers!
Visit the IDEA web site www.districtenergy.org/calendar.htm for
program updates and registration information or call (508) 366-9339.
