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German utilities company,\u00a0RWE\u00a0AG,\u00a0expects to start co-firing biomass at its 600 MW coal-fired plant in the Netherlands by the end of February. The company\u00a0plans to co-fire 50pc biomass at Amer 9, which will consume around 900,000 t\/yr.<\/em><\/p>\n

The production is further forecast to increase co-firing to 80pc in the coming years. This is very good news especially for Canadian\u00a0wood pellet exporters, who will be among the first to ship to this plant.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands used to be the largest importer of\u00a0industrial wood pellets for co-firing in the world and, under its biomass support scheme,\u00a0Milieukwaliteit van de Elektriciteitsproductie (MEP), the consumption of wood pellets for co-firing reached\u00a01.5 million tonnes annually.<\/p>\n

Yet, the imports started to decline very quickly from 2012, until they stopped, in 2014, when MEP's contracts expired.<\/p>\n

Although the Government of the Netherlands (GNL) quickly replaced MEP with a new support scheme known as Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie or SDE+, biomass co-firing remained stalled over sustainability concerns. While all parties have been able to agree on sustainability criteria, the Dutch authorities began working on verification procedures in early 2016 and are still evaluating which certification programs they will accept as evidence of sustainability. Canada\u2019s SFI and CSA forest certification programs are being accepted on a provisional basis, Canadian Biomass reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German utilities company,\u00a0RWE\u00a0AG,\u00a0expects to start co-firing biomass at its 600 MW coal-fired plant in the Netherlands by the end of February. The company\u00a0plans to co-fire 50pc biomass at Amer 9, which will consume around 900,000 t\/yr. 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