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BTEC elects new executive officers The Biomass Thermal Energy Council has announced its newly elected executive officers for the 2013 board of directors. The executive Dan Arnett, biomass committee that will lead coordinator at Ernst Conservation Seeds organization in 2013 include Chairman Dan Wilson, vice president of Wilson Engineering Services; Vice Chair Dan Arnett, biomass coordinator for Ernst Conservation Seeds; Treasurer Robert Davis, Robert Davis, founder and CEO of founder and CEO of Forest Energy Corp.; and Forest Energy Corp. Secretary John Ackerly, president of the Alliance for Green Heat.
Georgia Southern University opens pilot pellet mill Georgia Southern University’s Herty Advanced Materials Development Center has opened the first fully-integrated pilot pellet mill in the U.S. The new production line includes a nearly $2 million investment in process equipment. The facility is designed to provide a much-needed platform for innovation in process technology and pellet design. With the new mill, Herty will work with technology providers and developers to help validate product development projects. The team will also support researchers working to enhance pellet design, and will support the development of methods to lower operating costs. Capabilities and services provided through the new pilot operation include biomass preparation and pretreatment, biomass testing and pellet analysis.
UK Biomass Heating Group forms as industry voice In response to the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change’s request for a single trade association with which to negotiate and act as a collective voice for companies in the biomass heating industry, the Energy and Utilities Alliance has launched the Biomass Heating Group. The group is led by the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council and the Industrial and Commercial Energy Association. The Biomass Heating Group is designed to be mutually beneficial to its members and the U.K. government. LC Energy acquires pellet business LC Energy, an England-based specialist in sustainable wood supply, has acquired Harvest Wood Fuels’ bulk pellet business. The company, based in Tilford, Surrey, England, is a top supplier of high-grade wood pellets. LC Energy operates in the southern
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