Andritz to build torrefaction demo facility in Denmark
May 18 2011 Andritz will build a torrefaction demonstration facility in Sønder Stenderup, Denmark, the company announced at a press conference in Stockholm.
Technology shows promise for more effective co-firing in boilers, according to Humbert Köfler, member of the Executive Board of Andritz. The facility in Denmark will prove out Andritz' technologies for large scale torrified biomass production and to assist customers in developing their production processes for this technology.The Danish facility will also provide Andritz with the ability to fully optimize the torrefaction process, including drying the feedstock and pelleting the torrefied biomass into a final product. The demo plant in Denmark will be started up in the middle of 2012.
