Longview Fibre to Install Biomass-Fired FBB Plant at Washington Mill

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Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Longview, Wash., USA, reported this week that it plans to build a $100 million power plant to convert waste wood into renewable energy. According to a report by Longview-based The Daily News Herald, the 65-mw, 650,000-pph steam fluidized bed biomass boiler will burn some 38,000 tpy of mill waste, including wood chips, sawdust, and hog fuel. The company plans to startup the plant by the end of 2011.

Randy Nebel, Longview Fibre president, noted that "this project will support our goals to use biomass-based energy, improve efficiencies, and solidify the long-term viability of the business." Peter Moulton, bioenergy coordinator for the Washington Department of Commerce, said in the news report that other mills, such as Port Townsend Paper Corp. (Port Townsend, Wash.), are starting similar projects.