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Biomass fuel plant adding solar power Atlantic Wind & Solar

is intended to produce 252,000 tons of European- standard, power-plant grade, wood pellet fuel. The company will also install a 10MW co-generation facility on the site, in line with the province’s green energy initiative program. The energy produced from the solar plant will be sold to the Ontario Power Authority.

is to install a 500kW solar energy system on the rooftop of BioSila Canada Corp’s biomass fuel manufacturing plant in Mattawa, Ontario. The system is expected to generate sufficient solar electricity to power a hundred local homes over the next 20 years, and will offset plant emissions of over 10,350 tons of CO 2 . The BioSila Complex, which will open in 2012,

Dow Wire signs Russian license deal Dow Wire & Cable, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical

Russian Federation. “The Russian Federation is a very important region for growth and innovation in the power industry,” said Filip Tauson, commercial director Europe/Middle East/ Africa, Dow Wire & Cable. “This next stepwith [Sevkabel] will certainly benefit both organizations as well as utilities and consumers that will realizemore reliable power supply from the manufacture of long-life cables that meet strict international quality standards.”

Co., has signed a license agreement with Russian company Sevkabel Holding that will allow Sevkabel to use Dow’s Endurance range insulation, semi-conductive and jacketing materials to manufacture medium and high voltage power cables. In a press release, Midland, Michigan-based Dow described Sevkabel Holding, which is headquartered in St. Petersburg, as a leading cable manufacturer in the

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