60,000 tonnes of biocoal capacity under construction in EU

In France, Thermya announced construction of three industrial biocoal production units using TORSPYD, a biomass torrefaction process developed by the company. The first unit will open this summer in Urnieta, in the Spanish Basque Country, under the supervision of Grupo Lantec, promoter and developer of the project. It will produce 20,000 tonnes of biocoal per year.

Thermya is also currently constructing two biocoal production units in Mazingarbe, in the North of France, for French company LMK Energy. LMK Energy awarded a contract to Thermya in January 2011 for the turn-key supply of two biomass torrefaction units with a total production capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year of biocoal.