Option 1 — Biomass Fuel

Which wood disposal option is best for your utility?

Our expert team will help you identify a more environmentally friendly disposal option that is also cost efficient.

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Option 1 — Biomass Fuel

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Untreated wood waste (pallets, reels, etc.) or wood treated with creosote both make for excellent biomass fuel. Combustion of these materials can be used to generate either steam or electricity. Biomass facilities range from energy-intensive private industries (e.g. cement manufacturers) to local and regional energy providers. During this process wood waste is chipped to specific sizes and transported on-site to the chosen facility.

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Biomass Fuel: Quick Breakdown

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Customer CASE STUDY:

Incineration (Waste-to-Energy)

DISCOVER
PLATTSBURGH
New York

Plattsburgh was looking for a more effective, environmentally friendly waste removal program. Learn how we helped the city convert their stockpiling old poles---that had collected for several years---into energy through incineration.

 

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Customer CASE STUDY:

BIOMASS FUEL

PEPCO
An Exelon® Company

Koppers Recovery has established an effective, ongoing recovery solution for Pepco in which we pick up used utility poles for biomass incineration. Having a regular program in place with Koppers Recovery means they have a more efficient, cost-effective solution.

 

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Customer CASE STUDY:

RECYCLING WOOD WASTE

LAMBERTS
Cable Splicing Company,
LLC

Like many contractors that provide services to utilities, Lambert is a company that had been stockpiling wood waste, in this case at three different North Carolina locations. Koppers Recovery successfully removed all wood waste for subsequent processing through a recycling program.

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Customer CASE STUDY:

Waste-to-Energy

NATIONAL GRID
New Poles + Disposal = Cost
Effective Logistics

National Grid has been a new pole customer of Koppers Utility and Industrial Products for several years. We recently implemented a turnkey program for them that consisted of delivery of new poles and backhauling used poles for waste to energy incineration.

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