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Vattenfall squeezes clean power from old rubber (trees) Vattenfall's Heizkraftwerk Reuter West power plant in Berlin

Vattenfall squeezes clean power from old rubber (trees)

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall intends to burn woodchips in its European power plants that are sourced from old Liberian rubber trees. It has signed a contract with Liberian company Buchanan Renewables Fuel to purchase a million tonnes of the chips over the next five years.

Published: Thursday, March 18 2010

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