Vattenfall wants to burn the African biomass in power stations in Denmark, Germany and Poland to reduce the need for coal as a fuel.
Buchanan Renewables Fuel, owned by the McCall Mac Bain Foundation, produces woodchips from non-producing rubber plantations.
Old rubber trees that no longer productive are converted into woodchips, while new trees are replanted at the farms. The company has the capacity to produce 400,000 tonnes of woodchips annually, it says.
Göran