After the SECTOR Project has successfully ended on 31 December 2015, we are still following up on torrefaction. Here you can find the latest news from the former SECTOR consortium:

Magnus Rudolfsson, Eleonora Borén, Linda Pommer, Anders Nordin, Torbjörn A. Lestander "Combined effects of torrefaction and pelletization parameters on the quality of pellets produced from torrefied biomass" (2017), In: Applied Energy, Volume 191, Pages 414–424

Rudolfsson, Magnus (2016) "Characterization and Densification of Carbonized Lignocellulosic Biomass" (Doctoral Thesis), ISBN 978-91-576-8624-4

Schulze J, Frank K, Priess JA, Meyer MA (2016) "Assessing Regional-Scale Impacts of Short Rotation Coppices on Ecosystem Services by Modeling Land-Use Decisions" PLoS ONE 11(4): e0153862. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153862  

Markus A Meyer et al 2016 "Making environmental assessments of biomass production systems comparable worldwide" Environ. Res. Lett. 11 034005

Successful co-firing of Blackwood’s advanced biomass pellets in Helen Oy’s Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki, Finland (June 2016 / Language: English)

Mustat pelleti - Polttokokeet Hanasaaren voimalaitoksella (in Bioenergia Journal 3/2016 pp. 28-29 / Language: Finish)