The world’s largest wood pellet plant is coming to one of the smallest towns in Central Louisiana. German Pellets GmbH will begin work immediately on a $300 million plant in Urania that is expected to employ about 80 people directly and support more than 400 indirect jobs, officials with the company and Central Louisiana Economic [...]
Wood Pellet Plant Could Come To Louisiana Port
A Canadian company is looking to build a wood pellet facility on 90 acres of Port Allen property owned by the Port of Greater Baton Rouge in southern Louisiana. Biomass Secure Power Inc., of Abbotsford, British Columbia, has an option on the property south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and north of Northline Road that [...]
$60M Wood Pellet Plant To Be Built In Wilson County, N.C.
International WoodFuels LLC plans to build a wood pellet plant in Wilson County, investing more than $60 million over a three-year period as part of an emerging green technology, officials said. The company will create 32 full-time jobs over a three-year period with the 300,000 metric ton-per-year plant. Specific salaries weren’t announced. But the average [...]
Georgia Biomass Off-Line After Explosion
The new Georgia Biomass wood pellet plant at Waycross, Ga. is off-line after a flash explosion in the pellet processing area halted production at the facility on the morning of June 20. According to industry sources, the explosion occurred in or near a pellet machine, and explosion vents on the bin above blew out and [...]
Pellet Maker Acquires Norbord Land
New England Wood Pellet LLC (NEWP) officials have announced the acquisition of Norbord’s Deposit, NY property and plans to build a new 100,000 ton-per-year state-of-the-art wood pellet manufacturing facility on the site, where Norbord is operating a medium-density fiberboard plant until the sale closes in early November. NEWP currently owns plants in Jaffrey, NH and [...]
Ark. Pellet Plant to Break Ground Aug. 13
The city of Camden and Phoenix Renewable Energy LLC of Hot Springs are scheduled to break ground Thursday on a $110 million wood pellet plant. The plant is expected to hire about 40 workers and employ 30 truck drivers eventually. The biomass-fuel power plant and pellet manufacturing plant will be located on a 44-acre site, [...]