Wood Bioenergy » wood pellet plant http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog a Hatton-Brown publication Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:27:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pellet Maker Acquires Norbord Land http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog/2009/pellet-maker-acquires-norbord-land/ http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog/2009/pellet-maker-acquires-norbord-land/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:31:02 +0000 Amanda Jo http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog/?p=86 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 in Schuyler, NY. The company will ship an estimated 155,000 tons in 2009, making it one of the largest wood fuel pellet manufacturers  in the Northeastern U.S. A wholly-owned NEWP subsidiary, Propell Energy, sells and services wood pellet boilers for municipal and commercial heating. The company currently employs 75 people at its various locations.

NEWP expects to complete construction of the new Deposit plant in the fourth quarter of 2010, with plans to reach full production capacity in the first half of 2011. The plant will employ an estimated 20 people, with indirect employment in wood supply, transportation and retailing of product estimated at over 100 jobs. Construction of the plant will utilize local labor and employ dozens of skilled workers at various points during the 9-12 month construction period.

]]> http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog/2009/pellet-maker-acquires-norbord-land/feed/ 0 Ark. Pellet Plant to Break Ground Aug. 13 http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog/2009/ark-pellet-plant-to-break-ground-aug-13/ http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog/2009/ark-pellet-plant-to-break-ground-aug-13/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:00:03 +0000 Amanda Jo http://woodbioenergymagazine.com/blog/?p=84 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, which previously belonged to International Paper Co. To generate steam power for plant operation, the company will use slash from timber harvesting sites, waste from mill sites and organic yard and landscape waste from the community.

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