The California energy company that once touted made-in-Northern Ontario green jet fuel now wants to make wood pellets. Los Angeles-based Rentech has drastically changed the scope of its project in Northern Ontario as it announced, May 2, it is switching gears by acquiring a shuttered Weyerhaeser fiber board mill in Wawa and and the Atikokan [...]
North American Wood Pellet Exports Reached New Record Of 3.2 Million Tons In 2012
The wood pellet export industry in North America has grown exponentially in a relatively short period of time. The export value has increased from an estimated 40 million dollars in 2004 to almost 400 million dollars in 2012. This fairly new trade development is the result of Europe’s quest to reduce its dependence on fossil [...]
Demand For Wood Pellets In Europe A Boon In Southeast U.S.
The Port of Wilmington may reap the benefits of environmental regulations in Europe that have spurred a huge increase in demand for forest byproducts from the southeastern United States. Wood pellets, often used in wood-burning stoves, are taking the place of coal in many European power plants with the aim of reducing their carbon footprint. [...]
Mississippi Port Plans Wood Pellet Export Facility
The growth of wood pellet manufacturing means a big opportunity for the Port of Pascagoula. Plans are in the works for a $30 million port improvement to accommodate future wood pellet exports. The State of Mississippi will provide about one-third of the financing for this economic development project, built at the port’s Bayou Cassotte facilities. [...]
Pellet Fuels Institute Announces First Mill To Qualify In Its Standards Program
The Pellet Fuels Institute announced last week that New England Wood Pellet, LLC has officially qualified under the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) pellet fuel standards program. New England Wood Pellet, LLC (NEWP) is the first pellet manufacturer that can display the PFI Quality Mark on their bags, indicating that they are producing pellets that are [...]
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 [...]
Drax Confident Of Making Biomass Power Transition Objectives
British power generator, Drax Group, is confident that it will meet its objective of generating half of its power plant from biomass, despite new coal levies threatening short-term profits. The Yorkshire, England-based plant is on track to see half of its generating capacity coming from wood pellets, replacing its previous coal-based power. In April Drax [...]
Wood Pellet Exports From North America To Europe Up Over 70% In 3Q/12
Pellet exports from the two primary pellet-producing regions on the North American continent, the US South and British Columbia, continued to increase in the 3Q/12 and reached a new record of 860,000 tons. Shipments in the 3Q/12 were over 70% higher than the same quarter in 2011, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review, [...]
Michigan Wood Fuels LLC Initiates Implementation Of PFI/ALSC Standards Program
Michigan Wood Fuels, LLC has entered into an agreement with Timber Products Inspection (Conyers, GA) to initiate the process of qualifying our product under the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI)/American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC) Pellet Fuel Standards Program. With quality pellet production as our number one goal, Michigan Wood Fuels LLC is determined to ensure that [...]
Tarm Biomass Project Becomes First Biomass Green Heat Registered Site
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) announced today that Tarm Biomass has become the first participant in the Biomass Green Heat Registered Site program. The BTEC program allows residential, business, and facility owners to proudly showcase their biomass thermal appliances to colleagues and neighbors with a professionally designed plaque and registration in an online catalogue. [...]