Peak Renewables Plans Alabama Wood Pellet Facility

Peak Renewables Plans Alabama Wood Pellet Facility   Canadian-based Peak Renewables plans to build a 180,000 metric tons per year wood pellet mill in Dothan, Ala. The $30 million project will utilize residuals from Rex Lumber sawmills in the area. Construction on...

Wrapping It Up: Wood Bio Conference

Wrapping It Up: Wood Bio Conference EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of three parts in the coverage of the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo held March 29-30, 2022 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center and hosted by Wood Bioenergy magazine. Part one in the June issue...

EU Vote Boosts Biomass

EU Vote Boosts Biomass The European Parliament voted in mid-September to recognize primary woody biomass as a renewable energy source, keeping its classification under both the first Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and RED II. According to news reports, the vote was...

Mercer Purchases Germany’s HIT

Mercer Purchases Germany’s HIT Mercer International Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the parent company of HIT (Holz Industrie Torgau) for €270 million. HIT owns, among other things, 100% of a timber processing and...
Equipment Companies Reveal Latest Developments

Equipment Companies Reveal Latest Developments

Equipment Companies Reveal Latest Developments Wood Bioenergy editors Rich Donnell, Jessica Johnson, Dan Shell and David Abbott contributed to this story EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part of three parts in the coverage of the Wood Bioenergy Conference &...