Drax Adds Rail Link

Drax Adds Rail Link A one-year-old rail link has increased capacity to deliver more sustainable biomass from Drax’s LaSalle BioEnergy pellet plant in Urania, La., to its UK power station. The $15 million rail link, combined with other initiatives, have already...

Highland Pellets Remains Committed

Highland Pellets Remains Committed A recent advertisement promoting “Liquidation Sale, 4 Lines Available” with a photo that is the Highland Pellets wood pellet mill in Pine Bluff, Ark. has generated rumor that Highland Pellets is throwing in the towel. Not true, says...

SPI Will Sell Energy To PSE

SPI Will Sell Energy To PSE Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has teamed up with Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) to purchase 17 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy from SPI’s cogeneration plant at its Burlington sawmill in Mount Vernon, Wash., providing locally generated...

ALC Leader Provides Big Picture Of Loggers

ALC Leader Provides Big Picture Of Loggers Danny Dructor, executive vice president of the American Loggers Council, spoke on the Health of the Logging Ranks and Staying Ahead of Environmental Encroachment at the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo. Dructor said ALC...

GFC Director Addresses Michael Aftermath

GFC Director Addresses Michael Aftermath Devon Dartnell, director, market analysis and research, Georgia Forestry Commission, spoke on Hurricane Michael’s Impact on the Forest Resource during the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo held March 10-11, 2020 at the Omni...

Wood Operations, Utilities Now On A Mission

Wood Operations, Utilities Now On A Mission The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, March 19 identified the wood products industry as an “essential critical infrastructure workforce” in the nation’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The...