Post-Michael Salvage Winds Down

Post-Michael Salvage Winds Down Estimates of successful wood salvage on timberland damaged by Hurricane Michael along the Florida Panhandle and southwest Georgia range from 10-16%, according to some authorities. Making landfall on October 10, 2018 near Mexico Beach in...

OSHA Increases Inspections, Safety Training Sessions

OSHA Increases Inspections, Safety Training Sessions in 2019 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) fiscal year 2019 final statistics show a significant increase in the number of inspections and a record amount of...

Scientists Nationwide Endorse Wood Energy

Scientists Nationwide Endorse Wood Energy The US Industrial Pellet Assn. (USIPA) has endorsed a recent letter signed by more than 100 scientists from more than 50 colleges and universities citing the benefits of wood energy. The letter, published by the National Assn....

Enviva Gears Up For Lucedale Plant

Enviva Gears Up For Lucedale Plant Enviva reports that in July the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Permit Board unanimously approved the air permit for the proposed wood pellet plant in Lucedale, Miss., which is the principal permit required to begin...

FutureMetrics Leads Vietnam Pellet Plant

FutureMetrics Leads Vietnam Pellet Plant FutureMetrics announced that a project that it has guided for over two years is now producing high quality pellets. Under the guidance of FutureMetrics’ operations expert, John Swaan, a new 120,000 metric ton per year pellet...

Global Wood Bio Trending Positive

Recent developments continue to underline the continued strong growth expected in global demand for industrial grade wood pellets, including: • In June 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world to pass a law to bring GHG emissions to net zero by 2050,...