SIMEC Atlantis Energy has entered into talks with data centre development specialist TechRE regarding the Uskmouth power station development in Wales, UK. The firms are exploring options to locate edge and hyperscale data centres within the power station development. It is proposed that power could be delivered through a private wire network under a long-term power... [Read More]

Enviva has completed the acquisition from its sponsor of Enviva Pellets Greenwood Holdings which, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns a wood pellet production plant in Greenwood, South Carolina. In connection with the Greenwood acquisition, Enviva’s sponsor has assigned five long-term, take-or-pay off-take contracts with ‘creditworthy’ Japanese counterparties... [Read More]

Alabama Pellets, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Renewable Energy, has signed an agreement with the State of Alabama to provide incentives for job creation under Alabama’s Job Act incentives programme. Pinnacle holds a 70% interest in Alabama Pellets with The Westervelt Company and Two Rivers Lumber Co, each holding 20% and 10% respectively. The incentives relate specifically... [Read More]

DB Cargo UK has announced a new five-year ‘hook and haul’ contract to transport biomass supplies to Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. DB Cargo, one of the UK’s largest rail freight operators, will run an average of 60 trains per week from the ports of Immingham and Hull to the power station near Selby. Each train will carry around 1,650 tonnes of biomass... [Read More]

The UK could see a “vast reduction” in renewable heat projects over the next 12 months and a potential return to fossil fuels if current government proposals are approved, according to the UK Pellet Council and Biomass Heat Works!. Representatives from the two organisations are urging those supplying to, operating within, or using biomass for domestic or commercial... [Read More]

Further successful testing of waste-derived fuel pellets represents a "major milestone" for the Uskmouth Power Station Conversion Project in Newport, Wales. SIMEC Atlantis Energy (Atlantis), a global developer, owner and operator of sustainable energy projects and the firm behind the power station conversion, confirmed the successful trials of its waste-derived fuel... [Read More]

Drax Group has partnered with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHI), part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, on a new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot project at its power station in North Yorkshire. The project, testing MHI’s carbon capture technology, is set to begin in the autumn and marks another step in Drax’s quest to become... [Read More]

Enviva has agreed to purchase two US wood pellet facilities in Georgia and South Carolina. Enviva has agreed to acquire Georgia Biomass Holding, which, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, owns a wood pellet production plant in Waycross, Georgia, from innogy SE and one of its subsidiaries for $175 million (€155 million) in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The... [Read More]

Aurora Energy Solutions, a new firm owned by Usibelli Investments, has acquired the assets of Superior Pellet Fuels (SPF) and is building a ‘state-of-the-art’ wood kiln in Alaska, US. The kiln will produce clean-burning dry firewood to help the greater Fairbanks area achieve required reductions in PM 2.5 emissions. Joe Usibelli Jr, managing member of Usibelli... [Read More]

Pinnacle Renewable Energy's Williams Lake facility has started operations again following months of capital upgrades. Between upgrades at the Williams Lake facility and the work undertaken in Quesnel on Pinnacle’s Meadowbank facility, the firm has invested close to $30 million (€19.7 million) in this region over the past year. Robert McCurdy, CEO of Pinnacle,... [Read More]

Wood pellet certification scheme ENplus® has certified more than 1,000 companies as of June. Over the last 10 years, ENplus has certified 526 pellet producers, 471 traders and three service providers across 46 countries. The total production of certified pellets is more than 12 million tonnes, accounting for around 77% of the European heating market. ENplus, which... [Read More]

On 1 May, Pacific BioEnergy (PacBio) planted its first seedling in the Bobtail fire area west of Prince George, British Columbia. In 2015, the Bobtail area was hit by a major wildfire, which burned an area covering 25,533 hectares. The extent of the fire damage prevented salvage by the traditional forest industry. In 2019, PacBio reached an agreement with one of... [Read More]

A new $15 million (€13.6 million) rail link in the US has helped Drax to reduce its supply chain emissions and biomass costs. In its first year of operation, the five-mile rail link has increased the flow of biomass from one of Drax’s US pellet plants to its UK power station, helping to reduce emissions and costs while boosting the resilience of the company’s... [Read More]

Pinnacle Renewable Energy has announced its first-quarter financial results, revealing a revenue increase of 22.4%. Despite the coronavirus pandemic putting a strain on the lumber industry in British Columbia and several issues reported in Q1, Pinnacle reported increases in revenue and production. However, the company warned of potential impacts to its fibre supply... [Read More]

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Enviva's team continues to progress with the construction of its deep-water marine terminal at the Port of Pascagoula. On 7 April, the company inflated the first of two wood pellet storage dome structures at Mississippi's largest port. As a critical infrastructure business, Enviva said it is continuing to persevere through the "difficult environment"... [Read More]

Drax has received the 100th biomass cargo from its dedicated US export facility at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge in Louisiana. The vessel arrived in the UK on the fifth anniversary of the start of operations at a dedicated biomass export facility in southern US. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is the final deepwater port on the Mississippi River and the closest... [Read More]