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The wood pellet production facility being built by Rentech in Atikokan in the Canadian province of Ontario has commenced start-up. The company says the plant will undergo safety inspections, equipment testing and final commissioning in the upcoming weeks.
'I'm pleased to reach this important milestone at the Atikokan facility,' comments Sean Ebnet, senior VP of Rentech's wood fibre business. 'Our…
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Great American Pellets, a manufacturer of premium hardwood pellets, is selling its facility, real estate and equipment assets at auction on 11 November.
The auction will be conducted in conjunction with Comly Auctioneers and Appraisers of Philadelphia and Maas Companies of Rochester, Minneapolis.
The facility and associated assets will be sold during an online, lender-owned auction.
The auction…
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Wood pellet shipments from the US South to Europe are up 10% from Q4 2013 to Q2 2014, while exports from Canada have declined 25% during the same period. This is according to the latest issue of the North American Wood Fiber Review.
During the first half of this year, exports of wood pellets from North America reached just over 2.6 million tonnes (around 1.3 million tonnes in each of the two…
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An explosion at Pinnacle Renewable Energy's wood pellet plant in British Columbia injured three and resulted in around 30 employees being evacuated.
The incident happened on 9 October after a fire broke out inside equipment used to dry wood fibre. The plant's built-in suppression system had already extinguished the flames by the time fire fighters arrived.
The plant was last inspected on 17 June…
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Enviva Development Holdings, an affiliate of Enviva, and JCE Group Aktiebolag, the sole owner of Green Circle Bio Energy, have signed a contract that will see Enviva acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Green Circle.
The acquisition is expected to close by the first quarter of 2015 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
Green Circle owns and operates a wood pellet production…
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Viridis Energy has announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Viridis Merchants Canada, has secured an additional 45,000 tonnes of wood pellets per year over the next two years from a western Canadian manufacturer.
The additional wood pellets are expected to be available this month and will be sold to Viridis' existing customers in the US and South Korea, which will support a greater expansion…
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The Earth Partners, a land restoration and bioenergy development company, has acquired Deadwood Biofuels, a South Dakota-based wood pellet producer.
Deadwood sources its feedstock from The Black Hills. This forest is overstocked with forestry waste which could cause wildfire, insect infestation and habitat loss. The Earth Partners and Deadwood are using these forest residues, thinnings and…
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Canfor is planning to construct two pellet production plants, one at each of its sawmill sites located at Chetwynd and Fort St. John in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The plants, which will have a combined production capacity of 175,000 tonnes of wood pellets, will be developed and operated in partnership with Vancouver-based wood pellet fuel supplier Pacific Bioenergy. The pellets…
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Biomass provider Enviva plans to build two new facilities in the US.
The plants, which will be located in Richmond and Sampson, North Carolina, will receive an investment of over $214.2 million (€166 million).
Enviva has manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia, and so has an annual total production capacity of approximately 1.6 million metric tonnes.
'Governor…
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Russian-based sawmill company Asia-Les will start production of wood pellets at the facility in the Khabarovsk region, Russia.
The wood pellets will be delivered by Spanish firm Prodese. The Austrian company Springer is preparing the sawing line, while Swedish Valutec will handle the drying chambers and the management and measurement will be looked after by Italian company MicroTec.
The plant…
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Global wood pellet demand could more than double in the next 10 years, growing from around 23 million tonnes in 2014 to 50 million tonnes in 2024. This is according to a new study carried out by RISI, an information provider for the global forest products industry.
'It's a really exciting time to be looking at the wood pellet market. We're seeing strong demand in the European heating sector as…
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RusForest AB, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, has released its second quarter 2014 report.
Within this report the company revealed that, during the three months ended 30 June, it produced 12,830 tonnes of wood pellets at its production plant in Arkhangelsk.
Additionally, revenue from continuing operations during this period reached $17.8 million (€13.5 million),…
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Rentech, the owner and operator of wood fibre processing, wood pellet production and nitrogenfertiliser manufacturing businesses, has released selected financial results for the three and six months ended June 30 2014.
In a statement, Rentech CEO and president Hunt Ramsbottom commented: 'Our wood fibre businesses continue to grow. Construction of our Canadian wood pellet projects is nearing…
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Kleangas Energy Technologies (KGET), a producer of alternative clean technologies and products that promote energy efficiency, has shipped 200 tonnes of wood pellets to Busan, South Korea as part of its current purchase order.
According to a statement, this shipment is different to previous ones in that it is being packaged for consumer use in 18kg bags instead of commercial use which is packaged…
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Highland Pellets, a private development group which builds industrial wood pellet plants in the US Southeast and upper Midwest regions, announced the building of a 500,000 tonne per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
The $130 million (€98.5 million) plant will create over 35 direct jobs and a further 482 indirect jobs.
Highland Pellets Chairman Tom Reilley says the plant 'is…
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