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The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) has sued to stop Active Energy Renewable Power and Lumberton Energy Holdings, subsidiaries of Active Energy Group (AEG) from illegally polluting the Lumber River in violation of the Clean Water Act.
The complaint filed by the conservation groups on 10 March in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (NC) outlines concerns…
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Magazyn Biomasa, publisher of the ‘Pellet Market’ and organiser of the Pellet Forum conference, is preparing the first comprehensive publication in Poland on the domestic pellet sector.
The ‘Wood pellet in Poland’ report will be released in April. The scope of the study will cover a wide range of aspects related to the industry: pellet emissivity compared to other solid fuels; data…
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The Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) has hit back against claims that wood pellet facility plans would be harmful to the environment.
A Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report criticised the project, for which FNFN has partnered with Peak Renewables, suggesting that ‘forest exploitation plans are back on the front burner’.
FNFN fought back, stating that ‘certain environmental…
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Drax is to kick-start the planning process for its proposals to build bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology in the UK, marking a major milestone in the project.
The firm has already transformed its power station near Selby in North Yorkshire to become the largest decarbonisation project in Europe, having converted it to use sustainable biomass instead of coal. Now, it…
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Enviva has reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020.
For Q4 2020, the company generated a net revenue of $277.3 million (€230 million), compared to $200.5 million (€166.4 million) for the same period in 2019.
For the whole of 2020, Enviva generated a net revenue of $875.1 million (€726.4 million), compared to a net revenue of $684.4…
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Pinnacle Renewable Energy announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2020, reporting a 27.8% revenue increase compared to the same period in 2019.
Revenue in Q4 2020 was $116.9 million (€76.3 million), up by $25.4 million (€16.5 million) on Q4 2019. The company’s net loss was $2.5 million (€1.6 million) in Q4 2020 compared to $3.1 million (€2 million) in 2019. The net…
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Drax Group has announced its 2020 results, reporting a 7% increase in pellet production and a further £2 million (€2.3 million) in adjusted EBITDA compared to 2019.
The company’s adjusted EBITDA from continuing and discontinued operations increased by £2 million (€2.3 million) to £412 million (€477 million), including the £60 million (€69 million) impact of COVID-19 on the…
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Mississippi regulators have fined a wood pellet production facility owned by Drax $2.5 million (€2.06 million) for breaking environmental rules.
The Amite wood pellet facility is located in south-western Mississippi in the town of Gloster. Commissioned in August 2015, the plant sits on 62 acres of land and has around 60 employees. The facility can produce up to 525,000 tonnes of pellets…
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Portuguese firm Futerra Torrefaçao e Tecnologia (Futerra Fuels) has commenced production of white and torrefied pellets at its new facility.
The plant in Valongo, near Porto, includes six torrefaction lines delivered by Yilkins, which are embedded in the broader plant set-up developed by Futerra Fuels. The facility can switch production from regular white wood pellets to torrefied pellets,…
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Enviva has announced its goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its operations by 2030.
The company set forward an ambitious plan to eliminate GHG emissions from its operations in keeping with international climate goals, including a Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5oC.
“At Enviva, fighting climate change is at the core of what we…
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Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) in Canada have discovered a way to help utilise agricultural waste to produce pellets.
Tumpa Sarker, a PhD candidate in USask’s department of chemical and biological engineering, has found that heating canola meal, canola hull, and oat hull before compressing it yields a higher quality pellet with lower moisture content and volume, and…
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Pellet producer Waste Knot Energy has signed a £132 million (€150 million) deal with international supply management firm Komercon.
Under the terms of the agreement, Waste Knot Energy will supply 3.6 million tonnes of pellets over the next five years to Komercon, which has its head office in the Netherlands, giving it the ability to close long-term supply agreements for its…
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Active Energy Group has secured a further $10 million €8.2 million in funding, while also converting all existing debt to equity.
The new funding and clean balance sheet will allow the firm to accelerate the development of its CoalSwitch™ production facility in Lumberton, North Carolina.
AEG has developed technology that converts waste biomass into CoalSwitch pellets that perform in the…
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Pinnacle Renewable Energy has received notice of regulatory charges laid by Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) following its investigation of the explosion which resulted in injuries at its plant in Entwistle, Alberta.
On 11 February 2019, Pinnacle reported that a fire broke out and cause damage to part of the facility. At the time, it was reported that one employee had been sent to…
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British Columbia’s Port of Prince Rupert will benefit from a provincial investment of $25 million (€20.5 million) to improve and expand operations.
The investment will support British Columbia and Canadian exporters’ competitiveness and opportunities in international trade.
The Prince Rupert Port Authority recently announced it had set another record for annual cargo volumes. Despite…
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