Wednesday, 22 May 2013 17:47
Governor McCrory Celebrates Opening of Enviva Pellets Northampton
The Honorable Governor Patrick L. McCrory joined Dr. John R. Jones, Chairman of the Northampton County Economic Development Commission, Mr. Robert V. Carter, Chairman of the Northampton County Board of Commissioners, Mr. John K. Keppler, Chairman and CEO of Enviva,…
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Monday, 20 May 2013 16:43
German Pellets to Build Second US Pellet Plant
German Pellets is further expanding its production capacities in North America. In Urania, a town in northern Louisiana, German Pellets will soon begin construction work on a new pellet production facility. The output will be about 1 million tonnes of…
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Friday, 17 May 2013 14:00
GDT Tek Enters Into Exclusive Rights Agreement To Acquire a Renewable Energy Company
GDT Tek, Inc., (OTC: GDTK) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive Exclusive Rights Agreement to acquire a renewable energy company that turns landfill gas into electricity and creates a Refuse Fuel Derived pellets (RFD) from…
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 08:37
Metso-supplied Finland’s largest pellet-fired heating plant produces environmentally friendly energy in Tampere
Finland’s largest pellet-fired heating plant, which was supplied by Metso to Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy, Tampere, is based on a technological solution that is the first of its kind in the country. It will bring new opportunities to gear the structure…
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Monday, 13 May 2013 09:00
Port of Pascagoula’s wood pellet facility gets final funding piece
The Port of Pascagoula has gotten the last funding piece in place for its wood pellet facility. The $196 million bond bill approved during the legislative session that ended in April includes $10 million that will round out the money…
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Monday, 06 May 2013 19:52
Pellet Manufacturers Face Increasing Competition from OSB Mills
A resurgence in OSB demand in the US, prompted by an earlier- and stronger-than-expected housing recovery, will mean stiffer competition for pulpwood, putting pellet manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage. The number of new housing starts in the US has staged…
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Monday, 06 May 2013 08:30
Port continues working toward wood pellet deal
Although there are no final agreements for wood pellet facilities at North Carolina’s ports, the N.C. State Ports Authority board of directors last week voted to let officials continue working toward contracts with the companies that will build them. Jeff…
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Monday, 06 May 2013 07:22
U.S.-based company invests $70M into pair of NWO plants
A major investment from a California-based company will help make wood pellet production in the Northwest a reality. Atikokan Renewable Fuels announced that it is selling its facility to a company with the financial resources to carry out the plan.…
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Friday, 03 May 2013 08:00
Quebec Stevedoring gets wood pellet handling contract
Quebec Stevedoring at the Port of Quebec plans to spend $20 million to build storage facilities and equipment designed to handle 75,000 tonnes of wood pellets for Rentech Inc. The commitment is part of a long-term contract which will see…
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Friday, 03 May 2013 06:55
Graham bags Immingham wood pellet facility
Graham Construction has won the job to build a major facility for importing wood pellets at the Port of Immingham. The contractor’s team includes Ramboll, which brings experience of designing biomass handling facilities in mainland Europe. Local consultant HBPW Consulting…
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Thursday, 02 May 2013 12:28
Rentech Acquires Wood Chip Processor Fulghum Fibres; Also Enters Growing Wood Pellet Industry with Contracts to Supply Over Four Million Metric Tons to Utilities from Two Plants
Rentech, Inc. (NYSE MKT: RTK) has announced the acquisition of Georgia-based Fulghum Fibres, Inc. (Fulghum Fibres) and the acquisition of two facilities for conversion to the production of wood pellets in Ontario, Canada, along with contracts for the sale and…
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Thursday, 02 May 2013 07:32
Authority OKs deal on wood pellets
The N.C. State Ports Authority last week quietly agreed in principle on the frameworks of deals with two private companies to bring wood-pellet storage and exporting facilities to the state-operated ports in Wilmington and Morehead City. The votes, which allow…
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Friday, 26 April 2013 18:31
Exportation of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a new record
Exportation of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a new record of 3.2 million tons in 2012, with US exporters more than doubling their shipments, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. Demand for wood pellets in…
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Thursday, 25 April 2013 17:38
Europe’s Renewable Fuel of Choice: Wood
Americans are led to believe that Europe is awash in wind and solar power, but the renewable most consumed is wood, says the Economist. According to the Economist, wood, the fuel of preindustrial societies, represents about half of all renewables…
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013 07:17
North American wood pellets exports reach new record
Exportation of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a new record of 3.2 million tons in 2012, with US exporters more than doubling their shipments, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. Demand for wood pellets in…
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