Pellet Fuel Demo Held In Virginia
In November, Rotochopper, Cutting Systems, Forest Pro and James River Equipment collectively demonstrated that making quality pellet fuel in the woods is feasible. The demo was staged in a young...
View ArticlePelletco Offers Heating Cost Reduction Program To Northeast Schools
Not too long ago, the need to trim school budgets would place sport teams or art programs at risk. Unfortunately today, headlines more often report that teacher jobs are now the victim of drastic...
View ArticleMaine Company Hopes To Grow State’s Wood Pellet Heating Market
An Orono company is hoping to grow the wood pellet fuel industry in Maine with an innovative business model. Heating company PelletCo is hoping Mainers warm up to the idea of wood pellet heating–by...
View ArticleLignetics Acquires Maine Wood Pellet Plant
Lignetics, Inc. recently announced the acquisition of the assets of GF Funding LLC (whose facility was formerly known as Geneva Wood Fuels), expanding its footprint into Maine and upper New England....
View ArticleControversial Pellet Mill Put On Hold In South Carolina
Elizabeth Patrick loves her Fairfield County community, White Oak, because it’s quiet and full of friendly neighbors in a rural setting. “We would just hate to see that ruined by the glare of,...
View ArticlePennsylvania’s Kingdom BioFuel Wood Pellet Plant Is Up And Running
While the going has been tough for the folks at Kingdom BioFuel, their new wood pellet mill in Peach Bottom, PA is up and running. It’s been a rough road and drawn out situation, report the managers...
View ArticleWood Pellet Fuel Deemed ‘Carbon Neutral’ In U.S. Spending Bill
A week after President Donald Trump vowed to impose new tariffs on Canadian lumber imports to help the U.S. timber industry, lawmakers passed a spending bill that could push U.S. government agencies to...
View ArticleMaine’s Northeast Pellets Suffers Catastrophic Fire
A fire at Northeast Pellets mill in Ashland destroyed all of the 500 tons of bulk pellets stored in two silos. The Fiddlehead Focus reported it was the second catastrophic fire suffered by the plant...
View ArticleUNH Study: Wood Pellet Heating Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Using wood pellets for home heating fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than half over fossil fuels and natural gas, according to new research from the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station at...
View ArticleJapanese Companies Turn To Biomass To Clean Up Coal Power
Japanese companies are developing biofuels that can be burned alongside coal to cut carbon dioxide emissions at power plants without investment in pricey new equipment. Oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan...
View ArticleBord na Móna Abandons Plans For U.S. Wood Pellet Factory
State energy company Bord na Móna has dropped plans to spend €60 million building a wood pellet factory in the US. The news comes as the company prepares to announce plans designed to safeguard 2,100...
View ArticleEnviva Announces Off-Take Contracts With Mitsubishi Corporation
Enviva announced that the conditions precedent to the organization’s previously announced take-or-pay off-take contracts to supply 630,000 metric tons per year (MTPY) of wood pellets to a major...
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