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Madison’s Heating Wood Pellet Report: December 2017
The latest issue of Madison’s North America Heating Wood Pellet Report has been emailed to subscribers. Be the first to get this vital and timely information directly into your inbox as soon as it is available! Don’t miss out on the very latest data for Canadian and US sawmill residuals sales, biomass feedstock for energy…
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US Forest Service Wood Pellet Report
In December 2014 the US Forest Service Southern Research Station released A Technical Document Supporting the Forest Service Update of the 2010 RPA Assessment, “Effect of Policies on Pellet Production and Forests in the US South,” which examines the most recent “key drivers of US pellet feedstock supply include both the age structure of current…
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Pinnacle Pellet Mill Fire
Fire broke out Thursday morning — with some reports of an explosion — at the Pinnacle Renewable Energy Plant in Burns Lake, BC. Three workers were injured, one seriously. The facility was under maintenance curtailment. The company had been charged this year almost $50,000 by WorkSafeBC for repeated incidents of dust collection at the plant.…
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Wood Pellet Production and Demand Globally
Recent reports from the US Energy Information Administration and the World Bioenergy Association show bioenergy production and wood pellet demand in Europe are rising sharply. As well, this week the USDA bioenergy program announced US$14.5 million in funding available through the 2014 Farm Bill. Also, an international bioenergy conference in Prince George, BC, last week…
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US wood pellet exports double in 2013
Wood pellet exports from the United States nearly doubled last year, from 1.6 million short tons (approximately 22 trillion Btu) in 2012 to 3.2 million short tons in 2013, said a new report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reprinted by Penn Energy Friday. More than 98 per cent of these exports were delivered to…
