Canadian pellet industry
Vast forest resources, a strong wood products industry and maritime access to both Asian and European pellet markets have Canadian producers ideally situated for strong industry growth. As the executive…
U.S. Wood Pellets To Fuel British Subsidized Power Plant
Macquarie Capital and Macquarie’s Commodities and Financial Markets group say they signed an agreement to support MGT Power Limited in the financing of the 299 megawatt renewable energy plant. To…
South Korea July wood pellet imports down 22% on year at 126,012 mt
South Korea imported 126,012 mt of wood pellets in July, down 22% on the year but increasing 10% over June, according to customs data Thursday. Total Korean imports for the…
SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS – You take a tree, you plant a tree
Power stations fuelled on wood pellets and wood chips can complement the more unstable wind and solar energy. But in order to reduce CO2 emissions and preserve the ecosystem and…
The folly of renewable energy
One reason President Obama’s strangulation of the coal industry, if it makes it through the courts, is not going to reduce global temperatures is that it is not going to…
Russian wood pellet production expected to rise, driven by EU demand
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network recently published an annual report on the Russian biofuel sector, namely the wood pellet industry. According to USDA's report, Russian wood…
Canada H1 wood pellets export edge up 1% on-year
Canada exported 781,083 mt of wood pellets in the first half of 2015, nudging up 1% on the year-earlier period, as increased deliveries to the UK offset declines in shipments…
Chester plans to install wood pellet heating system in the fall
The town of Chester is looking at installing a new wood pellet heating system in late September or early October at the Municipal Center on Route 9. Chester’s 1930s-era building…
USDA GAIN report highlights EU pellet, biogas markets
A report recently filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network provides an overview of the European Union’s bioenergy sector, including data on the use of wood…
Tree loophole casts shadow over EU carbon action
European environment law provides more financial incentives to fell a tree than to plant one, campaigners say. They warn that EU claims it leads the fight against climate change are…