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Westervelt Breaks Ground On New Alabama Pellet Plant
Westervelt Renewable Energy recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new pellet plant to be built near Aliceville, Ala. at a former industrial plant site. The plant will produce 280,000 metric tons of pellets annually,…
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Enviva Will Provide Biomass To Dominion
Enviva LP has signed a contract with Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Virginia Power to supply biomass to two power facilities in southeast Virginia. In April, Dominion announced plans to convert three 63 MW coal burning peaking…
NC State Gets $4 Million Biofuel Production Grant
North Carolina State University will use a $4 million grant to study the most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways of producing biofuels from trees and from forest harvesting residue. NC State is part of…
German Pellets To Build Huge Plant In East Texas
German Pellets is coming to America. The largest wood pellet manufacturer in Europe is building its first pellet plant in the U.S. in Tyler County, East Texas. The company intends to manufacture 500,000 metric tons…
USFS Announces One Million Acres Of Protected Forest
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced that the agency has protected one million acres of forest through its Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program. The millionth-acre milestone was reached on private land in New Kent County,…
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