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Wood Pellets
Growth in pellet demand pushing market
Feb 4, 2012 - An abundant U.S. wood supply and rising demand for sustainable power have created an investment market for woody biomass that offers “tremendous promise” for 2012, said a top official with Leaf Clean Energy Co.
Metso to supply Finland's largest pellet plant
Feb. 2, 2012 - Metso will supply a pellet-fired heating plant to Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy in the city of Tampere in Finland, and will comprise a full-scope turn-key boiler plant solution, including all the necessary equipment and commissioning.
BC pellet exporter finds new way into US
Jan. 31, 2012 - A wood pellet manufacturer in British Columbia has partnered with a rail line to help bring pellets into the United States more easily, as well as make it more cost-effective.
New biomass boiler in Kentucky
Jan. 25, 2012, Golden Pond, KY - A new boiler will be built at Lyon County High School in Eddyville, Kentucky as part of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project.
CPM to debut new pellet mill enhacement
Jan. 12, 2012, Waterloo, IA - CPM will debut a new enhancement for use in pellet mills at the 2012 International Feed Expo and International Poultry Expo in Atlanta later this month.
Enligna pellet mill bought by BC's Viridis
 January 7, 2011, Halifax, NS - According to a report in the Chronicle Herald, the Enligna Canada Inc. wood pellet mill in Middle Musquodoboit, NS
is being sold to Viridis Energy Inc. of Vancouver, subject to court
approval. Viridis plans to re-open the mill company officials say.
Prince Rupert pellet terminal kicking up dust
Jan. 5, 2012, Prince Rupert, BC - Residents of Prince Rupert have begun a full-scale lobbying effort in order to prevent the proposed building of a wood pellet terminal by Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group on the waterfront.
TurboSonic annouces green-energy project
Jan. 3, 2012, Waterloo, ON - TurboSonic Technologies, Inc. has announced a US$2.7 million order for turnkey supply of a SonicKleen Wet Electrostatic Precipitator to control particulate emissions from a wood pellet production plant.
New Stirling plant commissioned in Germany
Dec. 20, 2011, Lyngby, DM - A world premiere within onsite renewable energy generation now provides a spa and wellness center in Germany with carbon neutral heat and electricity.
Massachusetts museum building biomass boiler
Dec. 16, 2011, North Adams, MA - The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is retiring its old coal boiler system and replacing it with one that runs on wood pellets.
MES converts ski hill to pellets
Dec 11, 2011, Greenwood, ME - Maine Energy Systems has converted a local ski lodge from heating oil to wood pellets, reducing heating costs and the hill's carbon footprint at the same time.
Novel torrefaction technology heading to Maine
Dec. 9, 2011, Millinocket, ME - Thermogen Industries is bringing a new type of torrefaction technology created by UK firm Rotowave Ltd. to Maine and hopes to have six in operation by November 2012.
Torrefied pellets coming to DC
Dec. 5, 2011, Washington, DC - A new company, ECo Biomass Technologies has been created to bring torrefied biofuels to market.
Sustainable Biomass Production
People hate coal. It’s dirty and releases nitrogen oxides that form smog and sulphur dioxides that cause acid rain.
Enviva building 454,000 tonne pellet plant
Dec 2, 2011, Washington, DC - Enviva LP, a leading manufacturer of processed biomass fuel, says it is planning to build a 454,000 tonne wood pellet manufacturing facility in Courtland, Va., which could begin operations as early as the first half of 2013.
Facing the Future
Trebio’s management team and much of its start-up staff can trace their roots to Quebec’s sawmilling sector.
Global timber and wood products update
Dec. 2, 2011, Seattle, WA - With the lack of sufficient quality and quantity of domestic wood fiber supply, new pulp mills in China are looking to expand importation of wood chips from plantation-rich countries in Southeast Asia to meet their growing fiber needs.
RWE npower’s pellet power plant heats up
Dec. 1, 2011, Tilbury, ENG - Within the next two weeks, RWE npower’s Tilbury coal plant will be transformed into a biomass power plant with an output of 750 megawatts.
Biomass Secure Power building five pellet plants
Nov. 28, 2011, Abbotsford, BC (PRNewswire via COMTEX) - Biomass Secure Power Inc. gave shareholders an outline of its three year growth plan, including five plants.
ConocoPhillips, Enviva plan torrefied plant
Nov. 22, 2011 – Enviva LP, a manufacturer of biomass fuel in the United States and Europe, announced yesterday that it has partnered with oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips, to create ECo Biomass Technologies to make torrefied biomass fuels.
PFI moves north for 2012 conference
Nov 21, 2011 - The 2012 Pellet Fuel Institute (PFI) Annual Conference will be held July 29-31, 2012 at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT.
New pellet and sawmill planned for BC
Nov 18, Terrace, BC - An export log company in this northwestern BC community is planning to build a $40 million sawmill to cut specialty lumber and produce pellets with the residuals.
European pellet producers join forces
 Nov 16, 2011, Brussels - Faced with many of the same market access concerns as North American pellet producers, colleagues across the Atlantic have joined forces.
OPG says biomass harvested will be sustainable
Nov. 16, 2011 - When coal is phased out in 2014, Ontario Power Generation's biomass project at the Atikokan Generating Station will hopefully be managed in an environmentally sustainable manner.
College breaks ground on new biomass boiler
Nov. 15, 2011, Presque Isl, ME - A Northern Maine Community College broke ground yesterday for a new 900-kilowatt biomass boiler.
New biomass plant announced for southern UK
Nov. 14, 2011, Sheffield, UK - Plans for a new £120 million biomass power plant from E.on in South Yorkshire have been unveiled, with operation planned for mid-2014.
Report focuses on biomass and forestry product potential
Nov. 10, 2011, Portland, OR - A recent report provides new ideas regarding carbon and energy benefits forests and forest products provide. The report summarizes and analyzes the most recent science regarding forests and carbon accounting, biomass use, and forest carbon offsets.
BC pellet plant announced with torrefaction
Nov 8, 2011, Abbotsford, BC - Biomass Secure Power Inc. says its first pellet plant will be constructed in Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, and will quickly move to torrefied pellet production using proprietary technology.
Renewable enery exchange opens in Amsterdam
Nov 4, 2011, The Hague, NL- The Dutch and Belgian energy market received some big news today, with APX-Endex announcing the launch of the world's first renewable energy exchange specializing in wood pellets.
European Pellet Buyers Group
The Industrial Wood Pellet Buyers (IWPB) met in Copenhagen in mid-September 2011, where Robert Tarcon and I represented the Wood Pellet Association of Canada (WPAC).
Pellet Export Strategies
Market consultants expect the global wood pellet industry to triple over the next ten years as renewable energy gains in importance.
Markets to Be Wild
Over 250 delegates gathered near Jacksonville, Florida, in late July 2011 for the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) annual conference and expo.
U.S. Starts Export Group
Pellet producers Enviva, Fram Renewable Fuels, Green Circle Bio Energy, and the Westervelt Company have formed the U.S. Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) to represent and assist U.S. industrial pellet producers who are exporting to Europe.
Terminal Expansion
British Columbia’s port terminals stand ready to accommodate a jump in wood pellet production that is expected to happen over the next five years to meet increased world demand.
Trebio attains ENPlus status for pellets
Oct 31, 2011, Portage du Fort, QC - Trebio has become the first wood pellet mill outside Europe to earn ENPlus certification, bagging number CAN001.
Pellet Competition
Canadian pellet manufacturers have been the main source of pellets to Europe almost since the beginning of co-firing, but that might change.
UK biomass power subsidies cut 63%
Oct 26, 2011, London, UK - The British government is reducing its planned subsidies for biomass following pressure from the European Commission, which said the aid was set too high.
Forecast for cold fall and winter
October 26, 2011, Andover, MA - WSI (Weather Services International) expects the upcoming period (November-January) to average cooler than normal in all of the northern and eastern US, more good news for pellet makers after last week's heating cost forecast.
300,000-ton export pellet plant for Maine
Oct 25, 2011, Baldwin, Maine - A wood products company plans to build an $80 million pellet manufacturing plant that would send most of its output 45 km by rail to Portland for export to Europe.
Combined heat/pellet/power for Huntsville?
Oct 25, 2011, Huntsville, ON - A biomass developer is looking for equity partners to construct a combined heat, pellet, power plant in this resource community north of Toronto.
Suzano building three massive pellet mills
Oct 24, 2011 - Brazilian pulp and paper giant Suzano is building three pellet plants, each with a one million ton capacity, to be fed by specially cloned eucalyptus trees.
Fire hits New England Wood Pellets
Oct 23, 2011, Jaffrey, NH - Another fire and explosion hit the New England Wood Pellet plant here early Friday evening, with over 100 firefighters required to battle the blaze well into Saturday morning.
UK boosts support for biomass co-firing
Oct 21, 2011, London, UK - The British Government yesterday pledged to dramatically increase support for power generated via biomass co-firing, encouraging news for Canadian pellet manufacturers.
Pellets on new NB power agenda
Oct 20, 2011, Fredericton, NB - A report on NB Power's future released by the provincial government emphasizes renewable power and wood pellets.
Vapo sheds 400,000 tonnes of pellets
Oct 20, 2011 - Finnish pellet manufacturing and distribution giant Vapo has shut several pellet plants and taken 400,000 tonnes from the market.
Pellets again part of World Bioenergy
Oct 16, 2011, Sweden - Building on previous successes, World Pellets 2012 is once again an integrated part of the World Bioenergy event. It will feature the whole production chain – raw materials, production, and end use
US oil heating costs to be highest ever
Oct 15, 2011 - The US-based Energy Information Administration is predicting an increase in heating costs across the board this winter, with those using heating oil to be hardest hit.
Finland's Biomaterial Opti-Use concept
Oct. 13 – Finland’s MHG Systems Ltd. and Mzymes Ltd. have created a new export product by converting biomaterials to pellets and biogas. This full-service concept, Biomaterial Opti-Use, has aroused interest within the bioenergy sector and will be launched with a biogas project in western Africa and a pellet production project in southern Africa.
Europe "black hole" for Canadian pellets
Oct 12, 2011 - According to a report in the Miller-McCune on-line journal, Europe has gone mad for North American pellets to meet its fossil fuel emissions targets.
BC pellet mill adds green power plant
Oct 13, 2011, Toronto - Nechako Green Energy and Pratt & Whitney Power Systems announced today at the CANBIO annual general meeting that the pellet maker will be adding a heat recovery power plant to its Premium Pellet operation in Vanderhoof, BC.
Quebec pellet association joins WPAC
Oct. 5, 2011 – Nearly one year after its creation, the pellet group of the Quebec Wood Export Bureau announces that it is now a partner in the Wood Pellet Association of Canada.
PFI Report: Pellet markets to be "Wild West" in coming decade
July 26, 2011 - Fram Renewable Fuels' president Harold Arnold told PFI delegates to hold onto their hats at today's session - fantastic growth coupled with swings in biomass flow will be the norm in the coming decade.
PFI Report: Smaller chips, bigger bins mean more pellets
July 25, 2011 - Pellet expert Clyde Stearns extolled the virtues of micro chips and bigger surge capacity as keys to enhanced pellet mill efficiency at the 2011 Pellet Fuels Institute 2011 Annual Conference.
PFI Report: Biomass growing, lumber to follow
July 25, 2011 - RISI bioenergy economist Seth Walker gave mixed news at the Pellet Fuels Institute Annual Conference. Biomass investment has been surging in Canada, but the forecast U.S. housing recovery has been pushed back two years.
Bulk Pellet Behaviour
Numerous wood pellet mills are in development or under construction these days.
Wood Energy Provider
As Todd May knows well, there are advantages and disadvantages to existing off the beaten track.
Pellet Giant
Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s newest pellet plant arcs into production with the potential to be Canada’s largest pellet mill, producing 400,000 tonnes/year.
New Pellet Markets
Who knew that being executive director of the Wood Pellet Association of Canada could be such a hazardous job?
More Ontario Pellets
With the plant approximately 80% complete, and mostly electrical work left to do, owner Woodville Pellet Corp. was obliged last winter to turn its attention to sister plant Highland Pellet Manufacturing Ltd.
Pellet Hub
Europe is now the world’s largest wood pellet market, with annual consumption of more than 9 million tonnes.
Pellet Protectionism
Ontario depends on exports. In fact, exports are so important to the province that it has a government agency, Ontario Exports, dedicated to “Selling Ontario to the World”.
Residential Pellets – Quebec District Heat
Direct Pellet Industries Inc. (DPI) expects to begin production in the spring of 2011 in the former Lumber Lane sawmill on Kennaway Road, just outside Haliburton.
Pellets to Burn
John Arsenault drives around the country with the future of the pellet industry in the back of his SUV.
Fuel of the Future?
The cover story on page 10 in this issue of Canadian Biomass is all about biomass briquettes.
Residues to Riches: Piling for Dollars
Moisture content is the enemy of direct uses for forest biomass such as heat or combined heat and power (CHP) and is undesirable for most other uses of biomass, whether as feedstock for pellets or other bioconversion pathways.
Pellet Power
Canadian coal-fired power plants don’t co-fire with wood pellets because it would cost more than coal combustion.
CHP at UBC – Ontario Pellets
This system will combine the gasification technology of Vancouver-based Nexterra Systems Corp. with GE Energy’s high-efficiency gas engines to convert local, clean woody biomass into heat and power for campus use.
Pellets at home
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” How many times have we each heard and recited this old adage? And yet, this is the situation confronting the Canadian wood pellet industry.
Improving Pellet Standards
Nearly 20 years ago, the U.S.-based Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI, www.pelletheat.org) developed an original set of pelletized fuel standards to help bring consistency to pelletized fuels.
Serving the Pellet Industry
Wood pellet production is a $280 million/year industry in Canada and is continuing to grow as part of our bioeconomy.
Plaster Rock Fires Up
A brand new biomass powered energy system is helping a long-standing sawmill in western New Brunswick secure its future. Employees at the Plaster Rock dimension lumber mill, which is owned by Fraser Papers and located in the small town of Plaster Rock, fired up the new equipment in mid-November of 2009.
Banking on Pellets
The latest pellet plant to grace British Columbia’s Cariboo country has been up and running now for just over a year. In that time, the plant staff has forged an economic and environmental success story in what has been an extremely tough period for a region that relies heavily on the forest industry for its economic strength.
Project Report: Groupe Savoie Headed for Self-sufficiency
What started as an insurance policy to protect Groupe Savoie against the shrinking pulp and paper market has become the final step towards self-sufficiency.
The Chipping Route
McKay Hodgson has seen a lot of changes in the logging industry since he first started in the business back in the mid-1960s. And he is on the cusp of seeing a lot more.
Canbio Update: Challenges for Canadian pellets
The year 2009 will be known as the “Best of Times and the Worst of Times.” Canadian wood pellet manufacturers have hit limits to pellet production from sawmill residues because of the downturn in the forest industry of sawn lumber for the U.S. housing market.
Curran’s Green Power
Making pellets from roundwood may seem like black magic to most of Canada’s growing forestry biomass sector, but for Pat Curran it’s all in a day’s work. It’s also a no-brainer. Driving into the yard at Curran Renewable Energy’s recently started pellet mill, the logger and forestry entrepreneur points to several piles of wood chips and summarizes his rationale for investing $10 million in one of North America’s first green-wood pellet plants.
The Mighty Pellet Mill
To complement our pellet manufacturing feature in this issue of Canadian Biomass, we provide an update of available pellet manufacturing equipment. This guide offers a concise summary of what’s available in technology levels and capacities to suit the needs of industry professionals, with all information provided by the equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Discover the benefits and operator/owner features of this new and updated technology. – Compiled by Colleen Cross.
Possible pellet plant for the Rock
Roddickton, NL – A local forestry entrepreneur has plans to build a pellet plant in Roddickton, NL, according to Aaron Beswick of The Northern Pen newspaper.
Lightweight Contender
When Lauzon Recycled Wood Energy (RWE) was founded over 12 years ago, the pellet market was in its infancy in North America. There were few Canadian players, and markets were just forming.
Pellets Rule
Canada already has a strong pellet manufacturing sector, with plants across the nation producing some two million tonnes per year, and more on the way. Still, with strong incentives to use renewable energy overseas
Editorial: Solid Solutions
Welcome to the first issue of Canadian Biomass, a forest sector supplement distributed as part of both Canadian Forest Industries and Canadian Wood Products magazines. There are two basic reasons for launching this supplement now – Time and space. |
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