UK’s Drax plans to double pellet production to 8 mil. tons
Drax Group plc on Dec. 1 announced plans to double its biomass pellet production to 8 million metric tons per [...]
December 2, 2021
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US investment fund completes acquisition of majority stake in Europe’s largest wood pellet company
Apollo Global Management Inc. has closed acquisition of 80% stake in AS Graanul Invest. The transaction was approved by the [...]
November 15, 2021
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Germany: Pellet production at record levels; exports fall sharply
At 861,000 tonnes (t), in the third quarter of 2021 Germany again produced a quantity of wood pellets that [...]
October 25, 2021
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Drax starts construction on second satellite wood pellet plant
Drax Group has started construction on the second of three satellite wood pellet plants in Arkansas. [...]
September 20, 2021
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Brussels aims to tighten rules on burning wood pellets, leaked document reveals
Brussels wants to tighten rules to prevent some forms of wood-burning energy from counting towards the EU’s green [...]
June 18, 2021
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Drax to build three new pellet plants in Arkansas
Drax Group will begin constructing the first of three new ‘satellite’ pellet plants in Arkansas. The [...]
May 10, 2021
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Drax completes acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy
British energy company Drax, which owns the world’s largest biomass power station, located in the United Kingdom and wood [...]
April 15, 2021
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Russia: Luzales to build a large wood pellet plant; production exported to Europe
Russian company LLC Luzales plans a second plant for the production of wood fuel pellets. The plant is being built [...]
March 23, 2021
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The Netherlands to limit wood pellet subsidies, possibly signaling EU change
In a speedbump for the accelerating biomass industry in the European Union, the Dutch Parliament on February 25 voted to [...]
March 11, 2021
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2020 EU imports of energy wood fall for the first time in 20 years
After nearly 20 years of almost continuous growth, the value of energy wood imported to the EU and the UK [...]
March 11, 2021
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