The U.S. DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office awarded $2.18 million in funding to three projects as part of the 2023 Cooperative Research and Development Agreement call by the Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium.
The U.S. exported 865,995.4 metric tons of wood pellets in June, up from both the 820,057.5 metric tons exported the previous month and the 832,092.2 metric tons exported in June 2022, according to data released by the USDA FAS on Aug. 8.
Enviva Inc. on Aug. 3 announced that construction on its Epes wood pellet plant in Alabama is progressing well, with the plant scheduled to be operational in 2024. The company may, however, delay the in-service date of its Bond, Mississippi, plant.
Core Industries has entered into an agreement with CM Biomass to construct a wood pellet processing and storage facility in Mobile, Alabama, according to information released in July by the Mobile Chamber and Industrial Development Authority.
The DOE's BETO often requires FOA award recipients to comply with technical and economic validation of their novel technologies. The agency has released a new set of web resources to help awardees and applicants under the process.
Drax Group plc on July 27 announced its pellet plants produced approximately 1.9 million metric tons of wood pellets during the first half of 2023, down slightly when compared to the 2 million metric tons of production reported for Q2 2022.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on July 20 introduced the Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act, which aims to strengthen the USDA's BioPreferred Program. Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa; Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., are cosponsoring the bill.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released data showing U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 860,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in April, with sales reaching 610,000 tons.
The U.S. DOE's BETO on will host a Bioenergy Cybersecurity Workshop on Sept. 11. The virtual event will focus on the identification of cybersecurity risks in biofuel and bioproduct manufacturing as well as ways to address those risks.
Drax has issued a formal response to “BECCS Done Well: Conditions for Success for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage,� an independent report completed by Forum for Future in 2022 at the request of Drax.
ENplus on June 22 announced the launch of its 2023 market surveillance project is and urging stakeholders, individuals and other parties to support the project by submitting samples of ENplus-certified wood pellets.
The USDA is making $21.25 million in technical assistance grants available through the REAP to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses access federal funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is encouraging innovators, researchers and manufacturers to partner with the DOE's national laboratories to accelerate wood heater innovation.
Virginia forest products company announces expansion
By Office of Gov. Glenn Youngkin
July 12, 2023
Musser Biomass and Wood Products will invest $7.5 million to expand operations and more than double its production of dried hardwood chips and sawdust. A portion of that material is supplied to wood pellet companies.
The USDA will invest $300 million through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
EIA updates bioenergy forecasts
July 11, 2023
Renewables are currently expects to account for 23 percent of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 25 percent next year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11.
The U.S. exported 820,057.5 metric tons of wood pellets in May, up from both 720,209.2 metric tons exported in April and 740,605 metric tons exported in May 2022, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on July 6.
U.S. firms working with clean energy fuels, such as corn ethanol, woody biomass/cellulosic biofuel, and other biofuels, added 1,962 jobs in 2022. Bioenergy electric power generation (EPG) jobs were also up.
Bruks Siwertell Group has signed an acquisition contract for North American heavy machinery specialist, West Salem Machinery. WSM will continue to operate under its current name as a separate internal division within Bruks Siwertell Group.
Enviva breaks ground on Epes plant in Alabama
By Enviva
June 29, 2023
Enviva in June held a ceremonial groundbreaking on its Epes pellet plant under development in Sumter County, Alabama. Construction began on the 1.1 million metric ton per year plant in July 2022. The facility is expected to begin operations in 2024.
Astra Energy announces strategic partnership with Phambili
By Astra Energy Inc.
June 27, 2023
A subsidiary of Astra Energy Inc. is partnering with Phambili USA to combine total waste processing utilizing Regreen Technologies Inc.'s energy pellets with the Phambili conversion unit to produce SAF and other products.
Prairie Clean Energy wins $1.1M for flax straw pellet project
By Saskatchewan Polytechnic
June 27, 2023
Prairie Clean Energy has been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator Network for a project that will reduce GHG emissions by using flax straw pellets to help heat potash mines.
DOE collaborative to establish biomanufacturing hub
By Katy Christiansen, Laboratory Relationship Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
June 23, 2023
As part of a newly established collaborative, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit will co-lead an effort to establish bioindustrial manufacturing capability in California.
Japanese industry, embassy officials visit Drax Power Station
By Drax Group
June 23, 2023
A delegation of officials from the British Embassy in Tokyo and Japanese industry recently visited Drax Power Station – the U.K.'s single-largest generator of renewable electricity. The group, in part, learned about Drax's BECCS plans.
From June 19-21, 2023, the Forest Innovation and Bioeconomy Conference is bringing together leaders in forestry, government and academia to discuss how to grow the forest bioeconomy, create opportunities for people and communities, and reduce waste.
An agreement announced between the government of British Columbia and the Shxw'�whámél First Nation on June 17 could result in wood debris collected by containment barriers on the Fraser River being used for bioenergy production.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration has announced its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will hold a in-person meeting on June 27 in Washington, D.C.
DOE releases Wood Heater Design Challenge workshop report
By U.S. Department of Energy
June 16, 2023
A new report from the Wood Heater Design Challenge Workshops is now available online and provides a summary of activities and outcomes from the event. The workshops were held in January, March and April of 2022.
The White House Office of Management and Budget on June 13 published its Spring 2023 Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan, which shows several rulemakings related to carbon capture and storage (CCS) are underway by federal agencies.
U.S. Forest Service is investing a combined $43 million in 123 projects through the Community Wood Grants and Wood Innovations Grants programs, which promote innovation in wood products and renewable wood energy economies.
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