The biomass should be turned into biochar to enrich the soil, but there would be side products from that too, including some energy from wood gas. Report comment Reply ...

“ The biomass industry in the Southeast expanded from barely anything 15 years ago to exporting over 9 million tons of wood pellets annually today,” says Adam Colette of Dogwood Alliance ...

Why Assumptions About Wood Biomass Could Be Going Up in Smoke. Harvesting trees for energy and commercial use goes against most people’s idea of sustainability.

Wood pellet exports from the U.S. have more than doubled in just the last three years alone, accounting for more than $500 million of trade in 2014.

U.K. Defends its Wood Pellet Subsidies If world leaders aren’t going to get down in the weeds of biofuels energy policy at COP26, environmental advocates expect those discussions will occur ...

Burning wood biomass is considered a "renewable" energy on the idea that if you plant at least as many trees as you burn the process is carbon neutral. But until these trees grow back to the full ...

Wood pellet companies like Enviva, Drax claim to produce clean energy. Some cast doubt on the wood pellet industry’s ability to deliver on climate promises.

The fuel pellet industry is thriving. Supporters see it as a climate-friendly source of rural jobs. For others, it’s a polluter and destroyer of nature. A tree being dragged to a wood chipper, a ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey gave remarks at the groundbreaking for an Enviva Wood Pellet Plant Wednesday June 28, 2023 in Epes, Ala. (Governor’s Office /Hal Yeager) Alabama Governor's Office ...

Dried wood chips lie in a pile at a bioenergy plant in 2007 in Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Massachusetts is once again revisiting wood-burning biomass power regulations, and the public, it ...

In Alabama, wood pellet mills, which are used as renewable energy in Europe and Asia, are a booming business. But environmentalists are concerned about the impacts stateside.

A south Georgia wood pellet mill was recently fined nearly $52,000 for a series of state environmental violations, including bypassing its air pollution controls. Advocates say the fine is a ...