Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Webinar on market trends shows growing pellet markets

Biomass Power & Thermal
By Luke Geiver December 21, 2011

A BTEC webinar Dec. 21 highlighted the potential in pellet export markets.

As of December 2011, 456 wood-based bioenergy projects exist in the U.S. that have either been announced or are operating, according to Forisk Consulting LLC. Of those, 159 are generating power, 62 are combined-heat-and-power projects, 20 are producing heat, 39 are making liquid fuel and 176 are producing pellets.

Those Forisk numbers, along with information on the market drivers behind woody biomass in North America calculated by RISI Inc., were provided during the final installment of a 14-part Biomass Thermal Energy Council webinar series.

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