U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 920,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in March, according to the June edition of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 880,000 tons during the month.The EIA collected data from 76 operating manufacturers of densified biomass fuel to complete the report. The report does not include data on facilities with annual production capacities of less than 10,000 tons, which report data annually rather than monthly.<img src="https://bbi-strapi.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/image_f7373048a0.png">The 76 manufacturers surveyed for March had a total combined production capacity of 13.17 million tons per year and collectively had the equivalent of 2,443 full-time employees.Respondents purchased 1.49 million tons of raw biomass feedstock in March, produced 920,000 tons of densified biomass fuel and sold 880,000 tons of densified biomass fuel. Production included 131,404 tons of heating pellets and 790,327 tons of utility pellets.Domestic sales of densified biomass fuel in March reached 59,354 tons at an average price of $218.92 per ton. Exports in March reached 828,225 tons at an average price of $201.45 per ton.<img src="https://bbi-strapi.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/image_091f95ebed.png">Inventories of premium/standard pellets expanded to 313,066 tons in March, up from 243,108 tons in February. Inventories of utility pellets reached 544,217 tons in March, up from 519,990 tons in February.Data gathered by the EIA shows that total U.S. densified biomass fuel capacity reached 13.26 million tons in March, with all of that capacity listed as currently operating or temporarily not in operation. Capacity included 1.97 million tons in the East, 10.5 million tons in the South, and 797,200 tons in the West.&nbsp;

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U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 920,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in March, according to the June edition of the U.S. EIA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 880,000 tons during the month.

EIA: Densified biomass fuel production at 920,000 tons in March

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