
Tim Portz
May 21, 2024
BY Tim Portz
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The U.S. exported 946,522.4 metric tons of wood pellets in June up nearly 8% when compared to May and up nearly 28% when compared to June 2025, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Aug. 4.
The Senate Agriculture Committee on July 31 released an updated draft of its 2026 Farm Bill 2.0 that includes language to enable year-round sales of E15 and revamp the Renewable Fuel Standard small refinery exemption (SRE) program.
The U.S. EPA on Aug. 3 issued decisions on six small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions for RFS compliance years 2023 and 2024. The agency granted one full exemption, two partial 50% exemptions, and declared three petitions as ineligible.
Drax Group plc on July 30 announced the company’s North American pellet mills produced 1.9 million metric tons of wood pellets during the first half of 2026, down from 2.1 million metric tons of production reported for the same period of 2025.
CHAR Technologies Ltd. on July 21 welcomed a significant regulatory development in France that, if adopted, would open the country's flagship long-term support mechanism for renewable gas to pyrolysis-based production