
Anna Simet, Director of Content & Senior Editor
November 1, 2026
BY Anna Simet
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Dry, aged and overlooked dust in pellet production carries substantial risk if left unmanaged.
As biochar production scales up, maintenance is becoming less about fixing what breaks and more about designing plants, feedstocks and operating practices to withstand thousands of continuous production hours.
U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 960,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in July, according to the U.S. EIA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 1 million tons during the month.
The EU Deforestation Regulation will make traceability a market access requirement for wood pellets. For producers, the challenge is not only collecting documents but turning fragmented supply chain data into an audit-ready system.