Pellet Mill Press - March 21, 2017

WPAC invites Canadian pellet producers to join safety committee The Wood Pellet Association of Canada Board of Directors has appointed the Safety Committee to manage the safety objectives of the Wood Pellet Association of Canada. The Safety Committee works in close cooperation with the BC Forest Safety Council. READ MORE SHARE
DBC launches North American forest sector study The Dutch Biomass Certification Foundation has launched an extensive research study on the North American forest sector, with specific focus on small forest owners. READ MORE SHARE
	Green Heat in the Great White North Stakeholders discuss how to build out the domestic wood pellet heat market in Canada. READ MORE SHARE
A Mixed Bag As the 2016-’17 heating season winds down, producers across the country once again confirm that, in the pellet business, Old Man Winter determines the haves and the have nots. READ MORE SHARE
Valmet to supply multifuel boiler to Japan power plant Valmet will provide a multifuel boiler and flue gas cleaning system to a 112-MW power station being built plant in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. The advanced circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler will be capable of cofiring coal and biomass. READ MORE SHARE
Australia pellet plant to reopen Five years after Plantation Energy Albany made its last pellet shipment to an overseas customer and subsequently shut down, the facility will reopen, according to consulting company Argonaut. READ MORE SHARE
Q1 2017: 50% of U.S. South pellet plants used mill, forest waste Wood pellet manufacturers in both the US and Canada are increasingly diversifying their feedstock to reduce fiber costs and take advantage of less utilized fiber sources, according to analysis by Wood Resources International. READ MORE SHARE
Paper examines small-scale, pellet-fueled CHP potential in US Small-scale, pellet-fueled combined-heat-and-power (CHP) has the potential to become a major part of the distributed generation smart grid of the future, according to a new paper by FutureMetrics. READ MORE SHARE
EBRD study: Biomass could aid energy challenges in Turkey, Egypt The combined biomass of Turkey and Egypt could generate enough electricity to supply 700,000 homes and renewable fuels to replace more than 2 million metric tons of oil each year. READ MORE SHARE