Pellet Mill Press - December 5, 2017

Drax Biomass: LaSalle BioEnergy begins pellet production Drax Biomass Inc. has begun start up production at its newest facility, LaSalle BioEnergy in Urania, Louisiana. The facility is the third pellet plant in DBI’s portfolio and has an annual capacity of 450,000 metric tons. READ MORE SHARE
AFF, Enviva partner on forest certification, habitat restoration The American Forest Foundation and Enviva Holdings LP have partnered to help private forest landowners across the Florida panhandle certify their forests are sustainably managed, and restore longleaf pine forests to improve wildlife habitat. READ MORE SHARE
	19 countries agree to scale up bioenergy targets Countries representing half of the global population and 37 percent of the global economy agreed to scale up the low-carbon bioeconomy, and develop collective targets prescribing the contribution of sustainable bioenergy to final energy demand. READ MORE SHARE
BETO launches new Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office has established the Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium, a research and development consortium focused on biomass supply, preprocessing, and conversion technologies. READ MORE SHARE
Deadline to submit IBCE presentations ideas set for Dec. 1 The deadline for submitting speaker abstracts for the 11th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo is end of day Dec. 1. The event is set to take place April 16-18 at the Cobb Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia. READ MORE SHARE