Pellet Mill Press - July 16, 2019

USDA: Wood pellet exports up in May The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service released updated export data July 3, reporting wood pellet exports reached 553,882.9 tons in May, up from 415,836.2 tons during the same month of the previous year and up from 424,680.5 tons in April. READ MORE SHARE
Bergs Timber acquires 100,000-ton-per-year pellet plant Sweden-based Bergs Timber signed an agreement June 27 to acquire all shares in wood pellet producer Fågelfors Hyvleri AB. The acquired business primarily consists of a new 100,000-metric-ton-per-year pellet plant located in southeast Sweden. READ MORE SHARE
	IRENA: Bioenergy employed 3.18 million people globally in 2018 IRENA recently released the sixth edition of it Renewable Energy and Jobs report, announcing the renewable energy sector employed at least 11 million people last year, directly and indirectly. Bioenergy employed approximately 3.18 million people. READ MORE SHARE
UK releases Q1 energy statistics The U.K. sourced 35.8 percent of its electricity from renewables during the first quarter of 2019, up from 30.5 percent during the same period of 2018, according to data released by the U.K. government on June 27. READ MORE SHARE
ITA committee focused on renewable energy exports to meet July 25 The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has announced an opening meeting of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will be held July 25 in Washington, D.C. READ MORE SHARE
EIA: Densified biomass fuel sales reach 710,000 tons in March The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released data showing U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 770,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in March, with sales reaching 710,000 tons. READ MORE SHARE
Anellotech successfully demos biomass pretreatment technology Anellotech’s MinFree technology, an innovative, patent pending biomass pretreatment process, has been demonstrated to significantly reduce the mineral (ash) content of loblolly pine at a 20 metric ton per day scale. READ MORE SHARE
EIA updates 2019, 2020 bioenergy forecasts The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the July edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting nonhydropower renewables will provide 11 percent of utility-scale generation this year, increasing to 13 percent next year. READ MORE SHARE
C-Capture secures grant to scale up Drax carbon capture pilot C-Capture, working alongside the Drax Group, has secured a £5 million grant from the U.K. government for a two year program of work to progress its bioenergy and carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at Drax Power Station. READ MORE SHARE