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March/April 2012 
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In This Issue
Tilbury Fire
Initiative Wood Pellets Buyers
5-year Wood Fiber Prices
Forest2Market Happenings
Lanzatech
Biomass Harvesting
Top 3 Stories from the January/February Issue


 

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The Fallout from RWE's Tilbury Biomass Power Plant Fire

By Suz-Anne Kinney

Early in February, industrial wood pellet consumers were having some difficulty securing a sufficient supply of pellets. Demand-propelled upward by the entry of RWE's 750 MW biomass-fired power plant in Tilbury, England into the market-prompted price increases. According to a ...  

 

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Initiative Wood Pellets Buyers Works to Smooth Supply Chain Disruptions 

By Suz-Anne Kinney
 

As the industrial pellet market in Europe absorbed excess supply caused by the fire at RWE's Tilbury plant, new questions have arisen about pellet quality. According to Montel's Weekly Biomass Report, "market chatter [during the week of April 2] is ...  

 

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5-Year Trend in Wood Fiber Prices

By Daniel Stuber 

 

Delivered wood fiber prices in the South remained relatively stable in the 4Q2011 (see Figure 1). As the trendlines show, much of the volatility the market experienced beginning in 2008 and running through 3Q2010 has been ...  

 

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FOREST2MARKET HAPPENINGS
  

By Suz-Anne Kinney 

 

Forest2Market announced today that Stan Parton, formerly of The Parton Group, has joined the company. In his new role, Stan will lead Forest2Market's bioenergy practice. Parton will be responsible for the expansion of Forest2Fuel, the company's suite of services for buyers ...  

 

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By Suz-Anne Kinney

Stan Parton, Forest2Market's new bioenergy practice manager, will speak at the 2012 International Biomass Conference and Expo on Wednesday, April 18 at 10:30 a.m., during a session entitled, Measured Project Development Considerations for Emerging Pellet Producers: "Pellet production for export will most assuredly ...  

 

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LanzaTech Set to Transform Range Fuels' Assets

By Suz-Anne Kinney 

 

The technology to transform wood into ethanol on a large scale has yet to be developed. LanzaTech, the company that purchased Range Fuels' assets in a foreclosure sale in January, may just be the first.

 

As we reported here in Post-Mortem: Range Fuels Sputters to the Auction Block, the sale of Range Fuel's assets was arranged

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BIOMASS HARVESTING


By Suz-Anne Kinney

 

For foresters and landowners, one of the top concerns about the rise of the wood bioenergy industry over the last five years has been the effect of biomass removal on the health of the forest. The retention of biomass (logging slash, small-diameter trees, tops, limbs, and trees not considered merchantable in traditional markets) nourishes the soil, prevents erosion and provides wildlife habitat.

  

To date, this does not seem to have been much of an issue primarily...

 

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State Guidelines for Biomass Harvesting

By Suz-Anne Kinney

  

A handful of states have their own biomass harvesting guidelines. It is no surprise that Maine, Wisconsin and Minnesota are on the list of states that do, considering the fact that these states have high levels of certification and best ...   

  

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