b'26American Journal of Transportation ajot.com(GREATcontinued from page 24) Although it is difficult to analyze the for 78% of the U.S. wood pellet exportimpactofthepandemic,earlyesti-volumes. In 2019, the UK importedmatesexpectwoodpelletimports 5.33 million metric tons of wood pel- to reach 2.5 million metric tons this lets from the U.S., a 13% year-over- year, with the U.S. accounting for up year increase.to500,000metrictonsofthetotal And export volumes are continu- volume. But it looks like wood pellet ingtorise,althoughthepandemicconsumption should rise.economichiccuphasinterruptedEarlyinSeptember,ToyoEngi-someplans.ExportvolumestotheneeringCorp.announcedonSept. UK are expected to continue to rise2 it had been awarded a contract to with the completion of MGT Powersconstructtheproposedwoodpellet-299 MW CHP facility. But construc- fueled75MWIchiharaYawatafuto tionwashaltedinMarch,however,Biomass Power Gogo Kaisha facility, as a result of the coronavirus. Envivalocated in Ichihara-shi, Chiba, Japan. Biomass,basedinRaleigh,NorthTheprojectisexpectedtobecom-Carolinaistheworldslargestsup- pletedby2023. Accordingto Toyo, plier of wood pellets and had a con- theprojectistheseventhorderfor tract to supply the MGT Power plantbiomass power plants ranging in size with one million metric tons of woodfrom 50 MW to 75 MW.pellets annually. The UK is also theBesides Toyo,in August, Tokyo largest destination for Canadas woodGasCo.Ltd.subsidiary,Promi-pelletexports,accountingforovernentPowerCo.Ltd.,announced 60% of the total. plans to acquire the 75 MW Ichihara Envira is betting big on the con- Yawatafuto Biomass Power GK proj- Enviva Biomass, based in Raleigh, NC, is the worlds largest supplier of wood pellets.tinuedriseofpelletfuelforelectricectandasecond50MWbiomass generating stationsoften as a replace- powerplantprojectfromanEquiswoodpelletfuelfollowingitscom- 20-year take-or-pay contract to deliver ment or co-fuel for coal fired plants. InGroupinvestmentfund.Envivaispletion. In February 2020, the Tokyo270,000 tons of pellets per year to the August,thecompanycompletedthecontracted to supply the facility withGas Co. said it had recently signed aIchihara facility beginning in 2023.acquisition of an industrial scale wood pelletproductionplantinWaycross, Georgia,andassociatedcontracted terminal capacity in Savannah, Geor-gia.Thenewfacilityhasanannual production capacity of 800,000 metric tons per year and boosts the companys annual capacity to 4.9 million metric tonnes.With the acquisition, Envivas operations in the U.S. Southeast now includeninewoodpelletproduction plants and five deep-water export ter-minals across Virginia, North Carolina,SUCCESS STARTS WITH A WINNING TEAM!SouthCarolina,Georgia,Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.f oreiGN markets Since our establishment in 1920, we haveWE OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS:been providing our global customers a And it looks like Enviva is right.premier level of service through superior On-site Storage and Multi-modal There are other promising markets forhandling and performance, technologicalDistribution ServicesNorth American wood pellets.advancements, and a perpetual eyeCustomer Access to 24 hour Inventory Tracking Take Japan, for instance. 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