EIA: 600,000 tons of densified biomass fuel sold in March

 @BiomassMagazine The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released data showing that U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 650,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in March, with sales reaching 600,000 tons during the month.

The data was released as part of the June edition of EPA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuel Report, which includes data for March. The EIA collected data from 86 operating manufacturers of densified biomass fuel to complete the report. The report does not include data from facilities with annual capacities of less than 10,000 tons, which report data annually rather than monthly.

The 86 manufacturers that submitted data in February have a combined annual production capacity of 11.79 million tons per year and collectively had an equivalent of 1,999 full-time employees.

In March, respondents purchased 1.27 million tons of raw biomass feedstock, produced 650,000 tons of densified biomass fuel and sold 600,000 tons of densified biomass fuel. Production included 147,226 tons of heating pellets and 498,864 tons of utility pellets.

Domestic sales reached 122,727 tons and averaged $149.22 per ton. Exports in March reached 381,319 tons an averaged $174.32 per ton.

Inventories of premium/standard wood pellets reached 225,990 tons in March, up from 217,859 tons in February. Inventories of utility pellets reached 345,615 tons in March, up from 255,172 tons in February.

Data gathered by the EIA shows total U.S. densified biomass fuel production capacity reached 12.36 million tons in March, including 11.75 million tons listed as currently operating or temporarily not in operation. This includes 2.43 million tons of capacity in the East, 9.13 million tons of capacity in the South and 797,020 tons of capacity in the West. An additional 483,700 tons of capacity is listed as planned or under construction.

Facilities currently listed as planned or under construction include a 37,000-ton-per-year facility in Maine under development by F.E. Wood & Sons-Natural Energy, a 105,000-ton-per-year facility in Alabama under development by MRE Crossville LLC, a 340,000-ton-per-year plant in Georgia under development by Blue Sky Biomass Georgia LLC, and a 1,700-ton-per-year facility in New Mexico under development by Mt. Taylor-WoodYouRecycle. source: EIA: 600,000 tons of densified biomass fuel sold in March @BiomassMagazine

Ag Invention Kenaf Test Plant Growth Update

Kenaf Test Plant Growth Update October 1, 2016, 

Happily Report the Kenaf Test Plants are between 8 and 10 feet tall!   The average stem diameter I estimate at around 1 inch.  

Perfect Example of why Kenaf is a Biomass Clean Energy Champion!  

1 1/4 in stem diameter Kenaf 

115 inch tall Kenaf Plants 

115 inch Tall Kenaf Plants

 Here is a way to gauge height of an object that is close to a home with plastic siding.  Count the Lap Joints.

Construction Tip: Normal Lap on Plastic Siding is 4 in.

MOhemp converts toxic Rads to Clean Energy

Last night while participating in the #STLChat about the Nuclear Contamination of the Westlake Landfill was just the break I needed. 

The time spent not absorbed on the green remediation plan allowed my mind to put the remaining pieces of the 5 Stage Phytoremediation project in place.

The end goal has always been to create clean energy from the Biomass resources.  Which under normal circumstances could be done fairly easily.

With the addition of adding Electrokinetics which increases both the heavy metal movement in the soil and phytoremediation of heavy metal uptake in the plants was going to eliminate any Biomass end use due to the advanced heavy metal absorption within the plant.

That had previously left me in a quandary.  I wasn't for sure on what to do with all the toxic plant matter - burning it for fuel was not an option, as it would have once again turned the nuclear radiation airborne.

Through hours of research, a few hints from the University of Missouri, and believe it or not a kids science fair project- sparked the idea which aligned the final end use of the phytoremediation plants and allows MOhemp to turn these toxic nuclear radiation molecules into a clean energy source of electricity!

This process also renders the Nuclear Toxins inert and non toxic!

Stay tuned for more details! 

update Mar 18, 2016 ElectroHemp BioRad Hazardous Waste Disposal and Clean Energy Generation Diagram

ElectroHemp BioRad Hazardous Waste Disposal and Clean Energy Generation Diagram