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by Freddy » Wed. Oct. 14, 2009 3:42 am
This ship sailed years ago in Maine. We've had several biomass built, used, closed, reopened, closed again. I'm not sure how many are on line right now, It's hard to keep up with which one went bank-o this week. It's poppy-cock that they use bark & branches, It's way too costly to move that crap and there's not nearly enough of it Oh, ya, they use some, but for the most part they use chips and, yes, it has driven the cost of pellets and all lumber up. The wood resource is called "fiber". Every industry that uses it bids for the fiber, The last few years the fiber supply has been tight. It has driven pellets from $180 a ton to pushing $300 a ton.
Yes...In large scale operations a new tree is planted for every one harvested, at least here in Maine. Smaller lots, not so much.