Huge amount of pellet capacity for Northeast Wood Products

Pellet capacity of Northeast Wood Products nearing 350,000 tons

{reg}{Northeast Wood Products LLC will have gone from no presence in the industry to possessing nearly 350,000 tons of U.S. wood pellet production capacity, reports Biomass Magazine.

 

In June, the company, the majority shareholder of which is the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, announced that it had acquired Pennington Seed Co.'s 65,000-metric-ton-per year pellet plant in Peebles, Ohio, related equipment and assets at the company's Kenbridge, Virginia, facility, and was in process of acquiring Pennington's 65,000-metric-ton-per-year pellet plant in Ligonier, Indiana.

Guy Mozzicato, president of Northeast Wood Products, explained that currently, the assets of the Kenbridge facility remain at the site, but plans are in the works to move it to a different location very soon.

ÔÇ£At the same time, we acquired the Peebles plant, retrofitted and brought it up-to-date with new technology, changed some of the feed systems and conveyors, in order to better utilize the assets there,ÔÇØ he said, Biomass Magazine reported./reg}