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Enviva’s Keppler named Entrepreneur of the Year
John Keppler, Enviva Partners LP CEO, was named an Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 National Award winner by Ernst & Young LLP. Winners of the EY National Award are chosen after being evaluated on their entrepreneurial leadership, talent management, financial performance, societal impact, degree of difficulty in navigating and overcoming obstacles to make their companies successful, and originality, among other core contributions and attributes. Keppler cofounded Enviva in 2004. Today, the company is a $4 billion company that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Enviva owns and operates more than a dozen plants and terminals across the southeastern U.S., sustainably producing approximately 6.2 million metric tons of wood pellets per year. Enviva employs nearly 1,400 people and supports many oth-
Albioma acquires Quebec pellet plant
Albioma has acquired the La Granaudière wood pellet production plant in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec. Ideally positioned to supply the Albioma’s Caribbean power plants, the facility produces Sustainable Biomass Partnership-certified pellets from wood waste or low-grade wood from certified sustainably managed forests. The transaction includes a long-term agreement granting access to a 45,000-metric-ton pellet storage facility in the Port of Quebec, as
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er jobs and businesses in the rural South, driving more than $2 billion in annual economic activity.
well as raw material supply guarantees issued by Quebec’s Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks. The plant, which has been idle since July 2021, is due to be recommissioned in early 2022. Its nominal annual production capacity of 200,000 metric tons is expected to be achieved following some additional investments
