ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT
Biomass in bulk Close-up of the exterior of Enviva’s storage domes at the Port of Pascagoula
popularity of ‘green’ solutions like biomass continues to rise
Louise Dodds-Ely
MAY 2022
www.drycargomag.com
Enviva expands capacity with plans to double production of wood pellets
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Enviva’s Port of Pascagoula in Mississippi, USA received its first delivery of pellets from its Lucedale, MS wood pellet production site on 31 March this year, and has been in ‘continuous operation’ since 9 April. The first shipment of pellets will be in Q2 of 2022.
ABOUT ENVIVA Enviva Inc. is the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, a renewable and sustainable energy source produced by
aggregating a natural resource, wood fibre, and processing it into a transportable form, wood pellets. Enviva owns and operates ten plants with a combined production
ABOUT THE PORT OF PASCAGOULA At the Port of Pascagoula, through collaboration with the Jackson County Port Authority, Enviva Inc. owns a deepwater marine terminal in the Bayou Casotte Harbor that will serve as the shipment point for pellets manufactured at Enviva’s Lucedale plant and its other plants under development in the Gulf region. The terminal will be capable of receiving product by rail, barge, and truck and supporting Panamax-sized vessels. The facility includes two wood pellet storage domes with 45,000 metric tonnes of storage capacity each.
Aerial view of the Port of Pascagoula.
