Enviva LP plans to build a wood-pellet manufacturing facility in Ahoskie, USA

Dec 20, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Enviva LP plans to build a wood-pellet manufacturing facility in Ahoskie, North Carolina, USA. The project will bring 53 jobs to the area and make Enviva the dominant biomass supplier in the mid-Atlantic region, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. The new plant, to be built at the site of the former Georgia Pacific lumber facility site in Hertford County, will produce 330,000 tons of wood pellets annually from more than 600,000 tons of raw wood supplies. Based on increasing demand from its domestic and European customer base, Enviva is contemplating the development of at least two additional manufacturing plants in the area, with site selection expected to be completed within 18 to 24 months. “Enviva has developed strong relationships with timber owners and other fiber suppliers who are committed to the sustainable management of their resources,” said Enviva Chairman and CEO John Keppler. “Those relationships are critical to the success of this exciting new expansion.”