Wood Pellets Are Big Business (And For Some, a Big Worry)

#Energy It's a good time to be in the American wood pellet business. Dozens of companies, increasingly concentrated in the Southeast, are now capable of producing a record 10 billion annual short tons of wood pellets — ostensibly made from the leftovers at lumber mills or from the branches, slag and other woody material found on the forest floor. Another 6 billion short tons of capacity is now planned or under construction, according to industry data, making the U.S. the single largest wood pellet producer in the world.http://ift.tt/1zKuDhy http://bit.ly/15KdByZ