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Released April 15, 2019 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Renewable energy is enjoying broad support across the U.S., but enthusiasm for biomass seems to be waning. Expansions in biomass and waste-fired generation have ground to a halt, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). After growing from 2004 through 2014, when it hit peak generation of 71.7 million megawatt-hours (MWh), U.S. biomass-fired capacity in 2018 was 2% below 2014 levels. Nonetheless, Industrial Info is tracking nearly $2.2 billion in active biomass-fueled projects across the U.S., nearly $1 billion of which is attributed to projects under construction.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 U.S. states for biomass-fueled projects, by investment value.
Electricity generated from biomass and waste totaled 70.6 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2018, or about 2% of total U.S. generation, according to the EIA. Four feedstocks accounted for more than 94% of last year's biomass and waste-fired generation: wood and wood-waste solids, black liquor, municipal solid waste, and landfill gas. Black liquor is the waste created when digesting wood pulp into paper.
Wood and forest waste, which accounted for 30% of total biomass and waste-fired generation in 2018, is fueling two of the largest biomass projects under construction, located on opposite sides of the country: Georgia Renewable Power LLC's (Birmingham, Alabama) $205 million Franklin Renewable Energy Facility in Carnesville, Georgia, which will generate 79 megawatts (MW), and Red Rock Biofuels LLC's (Fort Collins, Colorado) $200 million biomass-to-liquids plant in Lakeview, Oregon, which is designed to process 136,000 tons per year of forestry biomass into 15 million gallons per year of liquid transportation fuel, including jet fuel, renewable diesel and naphtha. The Lakeview plant also is designed to capture waste CO2 to support solar biofuels.
Georgia Renewable Power also is at work on its $100 million Madison Renewable Energy Facility in Colbert, Georgia, which will convert a closed Weyerhauser (NYSE:WY) (Longview, Washington) wood mill into a plant that will process 500,000 tons per year of shredded forestry products and other waste into 58 MW, via a Mitsubishi steam turbine. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Carnesville, Lakeview and Colbert projects.
The U.S. Southeast is a leading region for the Pulp, Paper & Wood Industry, which makes it a top destination for companies looking for a foothold in biomass-fueled energy. Georgia-Pacific LLC (Augusta, Georgia), a subsidiary of Koch Industries Incorporated (Wichita, Kansas), is building a $90 million biomass unit at its Naheola Mill in Pennington, Alabama. The unit will generate 40 MW from a biomass-fired combustion turbine and heat-recovery steam generator, to service the 1,100-ton-per-day, bleached-softwood kraft pulp and paper mill. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Food waste is steadily attracting attention as a potential source for renewable energy. Last week, the state of New York passed a budget that will require many large producers of food--restaurants, supermarkets, universities--to donate leftovers to eligible recycling facilities, including those that turn food waste into energy or ethanol, starting in 2022. According to local newspaper Rome Sentinel, beneficiaries would include users of food scraps for anaerobic digestion and other waste-to-energy processes.
Among projects under construction, a $50 million bioenergy facility in Rialto, California, would generate about 13.4 MW by processing food waste, liquid waste and biosolids; Alder Construction Company's (Salt Lake City, Utah) $40 million Wasatch Resource Recovery in North Salt Lake, Utah, would produce 3 million standard cubic feet per day of biomethane (also called "renewable natural gas") from 180,000 tons per year of food waste; and Alma Plantation Limited's (Lakeland, Louisiana) $30 million unit addition at a cane sugar mill in Lakeland, Louisiana, will use excess cane sugar to fuel a biomass boiler and steam turbine, generating 10 MW. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Rialto, North Salt Lake and Lakeland projects.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com/.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 U.S. states for biomass-fueled projects, by investment value.Electricity generated from biomass and waste totaled 70.6 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2018, or about 2% of total U.S. generation, according to the EIA. Four feedstocks accounted for more than 94% of last year's biomass and waste-fired generation: wood and wood-waste solids, black liquor, municipal solid waste, and landfill gas. Black liquor is the waste created when digesting wood pulp into paper.
Wood and forest waste, which accounted for 30% of total biomass and waste-fired generation in 2018, is fueling two of the largest biomass projects under construction, located on opposite sides of the country: Georgia Renewable Power LLC's (Birmingham, Alabama) $205 million Franklin Renewable Energy Facility in Carnesville, Georgia, which will generate 79 megawatts (MW), and Red Rock Biofuels LLC's (Fort Collins, Colorado) $200 million biomass-to-liquids plant in Lakeview, Oregon, which is designed to process 136,000 tons per year of forestry biomass into 15 million gallons per year of liquid transportation fuel, including jet fuel, renewable diesel and naphtha. The Lakeview plant also is designed to capture waste CO2 to support solar biofuels.
Georgia Renewable Power also is at work on its $100 million Madison Renewable Energy Facility in Colbert, Georgia, which will convert a closed Weyerhauser (NYSE:WY) (Longview, Washington) wood mill into a plant that will process 500,000 tons per year of shredded forestry products and other waste into 58 MW, via a Mitsubishi steam turbine. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Carnesville, Lakeview and Colbert projects.
The U.S. Southeast is a leading region for the Pulp, Paper & Wood Industry, which makes it a top destination for companies looking for a foothold in biomass-fueled energy. Georgia-Pacific LLC (Augusta, Georgia), a subsidiary of Koch Industries Incorporated (Wichita, Kansas), is building a $90 million biomass unit at its Naheola Mill in Pennington, Alabama. The unit will generate 40 MW from a biomass-fired combustion turbine and heat-recovery steam generator, to service the 1,100-ton-per-day, bleached-softwood kraft pulp and paper mill. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Food waste is steadily attracting attention as a potential source for renewable energy. Last week, the state of New York passed a budget that will require many large producers of food--restaurants, supermarkets, universities--to donate leftovers to eligible recycling facilities, including those that turn food waste into energy or ethanol, starting in 2022. According to local newspaper Rome Sentinel, beneficiaries would include users of food scraps for anaerobic digestion and other waste-to-energy processes.
Among projects under construction, a $50 million bioenergy facility in Rialto, California, would generate about 13.4 MW by processing food waste, liquid waste and biosolids; Alder Construction Company's (Salt Lake City, Utah) $40 million Wasatch Resource Recovery in North Salt Lake, Utah, would produce 3 million standard cubic feet per day of biomethane (also called "renewable natural gas") from 180,000 tons per year of food waste; and Alma Plantation Limited's (Lakeland, Louisiana) $30 million unit addition at a cane sugar mill in Lakeland, Louisiana, will use excess cane sugar to fuel a biomass boiler and steam turbine, generating 10 MW. For more information, see Industrial Info's reports on the Rialto, North Salt Lake and Lakeland projects.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn. For more information on our coverage, send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.com or visit us online at http://www.industrialinfo.com/.
