Drax fires up plans for fleet of pellet plants to supply UK biomass operations

Michael Holder
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Morehouse BioEnergy, an existing Drax Biomass wood pellet plant in Louisiana | Credit: Drax
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Morehouse BioEnergy, an existing Drax Biomass wood pellet plant in Louisiana | Credit: Drax

UK energy firm to begin construction of first of three biomass pellet plants in North America later this month in bid to bolster supply chain for sustainable feedstocks

Drax is poised to begin construction of the first of three new wood pellet plants in North America later this month, as the energy firm pushes forward with its plans to self-supply its biomass power operations...

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