by okelly | Mar 15, 2024 | Asia, Europe, North America
Enviva filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 14th following several months of financial difficulties and a missed interest payment in January. The company has been burdened by high levels of debt, rising costs, and lower pellet prices. What are the implications for...
by okelly | Mar 7, 2024 | North America
Investment costs for wood pellets capacity, both brownfield and greenfield, have increased by approximately 6% per annum over the last 16 years. This analysis, based on more than 50 projects in the US and Canada, reveals a significant rise compared to the general...
by okelly | Oct 13, 2023 | Europe, North America
The European energy landscape has experienced significant turbulence over the past 18 months, resulting in substantial effects on wood pellet markets. The conflict in Ukraine led to a gas shortage in Europe, causing gas and power prices to soar. In response, wood...
by okelly | Dec 15, 2021 | Global, North America
The US South is poised to become a critical softwood resource for regional and global forest product markets. The US South softwood timber resource is large, highly cost-competitive, and increasingly critical for the global supply of several forest products. In 2020,...
by okelly | Jun 2, 2021 | Europe, Global, North America
Strong demand in the US and China, and constrained supply from key exporters, is driving global shortage for softwood lumber. Anyone who recently bought sawn lumber will know that prices are high this year. This is felt globally, but nowhere more than in North America...
