The World’s Largest Wood Pellet Plant is in Waycross, Georgia

The World Record Academy
September 8, 2023
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Region: United States, US East

WAYCROSS, Georgia — Enviva Partners announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of a world-class, industrial scale wood pellet production plant in Waycross, Georgia; the newly acquired Waycross plant, which is now called, “Enviva Pellets Waycross,” has been operating since 2011 and has a production capacity of approximately 800,000 metric tons per year, which is a world record for the World’s Largest Wood Pellet Plant, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY. …”At a total cost of about $195 million, the plant and surrounding structures, as well as development of a port, took just over one year to construct. “Wood pellets produced at the plant will be transported via train to the port of Savannah, Georgia, about 100 miles away from the facility, and then shipped to Europe.

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