This statistic displays major wood pellet plants plants above 250,000 short tons annual capacity by annual production volume in 2015 in the United States. During this year, an operational Georgia Biomass plant in Waycross, Georgia had a capacity of some 825,000 short tons. The plant used softwood as its feedstock.
Capacity of leading wood pellet plants in the United States as of December 2014
(in short tons)
Plant (location)
Capacity in short tons
German Pellets Louisiana (La Salle, LA)*
1,100,000
Biomass Power Louisiana LLC (Baton Rouge, LA)**
1,000,000
Georgia Biomass (Waycross, GA)
825,000
Green Circle Bio Energy Inc (Cottondale, FL)
660,000
Fram Renewable Fuels - Hazelhurst (Hazelhurst, GA)*
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IEA (IEA Bionenergy). (January 1, 2015). Capacity of leading wood pellet plants in the United States as of December 2014 (in short tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/479784/biomass-capacity-in-wood-pellet-plants-in-the-us/
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IEA (IEA Bionenergy). (2015). Capacity of leading wood pellet plants in the United States as of December 2014 (in short tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/479784/biomass-capacity-in-wood-pellet-plants-in-the-us/
IEA (IEA Bionenergy). "Capacity of Leading Wood Pellet Plants in The United States as of December 2014 (in Short Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/479784/biomass-capacity-in-wood-pellet-plants-in-the-us/
IEA (IEA Bionenergy), Capacity of leading wood pellet plants in the United States as of December 2014 (in short tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/479784/biomass-capacity-in-wood-pellet-plants-in-the-us/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
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