Cate Street Capital Plans $80 Million Pellet Facility in Easport, Maine

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I missed that article. Interesting.
 
that's great to hear for several reasons and not just a new pellet supplier . wish there were more jobs being created but whatever is in these old mill towns is welcome as is the reduction in taxes .

looking forward to hearing more about it .
 
Torrefied wood pellets that burn 30 percent hotter. Fuel cost for shipping getting higher everyday having to burn and haul a third less fuel, sign me on.
 
Torrefied wood pellets that burn 30 percent hotter. Fuel cost for shipping getting higher everyday having to burn and haul a third less fuel, sign me on.

I'm not sure they are pellets that can be fed to your stove. The price per ton may not be comparable to pellets either.
 
The smarter stoves should be able to compensate. The older stoves that have fixed feeds and no esp will probably be toast. I know of someone testing harmans using a blend of coal.
 
The smarter stoves should be able to compensate. The older stoves that have fixed feeds and no esp will probably be toast. I know of someone testing harmans using a blend of coal.

My point is that size wise they might not feed in a pellet stove. At least my impression from what I have read about that plant is they aren't pellets, but I may be wrong.
 
Something to google when the driveway is plugged up with snow by the county again. At least the temps got back to double digits.
 
Torrefied wood pellets are the new coal. Made for enery plants. Pretty sure they are classified as an industrial pellet and most likely very long in size too.

They are black and leave everything they touch black like charcoal. I really doubt you'd want to put them in your stoves.
 
Torrefied wood pellets are the new coal. Made for enery plants. Pretty sure they are classified as an industrial pellet and most likely very long in size too.

They are black and leave everything they touch black like charcoal. I really doubt you'd want to put them in your stoves.

That was my understanding of that process as well.
 
Doubt any of the pellets will stay on this continent though. They'll go straight from Eastport to Europe.
Ahhhh, do not be so sure of this. For those people who look to tomorrow , but no firther, then this story is short of being news-worthy, because , yes, the immediate product will be headed to Europe and possibly some to South America. But for those North American pellet burners with vision, this is something to rejoice in! You see, right now, in North Anerica, the mainstream of wood pellet sales are done in packaged bags which get fed into space heating stoves for residential use. But the real vision and benefit of wood pellets is to have a staple of central heating residential pellet boilers as well as industrial and utility applications as well. Right now, the cost of converting a home to a wood pellet central heater is cost prohibitive. That is because the upfront cost versus the savings is not significant enough to justify the expendature for most North American homes. But, if (and when) oil prices not only go up, but stay up, there will be a much different outlook on what the cost savings is. Right now, the biggest hurdle to overcome once you get past the up front cost, is having a stable and reliable supply of wood pellet fuel, which is geographically close enough to ensure cost effective bulk delivery. Currently there are only a handful of mills that offer this service and unfortunately, their quality may not be up to par for many end users. But having a mill in Maine, with this volume of production, will help ensure that when the central units start getting installed, and the utility companies begin to convert, that the production, supply and infrastructure are already in place. The only difference being that these pellets will then get loaded onto dry tankers for domestic use and not into containers for our dear friends across the pond.
80 Million Dollars?.....Daaaammmnnnn!
 
The siting is specifically for export CT Pellet, as for infrastructure not so sure that RT190 could handle a lot of two way loaded truck traffic The rail line was pulled long ago. Eastport is at the end of a 7+ mile long man made peninsular on what was known as Moose Island.

But as for the plant going into Eastport it is fine by me, Washington County can use all of the jobs it can get that aren't seasonal or service based.
 
The siting is specifically for export CT Pellet, as for infrastructure not so sure that RT190 could handle a lot of two way loaded truck traffic The rail line was pulled long ago. Eastport is at the end of a 7+ mile long man made peninsular on what was known as Moose Island.

But as for the plant going into Eastport it is fine by me, Washington County can use all of the jobs it can get that aren't seasonal or service based.

is this near the Zumba class place?
 
The siting is specifically for export CT Pellet, as for infrastructure not so sure that RT190 could handle a lot of two way loaded truck traffic The rail line was pulled long ago. Eastport is at the end of a 7+ mile long man made peninsular on what was known as Moose Island.

But as for the plant going into Eastport it is fine by me, Washington County can use all of the jobs it can get that aren't seasonal or service based.
Smokey, you're forgetting Cianbro's new East - West highway
 
Resolute Forest Products (used to be Abitibi) closed our Kraft mill and one paper machine in Fort Frances, ON (near International Falls, MN) at the cost of 240+ jobs. The only positive was that one paper machine was still running. Felt a little relieved when I heard they were going to start making pellets ... unfortunately at the Thunder Bay mill. Still a local source would be welcome. Bad news is that they are specifically making industrial pellets to fire the electric generating station in Atikokan to replace the coal previously used (supposed to be the largest bio-gen in North America). The Atikokan mill will send it's remaining pellets to Europe.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/11/23/tby-pellet-plants-opg-contracts.html

Hey - those are our trees:confused: I like the jobs in Northern Ontario but I wouldn't mind some pellets too!
 
Yes, but can't you see someone making a home furnace unit that is appropriate for those pellets? More heat from a smaller bulk sure has some advantages. Where there is the potential for innovation, there will be those willing to jump in on the ground floor. Burning wood pellets is said to be carbon neutral, are these?
 
as for infrastructure not so sure that RT190 could handle a lot of two way loaded truck traffic
All it takes is one senator in the company's back pocket to allocate the pork to built the infrastructure to make it accessable. I could be wrong, and I am OK admitting it when I am, but with our country's current administration, there is no way in hell that something as petty as other people's money would get in the way of spending!
 
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