2021-02-11 02:24:08
Enviva Partners, LP, announced on Dec. 2, 2020 that its first shipment of sustainable wood pellets was on its way from Port Panama City in Florida to Japan’s Iwakuni Port.
“Worldwide demand for renewable solutions that can help mitigate climate change right now continues to grow immensely,” said John Keppler, Enviva chairman and chief executive officer. “We are very proud of our operations in the southeast and our export terminals that enable us to safely, stably and reliably deliver a product that displaces coal and helps countries like Japan meet their climate change goals in the most cost-efficient way while ensuring reliable and dispatchable energy generation.”
Enviva’s first shipment carried approximately 28,000 metric tonnes of wood pellets made from low-value wood sourced in the U.S. southeast. By using sustainable wood pellets instead of coal, heat and power producers in Japan will be able to reduce carbon emissions by more than 85 per cent on a lifecycle basis, providing a significant reduction in emissions for the world’s fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter while also providing grid stability.
Japan’s feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for renewable energy, along with the government’s commitment to shut down or decarbonize 100 coal plants, have enabled more than three million tonnes of long-term demand for wood pellets to be contracted by Enviva. Most of such agreements with the company’s Japanese customers extend to 2040 and beyond.
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