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Friday, 28 August 2009 16:26 |
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Back about a month ago, I posted an article containing a snippet of information from my neighbor, Bill. At that time, he thought he had heard in a meeting about some pellet prices increases due to a pulp wood shortage. But, he was scant on the details. When I went back to him for some clarification he put me in touch with Doyle Richards, who is the Forest & Park Administrator for Chippewa County. Hit the Read More link for his complete text response.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 16:19 |
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From the Department of Energy for the week ending Wednesday August 19th. Record low prices on the price of natural gas. Anyone would think that in a normal market, this could mean more people heating with gas this year. Paying the extra money to not have to heft 40lb bags of pellets into their stoves. This should create a surplus of pellets and lower prices. But, we might have to wait a while for those surpluses to happen and prices to drop. I think it is a bad time to buy a full heating season supply of pellets. |
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009 16:23 |
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I got this letter and video links from my friend Andrew who got it from Greg David, one of the Jefferson County sustainability folks. He has put together a number of You Tube videos on thier efforts, including some from his participation in Sustainable Chequemegon. The videos show their efforts at producing hydrogen from wood pellets, even to the point of running an internal combustion engine.
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Monday, 22 June 2009 16:30 |
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Wisconsin Public Radio did a radio show last week that was supposed to be about ethanol production but ended up bending more towards pellets. The show also mentions this web site. Give it a listen here:
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Monday, 20 July 2009 16:21 |
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I was talking to my neighbor Bill tonight, who has a job which requires him to sit in far too many meetings. This last week though he was in a meeting with the county Forestry Department. A topic of discussion at this past weeks meeting, it was reported that the paper mills, who usually provide considerable feedstock to the pellet manufacturers. But, this year, perhaps due to slower paper sales, they are not providing as much. And, this is causing a shortage at the pellet factories. A couple of pellet manufactures are resorting to buying virgin timber to turn into pellets. Obviously this makes for some more expensive final product. I will try to track down some more details on this later in the week. |
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009 21:27 |
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008  Today was my day to visit the Minnesota State Fair and is usually my time to see all the new stoves. Imagine my surprise when I could only find one pelletized fuel burner at the whole fair! Where are the manufacturers? Are products sold so far in advance that major customer venues can be overlooked? Or, is there the oposite problem? Are the manufacturers in tough shape after the last two years? Even though consumers are hearing reports of high energy prices, are they so short on money they aren't spending?
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