By ROBY BROCK / TALK BUSINESS & POLITICS
Drax Group announced Thursday it will begin constructing the first of three new “satellite” pellet plants in Arkansas. Drax Group is a worldwide sustainable biomass production and supply company.
The three plants are together expected to produce approximately 120,000 metric tons of sustainable biomass pellets a year from sawmill residues, supporting the renewable energy company’s plans to increase self-supply to its power station in the U.K.
Drax will begin construction of the first plant later this month near a West Fraser sawmill in Grant County – with commissioning expected in October. The company will begin construction on two more plants in other locations in the coming months.
Drax Biomass, which is headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, plans to build three plants in Arkansas to produce pellets for use in its power station in the United Kingdom.
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