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National Geographic: Deep in the forests of the U.S. South, tree scraps are fueling a little-known but controversial energy boom: wood pellets. Long used to heat homes in the country's Northeast, they're now destined for a new market.
Europe is importing the pellets in ever higher volumes, burning them for electricity to meet renewable energy targets. The demand has transformed the U.S. industry, prompting a doubling of biomass exports last year.
More than half of the exports go to the United Kingdom, where the......
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Under-the-Radar U.S. Energy Boom Driven by Exports
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 8th, 2014
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