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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

The corporation, which manufactures wood pellets as a purportedly renewable alternative to coal, did what most industries do in prospective communities — they promised jobs, economic development, and minimal impacts. Joyner’s home sits in a cozy loop of houses in a small Northampton County town. million tons of pellets per year.

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Why a seasoned energy executive sees a bright future in long-duration energy storage from ESS

Renewable Energy World

Dresselhuys isn’t new to the energy space. Further, many clean energy advocates point to a scenario in which we overbuild vast amounts of wind and solar power generating facilities — because their cost to build is so low — and then store the power so it can be used later. It was a pretty easy yes,” he said in an interview.