A Working Model

The following is the introduction to the cover article of the new Renewable Energy from Waste magazine.


A Working Model

Greenwood Energy is producing market-friendly fuel pellets from waste in America's heartland.

Brian Taylor
April 23, 2012

Many alternative energy efforts get their starts with an application for a government grant or a proposal designed to tie into a specific tax advantage.

Greenwood Energy has applied for and received low-interest government-backed loans, but General Manager Ted Hansen says his company has created its business model specifically to “avoid reliance on unreliable government subsidies.”

New York-based Greenwood Energy is ramping up a facility in Green Bay, Wis., based on following that premise. It can handle 150,000 tons of inbound material while creating a fuel pellet that can compete with or supplement coal as boiler feedstock.

According to its website www.gwenergy.com, the fuel pellet production is a key part of one of the two main divisions of Greenwood Energy, the Fuels division. The other division focuses on “clean power generation [and] investing in and evaluating a number of projects across the biomass, fuel cell, hydro and biogas spaces.”

Having yielded positive early returns, Greenwood Energy’s project in Green Bay now signifies just a start to a wider plan to build several similar facilities in other parts of the country.


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http://www.rewmag.com/rew0412-fuel-pellets-from-waste.aspx