Energy
UK’s Drax Looks to Aviation Fuel for Its Wood Pellet Business
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A train containing pellets used to make biomass fuel at the Drax power station near Selby, UK.
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Drax Group Plc plans to provide wood pellets to produce sustainable aviation fuel in the US as it seeks to grow its feedstock business.
The UK biomass generator, which makes and burns the pellets to produce power, will supply 1 million tons of the feedstock annually to Pathway Energy LLC, the companies said in a statement.