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Franklin Taylor works in a computerized control center at the Enviva plant in Northampton, N.C. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Enviva is the country’s largest producer of wood pellets.
Franklin Taylor works in a computerized control center at the Enviva plant in Northampton, N.C. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Enviva is the country’s largest producer of wood pellets. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com

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Wood pellets, climate change and North Carolina

This series on the wood pellet industry and the different views on the role of North Carolina forests in combating climate change took six months to put together, but drew on years of experience and reporting. It was produced in partnership with The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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Enviva

Website: www.envivabiomass.com

Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland

Year founded: 2004

CEO: John K. Keppler

Employees: 856

Current production capacity: 3.5 million tons of pellets per year

Market cap: $1.19 billion

Production facility locations:

Ahoskie, NC

Amory, MS

Cottondale, FL

Northampton County, NC

Sampson County, NC

Southampton County, VA

Greenwood, SC

Hamlet, NC

Shipping facilities:

Port of Chesapeake, VA

Port of Mobile, AL – Long term lease

Port of Panama City, FL – Long term lease

Port of Wilmington, NC

This story was originally published January 3, 2020 at 10:16 AM.

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Wood pellets, climate change and North Carolina

This series on the wood pellet industry and the different views on the role of North Carolina forests in combating climate change took six months to put together, but drew on years of experience and reporting. It was produced in partnership with The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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