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Densified Biomass Fuel Report

ForPellet Fuels Institute Annual Conference, Hershey, PAJune 6th, 2019

ByConnor Murphy, Lead Survey Statistician, EIA

Agenda• History of the Survey

• What the survey collect

• How the data is published

• Go over 2018-2019 Heating Data

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History and Purpose• EIA received a letter from two Senators (Maine and New Hampshire) in 2014

asking to increase coverage of energy from woody biomass.

• Received support from other stakeholders

• Densified Biomass Fuel Report officially approved August 28th, 2015.


Respondents and Requirements• All manufacturers of densified biomass fuel products must report on EIA-63C. Both currently

operating and those planning to begin operating within one year.

• Those with capacity of 10,000 tons/year or more report monthly.

• Plants producing only animal bedding, absorbents, and/or grilling pellets are not required to report. All others should report ONLY FUEL intended for heating or electric power.

• Currently, about 85 manufacturers report each month.


Data Collected

• Plant History

• Current annual installed capacity and any planned additions

• Plant Status

• Full Time Employees


Data Collected• Feedstocks: type, source, quantities and cost

• Production: type of product, quantities and characteristics

• Inventory: type of product, total held

• Sales: Domestic and Export, type of product, quantities and revenues


Table 2 Monthly Respondents


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Installed Capacity vs Total Number of Respondents

9

70

72

74

76

78

80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

96

98

100

9,000,000

9,500,000

10,000,000

10,500,000

11,000,000

11,500,000

12,000,000

12,500,000

13,000,000

Num

ber o

f Res

pond

ents

Inst

alle

d C

apac

ity (

tons

/yr)

2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018

Table 3 Feedstocks


Total Feedstock Purchases


0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

Tota

l Fee

dsto

ck (t

ons)

2016 2017 2018 2019

Feedstock Purchases by Type


2,63

5,21

4

2,25

8,24

8

1,61

9,06

8

6,24

3,22

1

2,58

5,18

5

1,86

0,71

7

1,83

6,93

8

6,40

1,27

5

2,77

0,05

3

2,49

8,50

4

3,00

1,48

4

6,35

7,53

9

R O U N D W O O D / PU L PW O OD S A W MI L L R E S I D U E W O O D P R O D U C T MA N U F A C T U R I N G R E S I D U E

O T H E R

FEE

DS

TOC

K A

MO

UN

T (T

ON

S)

Table 4 Production


Premium/Standard Wood Pellet Production


0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

180,000

200,000

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Tota

l Pro

duct

ion

(tons

)

2016 2017 2018

Premium/Standard Production by Region


1,005,055.00 790,012.00

1,019,807.00

255,762.00

267,559.00

251,491.00

365,292.00

404,900.00

394,847.00

-

200,000.00

400,000.00

600,000.00

800,000.00

1,000,000.00

1,200,000.00

1,400,000.00

1,600,000.00

1,800,000.00

2016 2017 2018

Pelle

t pro

duct

ion

(tons

)

east south west

Table 6 Inventory


Premium/Standard Inventory


0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

400000

450000

500000

550000

600000In

vent

ory

Stor

ed (t

ons)

East South West

Premium/Standard Inventory


0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

2017-18 2018-19 2017-18 2018-19 2017-18 2018-19

East South West

Tota

l Inv

ento

ry S

tore

d (to

ns)

63C Region

August September October November December January February

Table 7 Domestic Sales


Heating Season Domestic Sales


2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017August 197,250.00 182,769.00 161,974.00September 218,008.00 219,369.00 180,370.00October 289,032.00 221,853.00 239,044.00November 238,913.00 228,945.00 243,502.00December 196,931.00 199,570.00 216,915.00January 209,387.00 235,220.00 180,939.00February 168,415.00 137,202.00 115,373.00

020,00040,00060,00080,000

100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000200,000220,000240,000260,000280,000300,000320,000

TOTA

L S

ALE

S (T

ON

S)

Table 8 Export Sales


Total Export Sales


0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Tota

l Sal

es (t

ons)

2016 2017 2018 2019

Total Sales


0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

800,000

900,000

1,000,000

TOTA

L S

ALE

S (T

ON

S)

Export Domestic

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