US based company Enviva LP, subsidiary of Intrinergy, and Electrabel, a Belgian utility and subsidiary of GDF Suez, have entered into a long-term supply agreement under which Enviva is to supply the company with 480,000 metric tons of wood pellets annually. The biomass supply will be used as a renewable fuel source for feeding Electrabel's biomass power plants in Belgium.

Enviva will be shipping the pellets from its expanding manufacturing base of facilities located in southeastern US. This region happens to be one of the world's most abundant and sustainably managed wood baskets. The company expects the US biomass market to take off, and plans to be at the forefront of this growth. According to Enviva's CEO John Keppler, this growth is an opportunity to match US biomass resources with major power producers worldwide.

[source: Enviva]