British energy company Drax announced it has agreed to acquire Pinnacle Renewable Energy, the world’s second largest manufacturer of wood pellets.

Pinnacle Renewable Energy announced that it has received regulatory charges stemming from the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety’s investigation of the Feb. 11, 2019, dryer area explosion at its Entwistle, Alberta, wood pellet plant that injured several employees and contractors.

Enviva Partners LP recently commemorated a shipment of 28,000 metric tons of wood pellets to Japan, its first to the East Asian nation.

Enviva, which lays claim to being the “world’s largest producer of sustainable wood pellets,” was awarded a $750,000 grant toward construction of a new wood pellet mill.

Biofuel producer Enviva Partners LP has acquired a fully-contracted Southampton County, Virginia plant for $131 million. Acquired from Enviva's sponsor’s joint venture with affiliates of John Hancock Life Insurance Co., the Southampton plant has an annual pellet production capacity of 510,000 metric tons.

Green Circle Bio Energy is locating an energy wood pellet manufacturing facility in the George County Industrial Park. The project represents a company investment of $115 million and will create 126 jobs with the potential of up to 141 for the Mississippi county.