Comments on: How Much Wood Would WoodPellets.com Sell If It Had $11M in New Venture Funding? http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/08/31/how-much-wood-would-woodpelletscom-sell-if-it-had-11m-in-new-venture-funding/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: shop vac parts http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/08/31/how-much-wood-would-woodpelletscom-sell-if-it-had-11m-in-new-venture-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-88116 shop vac parts Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:01:53 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=39507#comment-88116 i know the amount of saw dust i collect in my workshop is pretty impressive. i wish there were a way to donate it so that it could be recycled into fuel. it's a shame that it just takes up space in a landfill i know the amount of saw dust i collect in my workshop is pretty impressive. i wish there were a way to donate it so that it could be recycled into fuel. it’s a shame that it just takes up space in a landfill

]]> By: Jude http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/08/31/how-much-wood-would-woodpelletscom-sell-if-it-had-11m-in-new-venture-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-79073 Jude Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:53:21 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=39507#comment-79073 Actually, you can make pellets out of all sorts of "waste wood" or "slash wood" including limbs and tree-tops (search Google for "wood pellets" and "slash" for abundant sources). Its a matter of drying your source material, getting the ash-content low enough, and BTUs high enough. If you can make an efficient pellet that meets the standards of the Pellet Fuels Institute - why waste all that biomass (see PFI Standards here: http://pelletheat.org/3/institute/standards/PFI%20Standards.pdf)? Otherwise, it just rots and releases gases into the atmosphere in landfills & dumps. Pellets are being made out of all sorts of materials including algae, coffee and nut shell waste - you name it. We're all for it. Jude Augusta Director of Business Development www.woodpellets.com Wood Pellets Online Delivered Nationwide. Actually, you can make pellets out of all sorts of “waste wood” or “slash wood” including limbs and tree-tops (search Google for “wood pellets” and “slash” for abundant sources). Its a matter of drying your source material, getting the ash-content low enough, and BTUs high enough. If you can make an efficient pellet that meets the standards of the Pellet Fuels Institute – why waste all that biomass (see PFI Standards here: http://pelletheat.org/3/institute/standards/PFI%20Standards.pdf)? Otherwise, it just rots and releases gases into the atmosphere in landfills & dumps.
Pellets are being made out of all sorts of materials including algae, coffee and nut shell waste – you name it. We’re all for it.

Jude Augusta
Director of Business Development
http://www.woodpellets.com
Wood Pellets Online Delivered Nationwide.

]]> By: russell barnes http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/08/31/how-much-wood-would-woodpelletscom-sell-if-it-had-11m-in-new-venture-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-78956 russell barnes Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:15:06 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=39507#comment-78956 Saw dust maybe cheap but it is not in unlimited supply. Meanwhile sawmills a working hard to reduce the amount of sawdust they produce by using thin kerf saw technology. Sawmills make money producing lumber not dust. Forest residue (branches and tops) is not suitable for pellets. Pellets need stem wood which must be debarked in order to make a quailty pellet. this competes in some areas with the pulp mills. Pulpwood grade material is a byproduct of sawlog production. The point of all this is that the raw material for pellets maybe cheap now but it will go up. Saw dust maybe cheap but it is not in unlimited supply. Meanwhile sawmills a working hard to reduce the amount of sawdust they produce by using thin kerf saw technology. Sawmills make money producing lumber not dust. Forest residue (branches and tops) is not suitable for pellets. Pellets need stem wood which must be debarked in order to make a quailty pellet. this competes in some areas with the pulp mills. Pulpwood grade material is a byproduct of sawlog production. The point of all this is that the raw material for pellets maybe cheap now but it will go up.

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