Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Enviva Partners LP i kēia lā ua paʻa i kēia manawa ka ʻaelike 18 makahiki, lawe a uku ʻole ʻia e kāna kākoʻo e hoʻolako iā Sumitomo Forestry Co.Manaʻo ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana ma lalo o ka ʻaelike i ka makahiki 2023 me ka hoʻopuka ʻana o 150,000 metric tons i kēlā me kēia makahiki o nā pellets lāʻau.Manaʻo ka Partnership e loaʻa ka manawa e loaʻa ai kēia ʻaelike off-take, me ka hiki ke hana ʻana i ka lāʻau pellet e pili ana, ma ke ʻano o kahi kālepa hāʻule iho mai kāna kākoʻo.

"Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Enviva a me nā ʻoihana e like me Sumitomo Forestry i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ikehu mai nā wahie mōʻalihaku e makemake ai i nā kumu hou e hiki ai ke hāʻawi i nā hōʻemi nui i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kinoea hoʻomehana honua holoʻokoʻa," wahi a John Keppler, ka luna a me ka Luna Nui o Enviva."ʻO ka mea nui, ua paʻa kā mākou ʻaelike off-take me Sumitomo Forestry, e holo ana mai 2023 a 2041, no ka mea ua hiki i kā mākou mea kūʻai ke hoʻopau i kāna kālā papahana a hoʻokiʻekiʻe i nā kūlana āpau ma mua o ka hopena o ka ʻaelike ʻoiai ma waena o ka volatility a me ka maopopo ʻole i kēia manawa. nā mākeke honua.Me ka waiwai notional o kahi kokoke i $600 miliona, manaʻo mākou he koho kēia ʻaelike i ka hilinaʻi i ka hiki iā Enviva ke hoʻopuka i kā mākou huahana me ka hoʻomau a me ka hilinaʻi, ʻoiai ʻo nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a me nā ʻāpana e ʻike i ka instability koʻikoʻi.

Loaʻa a lawelawe ʻo Enviva Partners i ʻehiku mau mea kanu lāʻau pellet me kahi mana hana hui ʻia ma kahi o 3.5 miliona metric tons.Ke kūkulu ʻia nei ka mana hana hou e nā hui o ka hui.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Enviva i ka hana ʻana ma kāna mau mea kanu lāʻau pellet ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia e COVID-19."Ke kūpaʻa nei kā mākou hana a ke holo nei kā mākou mau moku e like me ka mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia," wahi a ka hui ma kahi ʻōlelo i leka uila ʻia i ka Biomass Magazine ma Malaki 20.