The cover of this issue of Pellet Mill Magazine is a bit unconventional being sugarcane bagasse, the waste material that sugar mills end up with post-process.

Brian O'Connor led Air Burners from a fledgling business with a clever idea to a successful company with a brilliant technology. On an early June morning in Minnesota, the sun is barely visible through a blurry haze that shrouds the landscape from the ground up. 1,300 miles to the east, New York City’s skyscrapers are engulfed in an eerie curtain of smoke, and even those who aren’t particularly sensitive to air quality are cautioned of the outdoors.

This week, we received notice from the United Kingdom Pellet Council that the government's temporary suspension of ENplus wood pellet standards would expire Nov. 22

Energex Inc. is one of the longest-running fuel pellet plants in North America. Former owner Bruce Lisle chats with Pellet Mill Magazine about the early industry, the plant's history and how he came to buy it.

Editor's Note from Issue 2 of Biomass Magazine

With its latest funding infusion of $38 million, Airex Energy is ready to expand. For the better part of the past decade, Airex Energy has been quietly achieving success in the southern Quebec town of Bécancour, roughly 120 miles north of the Vermont border.

Biomass Energy Lab's Chris Wiberg discusses the inception and evolution of wood pellet quality standards, plant certification and industry trends.

Biomass Magazine's final guest of its inaugural podcast season was Andrew White, CEO of CHAR Technologies.