Kremmling, Colorado
On June 1st trucks began to roll out of
Confluence Energy's new state-of-the-art wood
pellet plant, the biggest pellet plant in the U.S. west
of the Mississippi. Confluence Energy's celebrated its
inaugural shipment of wood pellets made
from Colorado's beetle kill
trees.Confluence Energy began distributing
residential bagged pellets to its dealers in the Western
US and will be selling and delivering bulk pellets
within Colorado. Mark Mathis,
President and CEO of Confluence Energy, stated "We
are very excited to see these trucks going
out. I am incredibly proud of our
entire staff for reaching such a milestone in such a
short time. " Confluence Energy
carefully selected and developed its site with the
express purpose of using the dead biomass - beetle
kill trees - to produce an efficient and economical
home heating product.
Early interest and response from customers has been
phenomenal. Mathis continued, "We
have some real challenges ahead of us. We are going to
have to grow and develop our market to meet our
production capacity. " Confluence Energy is the
largest manufacturer of wood pellet biomass fuel in the
Rocky Mountain Region. They remain committed to
utilizing immediately available biomass and adding
significant value with their process to provide a
meaningful, sustainable energy solution.
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