American Pellet Supply, LLC is a rapidly growing company which specializes in the innovative renewable resource of fuel pellets. Fuel pellets, which are mostly seen as fuel in Europe, are beginning to take hold in the energy-conscious United States. In Europe alone 50% of homes are heated by these fuel pellets or briquettes, and the United States has seen an increase for pellet production double over the past few years. American Pellet Supply, LLC (APS) is only two years old founded in 2008 based in Carlisle, Indiana. Their function is to produce "coal and cellulose waste into easily transported briquettes and pellets" driving the alternative fuel industry. Only after two years they have expanded to several other states including, Kentucky and Illinois. They produce weekly twenty tons of fuel brick/pellet and ship nationally, but expect after completion of more refined production facilities 100 tons per day, expanding the production exponentially.
The alternative fuel industry has seen its landscape changed dramatically in the past ten to twenty years. With the advent of nuclear,wind, and solar power other forms have been moved to the back of the shelf. This company's ingenuity is one reason why this alternative fuel market is taking off and growing. Things such as, waste from coal production can now realistically be manufactured to create more energy. This company took a negative and created a useful tangible product. Fuel experts conceive that the energy pellet/briquette market could become a multi-billion dollar industry. This industry would become one of the key players in the new fight for more fuel-efficient and cost-effective energy services.
With the emergence of a company such as APS the question comes to mind what effect will this market have on the trend for the energy industry and its many components? We have already seen its use in Europe, and can ascertain the popularity and affordability. If this new market were to take off in the United States then it would drastically change the energy industry by creating a new cost-effective and energy-efficient resource. Moving all the commotion from nuclear,wind, and solar power to something more appealing such as fuel pellets/briquettes.
- Timothy D. Vallario
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I found this article very interesting because I had no idea this type of alternative energy existed. I think it is very interesting to look at how alternative energy has changed over the past years. It seems that with the worries of peak oil production and global warming, that more and more companies are developing new sources of alternative energy, such as these pellets. This is interesting because while these pellets create competition between alternative energy companies and non-alternative companies (oil & gas companies), they also create competition between alternative energy companies. For example, if these pellets begin to be used more widely in the United States they have the potential to compete with other forms of alternative energy, such as solar power or hydropower. I also found this interesting because these pellets have seemed to be taken off quickly so it will be interesting to watch how they compete in the United States and if they last as a source of alternative energy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rianna that I found the concept of pellets to be very intriguing. It makes me wonder what other types of energy there are in the world that have not been explored as thoroughly as possible. I think that all of these types of alternative energy should be explored to their fullest extent. The market will select the method of alternative energy that is most efficient and viable. Hopefully with some government subsidizing the correct source or sources will become apparent in the near future.
ReplyDeleteJason Ganz