A whistleblower formerly employed by biomass giant Enviva said the company's claims about how it produces its products are 'a joke.'
Biomass energy has exploded in popularity in recent years, driven primarily by wood-burning plants in the EU that use pellets produced in the U.S. Southeast, which claim to produce renewable energy. As Mongabay reports, Enviva alone has constructed or expanded five pellet plants in the region since 2011; last year, EnvivaEnviva has been careful to curate its image as working to save the environment—which means correcting misconceptions about the source of its products.
“We are saddened and take issue by the allegations made by the former employee,” Enviva said in a statement to Mongabay. “The viewpoints expressed by this employee do not represent Enviva’s values nor are they accurate. While the source’s name was not revealed, we do not believe there is an employee fitting the description of what was shared that would have any credible or expert knowledge about the allegations made.
Even if producers made pellets out of the material they claim to be utilizing, biomass energy still has real problems. Shipping wood chips overseas creates huge amounts of emissions, creating a
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