{"id":288886,"date":"2023-11-27T16:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=288886"},"modified":"2023-11-27T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:12:32","slug":"enviva-the-worlds-largest-biomass-energy-company-is-near-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=288886","title":{"rendered":"Enviva, the world\u2019s largest biomass energy company, is near collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"288897\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=288897\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/00image4-6.jpg?fit=1088%2C725&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1088,725\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00image4-6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/00image4-6.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/00image4-6.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/00image4-6.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/00image4-6.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/00image4-6.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/00image4-6.jpg?w=1088&amp;ssl=1 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This year has been a financial disaster for Enviva, the world\u2019s largest producer of wood pellets for the biomass energy industry. With more than $250 million in losses to date and worsening results expected in the fourth quarter, the once high-flying company\u2019s viability, by its own admission, is in grave doubt.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"483\" data-attachment-id=\"288900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=288900\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?fit=1317%2C880&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1317,880\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-569\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?fit=723%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?resize=723%2C483&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?resize=1200%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-569.png?w=1317&amp;ssl=1 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Enviva\u2019s stock collapse this year: The company\u2019s stock was trading above $51 per share on January 13, 2023, and gradually slid to half that until the May 3 plunge. It dived again on November 9, bottoming out at 62 cents per share that day, and has not recovered much value since. It is now trading as a penny stock. Source: November 16 end of day trading screenshot from Google.com.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/by\/justin-catanoso\/\">Justin Catanoso<\/a><strong>\u00a0on 20 November 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"488\" data-attachment-id=\"288888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=288888\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-567.png?fit=915%2C618&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"915,618\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-567\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-567.png?fit=723%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-567.png?resize=723%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-567.png?w=915&amp;ssl=1 915w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-567.png?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-567.png?resize=768%2C519&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The forest biomass energy industry took a major hit this month, as Enviva, the world\u2019s largest producer of wood pellets \u2014 burned in former coal power plants to make energy on an industrial scale \u2014 saw catastrophic third quarter losses. Enviva\u2019s stock tanked, its CEO was replaced and the company seems near collapse.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Founded in 2004, Enviva harvests forests in the U.S. Southeast, with its 10 plants key providers of wood pellets to large power plants in the EU, U.K., Japan and South Korea \u2014 nations that use a scientifically suspect carbon accounting loophole to count the burning of forest wood as a renewable resource.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A former manager and whistleblower at Enviva told Mongabay in 2022 that the company\u2019s green claims were fraudulent. Last week, he said that much of Enviva\u2019s downfall is based on its cheaply built factories equipped with faulty machinery and on large-scale fiscal miscalculations regarding wood-procurement costs.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>How the firm\u2019s downfall will impact the global biomass for energy market, and worldwide pellet supply, is unknown. European and Asian nations rely on Enviva pellets to supply their power plants and to meet climate change goals, with the burning of forests to make energy erroneously claimed as producing zero emissions.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year has been a financial disaster for Enviva, the world\u2019s largest producer of wood pellets for the biomass energy industry. With more than $250 million in losses to date and worsening results expected in the fourth quarter, the once high-flying company\u2019s viability, by its own admission, is in grave doubt, reports <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\">news.mongabay.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also in question is where Enviva\u2019s European Union and Asian customers will source the pellets they burn in their converted coal power plants and \u2014 without those pellets \u2014 how nations will meet their energy needs and their pledged Paris Agreement carbon emission cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To many financial analysts who closely follow company performance, Enviva\u2019s near collapse this month appears to have happened rapidly and suddenly. But did it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe problems have been there for years. There are lots of issues, but they stem from fundamental challenges Enviva faces in wood costs and keeping its manufacturing plants operating at full capacity,\u201d a former Enviva maintenance manager told Mongabay. \u201cIt\u2019s all coming home to roost in a kind of cumulative way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In exclusive interviews with Mongabay, the former Enviva employee detailed critical problems he witnessed and grappled with as a top operations manager at two of Enviva\u2019s 10 Southeast U.S. plants between mid-2020 and mid-2022. His insights help explain why Enviva is now in dire financial straits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Dec. 5, 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/12\/envivas-biomass-lies-whistleblower-account\/\">Mongabay story that reverberated globally<\/a>, this Enviva whistleblower was the first insider from the multibillion-dollar international wood pellet industry to ever go public. At the time, he accused Enviva of falsifying its green claims and not being truthful about where and how it sourced forest wood for the tons of pellets it makes every day in the U.S. for export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe company says that we use mostly waste like branches, treetops and debris to make pellets,\u201d the whistleblower told Mongabay a year ago. \u201cWhat a joke. We use 100% whole trees in our pellets. We hardly use any waste. Pellet density is critical. You get that from whole trees, not junk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But junk wood is cheap, while whole trees are not, and therein lies a part of Enviva\u2019s operational problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former employee \u2014 who declined to be named to protect his professional and family\u2019s privacy \u2014 said last week that this wood-sourcing deception is one reason Enviva has been losing money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEnviva built a business model saying it uses mostly scrap and waste from lumber mills and cut sites to make its pellets,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that were true, its feedstock would basically be free. But it has to&nbsp;<em>buy<\/em>&nbsp;trees, a lot of trees, and it\u2019s competing for them with other companies that want that wood. Loggers sell to the highest bidder, right, and that drives up the price. It\u2019s something Enviva can\u2019t control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its 2023 third quarter filing on Nov. 9 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Enviva wrote that among the myriad reasons impacting its financial viability is \u201cthe amount of low-cost wood fiber that we are able to procure and process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo that\u2019s your first problem,\u201d the former employee said. \u201cYour feedstock is costing way more than you\u2019re letting on, and that\u2019s before you start dealing with the costs of making pellets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enviva did not respond to multiple requests from Mongabay for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tracking the collapse<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Maryland-based Enviva, 2022 looked to be a financial launchpad for future growth. Revenue topped $1 billion for the second year in a row, up 24% from two years prior. Its stock price hit a peak of $87 per share in April 2022. New multiyear contracts were locked in with taxpayer-subsidized customers across the European Union, United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea as the firm dominated the global market for wood pellets used by the energy industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enviva boldly predicted it would double wood pellet output, from 6.2 million metric tons shipped overseas in 2022, to 13 million metric tons by 2027. With 10 pellet mills operating between southern Virginia and the Gulf Coast, the company secured a $570 million line of credit to build its biggest plants yet in Alabama and Mississippi, which have been under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enviva could even afford to ignore its persistent global critics,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dogwoodalliance.org\/tag\/enviva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forest advocates<\/a>&nbsp;who argue the company is increasing deforestation amid the climate crisis by exploiting a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/09\/eu-votes-to-keep-woody-biomass-as-renewable-energy-ignores-climate-risk\/\">renewable-energy policy loophole<\/a>&nbsp;overseas that \u2014 with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2021\/07\/the-science-of-forest-biomass-conflicting-studies-map-the-controversy\/\">little scientific validity<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 designates wood burning as a renewable, carbon-neutral substitute for coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company was on a steady upward trajectory since its founding in 2004. But cracks in the corporate fa\u00e7ade\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/05\/financial-downturn-at-enviva-could-mean-trouble-for-biomass-energy\/\">broke wide open May 3<\/a>\u00a0of this year in reporting of its first quarter results. Wall Street analysts, who were bullish on Enviva stock at the time, were stunned when the company lost $117 million between January and March, three times worse than it forecasted. Enviva canceled its shareholder dividend, a red flag for a company in distress. Its declining stock price plunged in hours from $21 to less than $8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a conference call, CEO Thomas Meth made a passing reference to operational challenges at Enviva\u2019s plant in Southampton, Virginia \u2014 challenges he said were a priority to address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things got far worse for Enviva, and Meth, on Nov. 9 with Enviva\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ir.envivabiomass.com\/news\/news-details\/2023\/Enviva-Reports-3Q-2023-Results\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third quarter results<\/a>. Another $85 million lost, four times more than third quarter losses in 2022. The stock price, which had climbed above $13 in August, plunged to 61 cents as major shareholders dumped their shares. The company acknowledged it had exhausted its $570 million line of credit used for construction of those plants in Alabama and Mississippi, casting those projects in doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meth was demoted from CEO to president, and Enviva made this startling admission: \u201cThe conditions and events in the aggregate raise substantial doubt regarding the company\u2019s ability to continue as a going concern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glenn Nunziata, who had joined Enviva just three months ago as chief financial officer, was named interim CEO. In a conference call to investors on Nov. 9, Nunziata also referenced the Southampton plant, saying it had improved its operating costs by shutting down half of the manufacturing lines that make pellets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Enviva maintenance manager told Mongabay he knew why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/11\/enviva-the-worlds-largest-biomass-energy-company-is-near-collapse\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"288895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=288895\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?fit=1365%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1365,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-568\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-568.png?w=1365&amp;ssl=1 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This aerial view of Enviva\u2019s wood pellet production mill in Ahoskie, North Carolina, pictured in fall 2022, shows the large conveyors and chains in the background that move pine and hardwood chips into dryers to pull the moisture out of the wood before it is pressed into pellets roughly the size of medicine capsules. According to a former Enviva maintenance manager, those conveyors and chains are composed of carbon steel, which corrodes and rusts quickly when exposed to moisture, especially from drying resinous pine. This causes frequent and costly facility shutdowns and delays, which has contributed to Enviva losing millions of dollars over the past two years due to maintenance and manufacturing costs per ton of wood pellets made, creating a huge loss for the company as it sells pellets under fixed-price contracts. Image courtesy of the Dogwood Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year has been a financial disaster for Enviva, the world\u2019s largest producer of wood pellets for the biomass energy industry. With more than $250 million in losses to date and worsening results expected in the fourth quarter, the once high-flying company\u2019s viability, by its own admission, is in grave doubt. 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