2. Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC
• Founded in 1994
• Offices in New Hampshire and Maine
• Focus at the intersection of forest industry, energy and
economic development
• Services include:
‐ consulting in renewable energy
‐ advocacy
‐ forest management and protection
‐ forest certification and sustainability
• Clients from the private, non‐profit and government sectors
• Conducted work in all regions of North America
• www.inrsllc.com
13. Challenges to the Pulp & Paper Industry
• You will hear
• High taxes
• High energy costs
• High wood costs
• And so on
• There are all very real, and present real challenges to the
industry
• Mills and regions now fighting over a shrinking pie
• They aren’t the fundamental issue, which is change in the
marketplace, and a capital intensive industry that is hard to
change with any reasonable speed
14. New Investment at Woodland Pulp
14
FIRST SALEABLE JUMBO ROLL
MARCH 16
• 2 new tissue machines
• ~$150 million in new
investment
• Used New Markets Tax
Credits
• 70 new employees
26. Status of Biomass Plants
• In New Hampshire, SB 129 just
passed, improving economics of
6 legacy biomass plants
• Berlin BioPower (NH) has a PPA
for up to 20 years (which would
be ~2033)
• There is an above‐market upset
trigger, which may be reached as
early as 2019
• Would make operations of the
facility much more exposed to the
market
• Schiller Station (NH) part of
Eversource divestiture of
generation assets
• Sale terms call for continued
operation of facility for continued
operations of at least 18 months
• In Maine, state has a 2‐year, $13.6
million effort to support 4 biomass
plants
• Pinetree‐Ryegate (VT) has a PPA for
~5 years
• Plainfield Renewable Energy (CT)
sells most of its power under a PPA
that runs through ~2028
34. Projects in Development (which may or may not happen)
• Export of chips
• Eastport, Maine
• Searsport, Maine
• New pellet mills
• Export and domestic
• Biofuels
• Efforts at stand‐alone, co‐location
with forest industries
• Biomass thermal
• District (campus) heating?
• Biomass CHP
• Co‐location with existing biomass
plants
• Announcement of a pepper
greenhouse in Jonesboro, Maine
• A number of sawmill / sawlog
projects
• A stud mill
• Increased capacity at some
sawmills
• CLT manufacturing
38. I would like to add you to my email lists
Send an email to kingsley@inrsllc.com to be placed on our monthly email list, which provides information
on markets and developments of interest to the region’s forestry community. I will also add you to my FRA
email list, and you will receive invitations to monthly dinner forums and other regional information.