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Wood Pellet Feedstock Investigation in 
Ahoskie, North Carolina: December, 2014
The photographs below were taken on December 18th, 2014 on behalf of Dogwood Alliance 
and Natural Resources Defense Council and show selected observations of the operations of 
a supplier of woody biomass feedstock to the pellet manufacturer Enviva, LP. The photographs 
show the delivery of what appear to be whole trees and large, coarse woody residues, such 
as tree tops, to Enviva’s pellet production facility in Ahoskie, NC.**
Picture 1: December 18th, 2014, 10:15 am 
Picture 2: December 18th, 2014, 10:17 am 
Truck leaving a logging site located in the Roanoke River basin in 
The same truck belonging to Woodland Trucking along the route  
North Carolina (map included on back).
to Enviva’s production facility.
Picture 3: December 18th, 2014, 10:21 am 
Picture 4: December 18th, 2014, 10:55 am 
The same truck along the route to the production facility, with  
The same truck entering the Enviva Facility in Ahoskie,  
what appear to be whole trees and large, coarse woody residues, 
North Carolina.
such as tree tops.
** According to the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) BEAC Report, burning whole trees and large coarse woody residues over 4 inches in diameter 
does not meet the current Renewable Obligation (RO) target of 285 kg CO2e/MWh or the 200 kg CO2e/MWh target for 2020.






The maps below show the location of the 
logging site from where the truck in the 
pictures above originated. The site is located 
in the floodplain for the Roanoke River and 
adjacent to the Roanoke River National 
Wildlife Refuge.
Picture 5: December 18th, 2014 
The same truck entering the Enviva Facility in Ahoskie,  
North Carolina.
Picture 6: December 11th, 2014 
Enviva’s Ahoskie facility, with supplies of what appear to be whole 
trees and/or coarse woody residues for use in pellet production.
This table lists trucks that were observed entering the Enviva Ahoskie 
facility over the course of one hour on December 18, 2014. Of the 
10 trucks that entered the facility during this period, 7 appeared to be 
loaded with either whole trees or coarse woody residues.
December 18, 2014
TIME
SAWDUST/CHIPS WHOLE TREES or COARSE 
WOODY RESIDUES
11:15 am
X
 
11:16 am
 
X
11:17 am
 
X
11:19 am
 
X
11:27 am
 
X
11:56 am
 
X
11:58 am
X
 
12:05 pm
X
 
12:08 pm
 
X
12:10 pm
 
X