Called an Pellet Fuels Inst producer member today. Asked him what he's doing at his plant to ensure worker safety. Was blown away. Contact-free wood receiving. No vendors on site. Forklift wipe downs. A tent for inbound and outbound deliveries. Increased cleaning protocols. The works.

The latest data drop from EIA kind of got lost in the shuffle. Report shows producers got into the throttle early and stayed in it all year. Up 22% year over year. Graph also informative as to importance of March/April/May production. #criticalinfrastructure

Home heating wood pellet producers generated $46.2 million MORE in sales of wood pellets on 122,000 MORE tons in 2019 as compared to 2018. Again, chart has additional utility now when looking at sales in March, April and May. Big thanks to EIA for this important data set.

Each time I watch/listen to this I imagine the mailman or the UPS driver walking up to Mike's door and hearing this. Stunning. Enjoy. youtube.com/watch?v=WqOyek…

Wondering who will write the book about baseball's return to play post-coronavirus.

Took a drive to see a member faculty today. Place is hopping. Pellet Fuels Inst

A+ Denny Hamlin A-frickin +

PSA from an event professional. Those emails promising attendee lists? They are spam. Every time. Also, they are getting more sophisticated, scraping event logos from websites, etc. Please delete and know that your personal information is not packaged up and sold to resellers.

That moment you realize that jason's old account also moonlights as a train-hopping YouTuber. Don't even tell me they aren't one and the same. youtube.com/watch?v=Gs9ySN…

Reminder to the biodiesel community that today is the final day to submit an abstract for the Biodiesel & Renewable Diesel Summit co-located at the world's largest ethanol conference. We'll stage over 175 biofuels professionals over 3 days. few.bbiconferences.com/ema/DisplayPag…

Just received a very nice abstract from my old friend Jordan Godwin that promises a discussion about how the feedstock demand will be sorted out for renewable diesel and SAF feedstocks. Feel like presenting alongside one of the industry's nicest guys? few.bbiconferences.com/ema/DisplayPag…

When you're building a technical agenda for the wood energy sector and you receive an abstract with a title like this, "Managing Electrical Ignition Sources in Biomass Wood Pellet Facilities" you know you are on the right path to quality, technical and relevant content.

The abstract snowball is really starting to gather momentum now, two and a half days from the deadline. Just received this doozie, "Codigestion of brewers spent grain with dairy manure and food waste". APPLY BY FRIDAY 2023-ibce.bbiconferences.com/ema/DisplayPag…

Proud that dust hazards and dust hazard abatement has become a fixture at the IBCE. Minutes ago received this abstract, "Practical Guidance on Housekeeping for Combustible Dust Safety". Easily enough for two strong panels already in hand.

And then sometimes an entirely new topic shows up in the abstract portal. Just received " Recycling wood ash for 35 years in the northeast". Looking forward to reading it and finding a home for it. In 12 years of building the agenda I can't recall this topic being submitted.

You can mark 'cavitation strategies for water extraction from wet algae' on your International Biomass Conference & Expo abstract bingo card. Came in last night. Interestingly enough, the next abstract received was an algae abstract from Korea. 2023-ibce.bbiconferences.com/ema/DisplayPag…

Just received this abstract "A Unique Approach to Wastewater Digestion". Not the first wastewater digestion abstract this time around. Feels like a panel is coming together. 2023-ibce.bbiconferences.com/ema/DisplayPag…