Born from a Massena, New York, logging business started by Patrick Curran and his brothers in 1976, Curran Renewable Energy manufactures wood-fuel pellets and other renewable wood products from North Country timber. The family-owned and operated company grew out of its sister logging operation and has more than 100 employees across the group, giving it control over the wood species and feedstock used in its pellets. Established in 2009, its pellet plant was the first biomass facility in North America to earn FSC certification, and its fuel is also PFI premium-grade certified.
Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) Premium Grade Standards Program
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Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification
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ENplus Certification, US 037
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Pellet Fuels Institute Membership
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Lignetics GroupFor more than 30 years, Lignetics Group has turned wood waste into heating pellets and other sustainable products, operating 27 plants across the United States and Canada. Heating pellets are its flagship offering, made from residual material sourced through wood-industry and responsible forestry partnerships. The company’s pellet brands are distributed through thousands of retailers nationwide.MIFFLINTOWN, PA
CollinsFamily-owned since T.D. Collins began timber operations in 1855, Collins is a forest company whose work joins long-term stewardship with manufacturing. The company manages more than 370,000 acres of FSC-certified forestland across three regions and turns sustainably grown timber into wood products at mills in California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.WILSONVILLE, OR
American Wood Fibers, IncFamily-owned since 1966, American Wood Fibers manufactures specialty forestry products including animal bedding, wood flour, fuel pellets and potting materials for consumer, agricultural and industrial markets. Founded as a single mill in Jessup, Maryland, the company now operates 11 manufacturing sites, produces more than 15 million bales of wood shavings annually and helped pioneer small-animal bedding in 1984. Still led by the founding family in its fourth generation, AWF also provides private-label manufacturing, toll processing and wood-fiber recovery services.CIRCLEVILLE, OH
Hamer Pellet Fuel CoHamer Pellet Fuel Co. turns sawdust from Appalachian hardwood sawmills into residential heating and grilling pellets in Kenova, West Virginia. Family-owned and the oldest residential pellet manufacturer in the Eastern United States, the company draws on five generations in the timber industry and began making pellets in the late 1980s to put sawmill by-products to use. Its Hamer’s Hot Ones and Hamer’s Smokers are made in the USA from verified sustainable Appalachian hardwood sources.KENOVA, WV