The Spanish Prodesa supplies equipment to a pellet plant in the United States

The Spanish company Prodesa Medioambiente continues with its international expansion process that has led to the signing with the Portuguese paper company Portucel, of a new pellet plant project in Greenwood County, South Carolina (USA). The production capacity of the future pellet plant is 460,000 tons/year.

Portucel began working on this project in 2012. Finally, and under the name Colombo Energy, the Portuguese company has reached an agreement with all the suppliers of the different production lines, thus beginning the construction of the plant during this month of April. The total cost of the project is estimated at approximately $110 million.

Prodesa will supply the dry grinding and pelletizing lines, including 5 hammer mills and 15 granulators. The operation of the plant will begin in the third quarter of 2016. The pellet produced will be of the highest industrial quality (I1) and will be used for co-combustion in power plants.