I-Enviva Partners LP namuhla imemezele ukuthi inkontileka yomxhasi wayo eyadalula ngaphambilini yeminyaka engu-18, yokuthatha noma yokukhokha ukuze ihlinzeke i-Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ukuthengisa ngaphansi kwenkontileka kulindeleke ukuthi kuqale ngo-2023 ngokudiliva minyaka yonke amathani ayi-150,000 metric ngonyaka wamapulangwe ezinkuni. Ubambiswano lulindele ukuba nethuba lokuthola le nkontileka ye-off-take, kanye namandla okukhiqiza amapulangwe okhuni, njengengxenye yokudonsela phansi okuvela kumxhasi wayo.

"I-Enviva kanye nezinkampani ezifana neSumitomo Forestry zihola uguquko lwamandla kude nezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi ukuze zivune imithombo evuselelekayo engahlinzeka ngokuncipha okukhulu kokukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa emjikelezweni wokuphila," kusho uJohn Keppler, usihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-Enviva. “Okuphawulekayo ukuthi inkontileka yethu ne-Sumitomo Forestry, eqala ngo-2023 kuya ku-2041, isiqinile njengoba ikhasimende lethu likwazile ukuqedela uxhaso lwemali yalo msebenzi futhi laphakamisa zonke izimo ezibonisa ukusebenza kahle kwenkontileka ngisho naphezu kokuntengantenga nokungaqiniseki izimakethe zomhlaba. Ngenani elicatshangwayo elilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-600 zamaRandi, sikholelwa ukuthi le nkontileka iyivoti lokuzethemba ikhono le-Enviva lokuletha umkhiqizo wethu ngendlela eqhubekayo futhi enokwethenjelwa, njengoba nje nezinye izimboni nemikhakha eminingi ihlangabezana nokuntengantenga okukhulu.”

I-Enviva Partners njengamanje ingumnikazi futhi isebenza ngezitshalo zepellet zokhuni eziyisikhombisa ezinomthamo wokukhiqiza ohlangene cishe wamathani wemethrikhi ayizigidi ezi-3.5. Amandla okukhiqiza engeziwe asathuthukiswa yizinkampani ezingaphansi kwenkampani.

I-Enviva imemezele ukukhiqizwa ezitshalweni zayo zokukhiqiza amapulangwe ezinkuni akuthintwanga yi-COVID-19. "Imisebenzi yethu ihlezi izinzile futhi imikhumbi yethu ihamba njengoba bekuhleliwe," kusho inkampani esitatimendeni esithunyelwe nge-imeyili ku-Biomass Magazine ngoMashi 20.