The Greater Grenada Partnership announced its strategic partnership with Highland Grenada LLC, an affiliate of Highlands Pellets LLC.
Highland Grenada LLC has set its sights on Grenada, Mississippi, with the acquisition of the former Georgia Pacific OSB site – a 144-acre expanse that will soon become Grenada's inaugural green energy project.
Highland Grenada LLC embarks on the production of renewable fuel pellets for the global energy market. Highland Grenada, a part of the Highland Group renowned for its expertise in sustainably sourced biomass, is poised to lead this initiative as it introduces cleaner and greener fuel alternatives for energy markets in Europe and Asia.
Image: The Highland Grenada facility in Mississippi will be a replica of Highland Pellets' main facility
located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and located on the site pictured
Jeff Vanderpool, Group Executive Vice President for Highland Pellets LLC, said: “We began exploring Mississippi more than two years ago because of its abundant supply of sustainable fiber. As we started to narrow the focus of potential sites it became obvious that north central Mississippi is where we needed to be. Throughout this journey we have worked very closely with Matthew Harrison and the Greater Grenada Partnership to ensure that all critical elements of our business model were covered and that there was commitment from all key stakeholders to a long-term relationship. It has been a long journey, but we are very excited to finally plant our flag Grenada and look forward to being a part of this wonderful community.”
Design, engineering and site preparation for this visionary project takes shape in the coming months.
This facility will bring positive impacts to Mississippi by utilizing residual wood waste from sawmills; aid the forestry economy including truckers, railways, loggers and landowners; and promote responsible forest management to ensure healthy forests for future generations.
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson congratulates the Greater Grenada Partnership for securing the largest capital investment industrial project in the organization’s history with a timber-related business. “I applaud the effort of the Greater Grenada Partnership in bringing Highland Timber, LLC to the state of Mississippi,” Commissioner Gipson said. “Timber is the leading agricultural commodity in over half of Mississippi counties and is the third largest commodity in the state, so I am excited to hear of further growth in our timber industry.”
Highland Pellets is a Pine Bluff-based wood pellet producer that supplies sustainably sourced, renewable, biomass for export where it is used as fuel for renewable base load electricity production at a converted coal power plant.
