Power companies in the South and Pacific Northwest will drive prices for wood fuels higher as new facilities are built to produce an energy alternative to fossil fuels,according to Forest2Market,a forest and wood products information and pricing company based in Charlotte,NC.But the supply of wood chips is dropping as residential construction drastically slows in the weak housing market.The reduced supply has raised prices by almost 10 percent since the third quarter of 2006,Forest2Market said.
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