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Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance (formerly US Industrial Pellet Association)

Business / industry · Cross-sector / other · HQ: United States · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance (formerly US Industrial Pellet Association) appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance (AWBA) is a trade association representing organizations across the woody biomass value chain. The Alliance brings together fiber suppliers, energy and fuel producers, and policymakers to expand markets for woody biomass from U.S. working forests across carbon-dependent industries.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe233%
Socialists & Democrats233%
European Conservatives & Reformists117%
Patriots for Europe117%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2022).

2022
2
2023
0
2024
0
2025
2
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tiemo Wölken
2 meetings · S&D
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew
Katri Kulmuni
1 meeting · Renew
Sebastian Kruis
1 meeting · PfE
Roberts Zīle
1 meeting · ECR

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
15 Jul 2026Katri KulmuniEUDR
17 Apr 2026Elsi KatainenDeforestation regulation
4 Jun 2025Sebastian KruisUS-EU trade relations
14 Jan 2025Roberts ZīleIndustrial pellet industry
11 May 2022Tiemo WölkenRED
25 Feb 2022Tiemo WölkenRED

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