Wood pellet dome inflated at Port of Wilmington

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The State Port of Wilmington has a new look.

Enviva today inflated the first of two 17-story domes at the port. The domes will store 45,000 metric tons of wood pellets once operational. The company says it took about three hours to inflate.

A second dome will be inflated at the port in six weeks.

The domes are part of Enviva’s $150 million investment in eastern North Carolina.