BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) (the “Partnership” or “we”) announced
today that the board of directors of its general partner declared a
quarterly distribution of $0.5550 per common and subordinated unit for
the first quarter of 2017. This distribution is 8.8 percent higher than
the distribution for the first quarter of 2016 and 3.7 percent higher
than the distribution for the fourth quarter of 2016. The quarterly
distribution will be paid on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, to unitholders of
record as of the close of business on Thursday, May 18, 2017.

“Our consistent operating performance combined with the initial benefit
of the recently completed Sampson drop-down transaction gave us the
confidence to take a meaningful first step toward our previously
announced guidance of at least $2.35 per unit for the full year of
2017,” said John Keppler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We are
pleased to continue our track record of quarter-over-quarter
distribution increases even through the seasonal challenges typical
during our first quarter.”

About Enviva Partners, LP

Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) is a publicly traded master limited
partnership that aggregates a natural resource, wood fiber, and
processes it into a transportable form, wood pellets. The Partnership
sells a significant majority of its wood pellets through long-term,
take-or-pay agreements with creditworthy customers in the United Kingdom
and Europe. The Partnership owns and operates six plants with a combined
production capacity of nearly three million metric tons of wood pellets
per year in Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Florida. In
addition, the Partnership owns a deep-water marine terminal at the Port
of Chesapeake, Virginia, which is used to export wood pellets. Enviva
Partners also exports pellets through the ports of Wilmington, North
Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; and Panama City, Florida.

To learn more about Enviva Partners, LP, please visit our website at www.envivabiomass.com.

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements and information in this press release, including
those concerning our future results of operations, acquisition
opportunities, and distributions, may constitute “forward-looking
statements.” The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,”
“intend,” “foresee,” “should,” “would,” “could,” or other similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which
are generally not historical in nature. These forward-looking statements
are based on the Partnership’s current expectations and beliefs
concerning future developments and their potential effect on the
Partnership. Although management believes that these forward-looking
statements are reasonable when made, there can be no assurance that
future developments affecting the Partnership will be those that it
anticipates. The forward-looking statements involve significant risks
and uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Partnership’s control)
and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the Partnership’s historical experience and its present
expectations or projections. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to: (i) the volume of products that we are able to
sell; (ii) the price at which we are able to sell our products; (iii)
failure of the Partnership’s customers, vendors and shipping partners to
pay or perform their contractual obligations to the Partnership; (iv)
the creditworthiness of our financial counterparties; (v) the amount of
low-cost wood fiber that we are able to procure and process, which could
be adversely affected by, among other things, operating or financial
difficulties suffered by our suppliers; (vi) the amount of products that
we are able to produce, which could be adversely affected by, among
other things, operating difficulties; (vii) changes in the price and
availability of natural gas, coal, or other sources of energy; (viii)
changes in prevailing economic conditions; (ix) our inability to
complete acquisitions, including acquisitions from our sponsor, or to
realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions; (x) unanticipated
ground, grade or water conditions; (xi) inclement or hazardous weather
conditions, including extreme precipitation, temperatures and flooding;
(xii) environmental hazards; (xiii) fires, explosions or other
accidents; (xiv) changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations
(or the interpretation thereof) related to renewable or low-carbon
energy, the forestry products industry or power generators; (xv) changes
in the regulatory treatment of biomass in core and emerging markets for
utility-scale generation; (xvi) inability to acquire or maintain
necessary permits or rights for our production, transportation and
terminaling operations; (xvii) inability to obtain necessary production
equipment or replacement parts; (xviii) operating or technical
difficulties or failures at our plants or deep-water marine terminals;
(xix) labor disputes; (xx) inability of our customers to take delivery
of products; (xxi) changes in the price and availability of
transportation; (xxii) changes in foreign currency exchange rates;
(xxiii) failure of our hedging arrangements to effectively reduce our
exposure to interest and foreign currency exchange rate risk; (xxiv)
risks related to our indebtedness; (xxv) customer rejection due to our
failure to maintain effective quality control systems at our production
plants and deep-water marine terminals; (xxvi) changes in the quality
specifications for our products that are required by our customers;
(xxvii) the effects of the approval of the United Kingdom of the exit of
the United Kingdom (“Brexit”) from the European Union, and the
implementation of Brexit, in each case on our and our customers’
businesses; and (xxiii) our ability to borrow funds and access capital
markets.

For additional information regarding known material factors that could
cause the Partnership’s actual results to differ from projected results,
please read its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q most recently filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date thereof. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date
they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.

Notice

This press release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat 100
percent of the Partnership’s distributions to non-U.S. investors as
being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United
States trade or business. Accordingly, the Partnership’s distributions
to non-U.S. investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at
the highest applicable effective tax rate.