The European Federation of Wood Panel Manufacturers is now certain: if policy remains unchanged, there will be insufficient wood in Europe by 2040, at least for the panel industry. The main cause: the large and ever-increasing demand for biomass for energy generation. At a press conference during the Interzum in Cologne, the European Panel Federation laid a heavy bombshell on the table: two independent studies, carried out separately on behalf of the EPF, using different methods, show that the demand for wood and wood fibres will exceed the (European) supply in 2040. The biggest 'culprit' is the energy ...