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The EU is the world\u2019s largest wood pellet market, with consumption of about 22.2 MMT of pellets in 2016.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Based on the EC mandates and MS incentives, the demand is expected to expand further to about 25 MMT in 2018. Future consumption will significantly depend on a range of market factors and in particular MS incentives and conditions.<\/p>\n

With a production of about 14.8 MMT in 2016, about fifty percent of global production, the EU is the world\u2019s biggest producer of wood pellets. Compared to production plants in North America, plants in the EU are mainly small or medium-sized.<\/p>\n

Most of the main pellet producing countries have a sizeable domestic market for residential heating pellets. Recent growing demand for pellets has supported a further increase in domestic production.<\/p>\n

Exceptions are Latvia, Estonia and Portugal, which are producing mainly for export for use in large scale power plants abroad.<\/p>\n

Germany is the third largest wood pellet producer in the world after the United States and Canada. It has currently about seventy production facilities for wood pellets with a total annual production capacity of 3.5 MMT. In 2016, production amounted to 2.0 MMT, 90 percent of which were produced from residues of the timber industry. The vast majority of the wood pellets produced in Germany are used for heating.<\/p>\n

Wood pellet production has expanded rapidly in the Baltic Region (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) during the past five years. In 2016, however, expansion of production and exports has been limited to about 125,000 MT compared to 2015. With about 1.6 MMT, Latvia is the main producer in this region. The Baltics are producing both for the residential and industrial markets. The main markets are Denmark, the United Kingdom, Italy and Sweden.<\/p>\n

The third largest producer in the EU is Sweden. Depending on domestic use, Swedish selfsufficiency fluctuates between 70 and 90 percent. In years of high demand, Sweden imports from Russia and the Baltics.<\/p>\n

French wood pellet production has stabilized during the past three years. In 2015, French production decreased after two warm winters and a decrease in the price of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Austrian pellet production followed a moderate growth rate during the past three years. This expansion is based on an increasing domestic as well as foreign demand, mainly in Italy and Germany.<\/p>\n

Another growing pellet producer is the Czech Republic. Czech production increased from about 150,000 MT in 2010 to 300,000 MT in 2016. About half of this production expansion is exported, mainly to Italy and Austria.<\/p>\n

There is an excess of capacity present in most MSs, but particularly in Spain. Only about forty percent of the Spanish production is being used. The major raw material for pellets has traditionally been sawdust and byproducts from sawmills. With increasing competition for sawdust resources, a broader sustainable raw material is becoming necessary.<\/p>\n

There is increased interest in forest residues, wood waste and agricultural residues, but even the volume of these additional feedstocks will not be sufficient for supplying the full demand in Western Europe.<\/p>\n

Overall, EU wood pellet production is not expected to be able to keep up with the demand from both the residential heating market and for power generation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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