{"id":76452,"date":"2018-09-24T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T10:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/production-of-wood-pellets-keeps-growing-in-european-countries\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:49:02","slug":"production-of-wood-pellets-keeps-growing-in-european-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/production-of-wood-pellets-keeps-growing-in-european-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Production of wood pellets keeps growing in European countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a production of about 14.3 MMT in 2017, about fifty percent of global production, the EU is the world\u2019s biggest producer of wood pellets. In 2016, production dipped slightly mainly due to the relatively warm winter of 2015\/2016. Compared to production plants in North America, plants in the EU are mainly small or medium-sized. 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. Exceptions are Latvia, Estonia and Portugal, which are producing mainly for export for use in large scale power plants abroad.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>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 3.6 MMT. In 2017, production amounted to 2.25 MMT, 95 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. The use for electricity production is negligible. A substantial amount of the current production has to be exported as the installation of wood pellet based heating systems is not as dynamic as it used to be.<\/p>\n

Wood pellet production has expanded rapidly in the Baltic Region (Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania) during the past five years. Since 2015, expansion of Latvian exports stagnated at 1.6 MMT, while exports from Estonia and Lithuania combined rose with almost 0.5 MMT.<\/p>\n

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. Swedish self-sufficiency fluctuates between 70 and 90 percent. In 2017, Swedish imports declined for the fourth successive year, due rising domestic production and a slackening demand by households. The production number of 2017 is based on incomplete statistics of the Swedish Pellet Association PelletsForbundet.<\/p>\n

There are around 60 pellet producers in France. In 2015, French production decreased after two warm winters and a decrease in the price of fossil fuels. But in 2016 production increased and it is expected to further increase in 2018 based on expanding domestic demand. VIn 2017, Austria produced 1.2 MMT of wood pellets in 43 plants. Austrian pellet production increased for the fourth year in a row. This expansion is based on an increasing domestic as well as foreign demand, mainly in Italy.<\/p>\n

Since 2014, Poland has steadily increased production and exports, each by about 50,000 MT. The main export markets are Germany, Italy and Denmark.<\/p>\n

There is an excess of capacity present in most EU Member States, but particularly in Spain. Only about forty percent of the Spanish production capacity is being used.<\/p>\n

In 2016 and 2017, Portuguese exports of pellets were reduced by about 200,000 from the level reported in 2013-2015.<\/p>\n

Czech production increased from about 150,000 MT in 2010 to 332,000 MT in 2016. About half of this production expansion is exported, mainly to Italy and Austria. Two thirds of the pellet production is exported.<\/p>\n

The major raw material for pellets has traditionally been sawdust and byproducts from sawmills.<\/p>\n

With increasing competition for sawdust resources, a broader sustainable raw material is becoming necessary. 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. 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.0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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