{"id":77897,"date":"2019-08-01T08:27:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T08:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/current-trends-in-the-european-residential-wood-pellet-market\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:51:20","slug":"current-trends-in-the-european-residential-wood-pellet-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/current-trends-in-the-european-residential-wood-pellet-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Current trends in the European residential wood pellet market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residential use for heating, about 40 percent of the total pellet market, fluctuates annually but is relatively stable compared to industrial heat and power generation. The demand depends on winter temperatures and fossil fuel prices, although medium-sized pellets for energy generation by industries or public buildings such as hospitals and swimming pools is generally less dependent on weather conditions.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In Italy, Germany, France and Austria pellets are mainly used in small-scale private residential and medium-sized industrial boilers for heating. In some EU Member States, such as Sweden, Germany, Austria, France, Spain and the Czech Republic household heating with biomass as input receives subsidies or tax deductions by the federal and local governments. In most countries, however, government funding is limited.<\/p>\n

Italy is the largest European market for the household use of pellets. According to the National Renewable Energy Action Plan statement, the use of pellets will increase further to 5 mmt in 2020 from about 3.8 mmt in 2018. However, only 15 percent of the demand is met by domestic production, with the remaining 85 percent being covered by increasing imports. Bagged pellets represents almost the total market.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pellets are mainly distributed through retail shops, hardware stores and fossil fuel suppliers. Currently, Italy sources pellets mainly from Austria, Germany, and Croatia.<\/p>\n

Imports from the United States fell from 180,000 mt in 2014 to 40,840 mt in 2017, due to the higher price of U.S. wood pellets over European competitors. In 2018, imports from the United States recovered to 87,525 mt. Market logistics and economics indicate that in the future imports from North America are likely to expand further.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of wood pellets in Germany are used for heating, because the government does not financially support the use of wood for electricity generation. In 2018, the number of wood pellet based heating system units in Germany is estimated at 464,000 of which only 11,500 have a capacity exceeding 50 kW. German law mandates that all buildings erected in or after 2009 have to use a certain share of renewable energy to satisfy their heating and cooling requirements. Wood pellets are one of the options. The replacement of heating systems with wood pellet ovens is subsidized.<\/p>\n

Around 70 percent of total French consumption of wood pellets is used in individual residential heating systems. A minor use of wood pellets is collective residential heating. Based on incentive policies such a carbon tax, use of residential pellets is forecast to further increase.<\/p>\n

In Austria, wood pellets are mainly and increasingly used in household heating and receive subsidies by the federal government, the state governments and the communities. Use of pellets in industrial heating systems is also increasing.<\/p>\n

According to data by the Spanish pellet sector organization AVEBIOM, Spain\u2019s consumption of pellets reached 600,000 mt in 2018. Wood pellets are consumed for residential use and to a lesser extent, industrial applications. In addition to wood, the use of olive kernels or tree nut shells, is a very popular alternative in those areas where it is available.<\/p>\n

In the Czech Republic the use of wood pellets is relatively small but growing rapidly from 65,000 mt in 2015 to about 100,000 mt in 2018. The number of pellet heaters is still relatively low. The situation might change soon because there is a subsidy program aimed at eliminating the old heaters with high emissions. Citizens who decide to buy a new pellet heater can apply for a \u201cheater subsidy\u201d that can cover up to 85 percent of the price of the new heater.<\/p>\n

Another relatively small market with growth potential is Greece. The current pellet market is estimated at 40,000 mt. Production is forecast to increase based on the demand from the domestic market. Recently, 37 licenses were granted for producing 295 MW from biomass.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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