Is the supply of wood pellets safe, local and independent?
Wood is a renewable raw material and a manly local product. Today, most of the wood pellets are produced in the own or neighbour countries sawmills. With your pellet boiler, you contribute to strengthening the local wood sector, and you benefit from a fuel based on short and local circuits. With wood pellets, your pellet boiler does not depend on international crises and geopolitical developments.
European wood reserves increase each year by about 770 million m3, of which only two thirds are currently being harvested. The supply of wood pellets therefore remains secure in the long term, even with a sharp increase in demand.
The global wood pellet production has steadily increased from about 2 million metric tons in 2000 to some 55.7 million metric tons in 2018. It has been projected that wood pellet production in Western Europe alone will reach 13 million metric tons by 2020. The importance and the growth of the wood pellet industry in Europe are apparent. Markets such as those in Austria and Sweden are already well-established but continue to grow; other new markets are also emerging across Europe. As of 2018, the EU-28 produced some 16.9 million metric tons of wood pellets, accounting for about 30 percent of the global production.