Developing Markets for Wood Pellets & Torrefied Wood, Pt 1
Biofuels Digest
By Tim Sklar
August 10, 2012
A two-part series in which Digest contributor Tim Sklar looks at where the wood pellet and torrified wood markets are headed.
Many experts familiar with the WP industry he expect demand for wood pellets in Europe to increase from 10 million metric tons per year today to 5 times that by 2020. In recognition of this optimistic outlook, a “Biomass Trade & Transport Summit”. It took place on July 17th and 18th in Charlotte, NC. This summit was organized to provide the opportunity to bring together those that are already participating in the trade of wood pellets between North American suppliers and European end users, to get a better understanding of this growing market and the profit opportunities that are expected.
The primary objective of this Summit was to convey information about the white wood pellet industry and where it is headed, specifically with respect to the US-EU WP Trade.
This “Summit” consisted of ten panel discussions covering a range of topics of interest to the U.S. wood pellet (“WP”) industry, and the market outlook European market it expects to serve.
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Indeed, wood pellets conquer fuel markets with a significant speed. To date, one can consider different kinds of pellets, whether wood or peat, compressed wood fuel pellets or made of polymer components! Thank you for the post!
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