Wood Energy

Global pellet producers negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

75% of certified producers have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.    A survey conducted [...]

Vietnamese woodchip prices crash

Woodchip producers in many provinces of Vietnam are suffering from rapidly declining prices.    Last year the [...]

Record wood pellet production in Germany

Despite the corona crisis, in the first half of 2020, Germany produced 1.502 million tonnes of wood pellets, thus [...]

Siempelkamp delivers four new drum dryers to Highland Pellets

Büttner, the energy and drying systems subsidiary of Siempelkamp, will deliver four new drum dryers to the American pellet [...]

The Netherlands says that burning biomass is not sustainable

The Netherlands should phase out the use of biomass for generating electricity as soon as possible, the advisory board of [...]
August 13, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

EU pellet market unaffected by COVID-19

The European Union’s wood pellet market has been relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic but cautions further market [...]
August 12, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Europe

Russia plans to stimulate exports of wood pellets

The Russian government expects to reduce the amount of wood waste by stimulating exports of wood  pellets.    [...]

Seasonal pellet price fall in Germany

As expected, the second half of the year starts with low summer prices for wood pellets in Germany. The price [...]

UK imports of wood pellets hit record monthly high

The UK's wood pellet imports hit a new April high earlier this year, as biomass-fired generation took a [...]