Biofuel

SBP certification is one of the leading industry initiatives of major European energy companies using biomass pellets as fuel in large thermal power stations. The certificate enables Kraslesinvest to sell wood pellets to large energy producers in European...

In January-May 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 17.6% YoY, reaching 874,000 tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...

According to the Federal Customs Service, wood pellets export from Russia in 1Q 2021 increased by 21.9% YoY to 527,200 tons. The main buyers of Russian pellets in January 2021 were: Denmark — 205,700 tons (+21.4%), Belgium —...

Balcas operates a sawmill in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, producing quality sawn timber products for the fencing, landscaping, agricultural, construction, and pallet and packaging sectors. The company also operates two renewable energy plants at Enniskillen and Invergordon,...

In January-April 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 19.9% YoY, reaching 706,000 tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...

In April 2021, the average price of a ton of wood pellets in Austria fell by 4.4% YoY to €219.8 (purchase of 6 t), the portal propellets.at reports. Compared to March 2021, pellets decreased in price by 5.3%....

As is customary for the season, the price for wood pellets fell again across Germany in May 2021. A ton currently costs an average of € 217.04 (purchase: 6 t), as reported by the German Pellet Institute (DEPI)....

The U.S. exported 667,309 metric tons of wood pellets in March 2021, up from both 556,802 metric tons in February and 670,464 metric tons in March 2020, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. The...

According to the Federal Customs Service, wood pellets export from Russia in January-February 2021 increased by 7.3% YoY to 41,5 thousand tons. The main buyers of Russian pellets in January 2021 were: Denmark — 16,2 thousand tons (+3%),...

In April 2021, one ton (t) of pellets costs an average of €226.74 (purchase of 6 t). That is 5.5% less than in March 2021 and 7.8% less than last year, according to the German Pellet Institute (DEPI)...