Central Interior Logging Association
The North American Wood Fibre Review says wood pellet exports from B.C. and the U.S. reached a record 860,000 tonnes in the third quarter of 2012, a 70 per cent increase over the same quarter last year.
The three major European pellet import countries remain the U.K., the Netherlands, and Belgium, while Italy, Denmark and Sweden are notably involved in pellet imports from North America, but on a much smaller scale. Denmark’s Dong Energy utility, however, has announced it plans to switch to woody biomass at three of its coal plants.
The biggest growth in pellet production and export recently has been in the U.S. south. B.C. exports also continue to increase, but at a slower pace.