Wood energy

• April 23, 2013 21:24

  
  

  North American wood pellets exports reach new record

  Exportation of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a new record of 3.2 million tons in 2012, with US exporters more than doubling their shipments, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. ... [more...]

• April 17, 2013 12:29

  
  

  German Pellets to Build Second US Pellet Plant

  German Pellets is further expanding its production capacities in North America. In Urania, a town in northern Louisiana, German Pellets will soon begin construction work on a new pellet production facility. The output will be about 1 million tonnes of wood pellets per year. [more...]

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  April 12, 2013 09:11

  
  

  The EU: wood pellets imports from the US increased with 76% in 2012

  As the US became the largest wood pellet exporter in the world at the end of 2012, surpassing Canada, the EU market seems to massively increase its imports. Due to the high development of wood pellet production capacity in US South, the EU imports from the US almost doubled, from 1,001,117 tons in 2011 to 1,735,608 in 2012, a rise of 73%. [more...]

• April 10, 2013 10:05

  
  

  EU: Wood pellets imports from Russia up 32% in 2012

  Being the third EU wood pellets supplier after the US and Canada, Russia is gradually expanding its exports to the European countries. With a 32% increase in 2012 (reaching 627,211 tons), Russia is becoming a solid provider of wood pellets for the EU, especially for countries from the Northern part of Europe, like Denmark, Sweden or Finland. [more...]

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  April 04, 2013 14:53

  
  

  Spain and Portugal imported half less hardwood chips from Uruguay in 2012

  The pulp industry from Spain and Portugal decided in 2012 to rely more on the domestic sources of wood fiber rather than on imports... The direct consequence is that shipments from the main hardwood chips supplier, Uruguay, have decreased dramatically in 2012 with -54%. [more...]

• April 01, 2013 11:38

  
  

  Italy’s wood pellets imports rise in 2012

  Following their National Renewable Energy action plan, which expects an increase in the use for solid biomass in the heating sector from 1.6 million tonnes in 2010 to 5 million tonnes in 2020,Italy's’s wood pellets imports have increased in 2012 with a total of 19%. [more...]

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  March 26, 2013 14:09

  
  

  Poland's softwood chips imports from Belarus almost tripled in 2012

  If in 2011, Poland mainly imported its softwood chips from the EU countries, in 2012 this situation changed. According to Eurostat, an increase of 229% of softwood chips imports from Belarus, in 2012, changed the balance, making Belarus the largest source of imports for Poland (with a rise from 73,245 tons in 2011 to 240,245 tons in 2012). [more...]

• March 12, 2013 10:05

  
  

  World’s largest biomass gasification plant inaugurated in Finland

  Vaskiluodon Voima Oy has inaugurated the world’s largest biomass gasification plant, which was supplied by Metso, in Vaasa, Finland. The plant was inaugurated by the Finnish Minister of Labour Lauri Ihalainen on March 11th. Vaskiluodon Voima’s plant is ground-breaking... [more...]

• February 19, 2013 13:30

  
  

  Vapo Timber’s turnover down by 7 %

  Vapo Timber’s turnover in 2012 was EUR 112.5 million (EUR 121.3 million), and operating loss was EUR 10.9 million (EUR -9.3 million). The economic situation in Finland and the entire Eurozone remained weak throughout the year, which kept demand and the price of timber at low levels. [more...]

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  February 12, 2013 11:41

  
  

  Pellet Production in Germany Rises 16%

  With a production in 2012 of approx. 2.2 million tonnes (2011: 1.9 million tonnes) more pellets were produced in Germany than ever before. Also the demand for pellet furnaces [more...]