Details zur Publikation |
Kategorie | Textpublikation |
Referenztyp | Bücher |
Titel (primär) | Global wood pellet industry and trade study 2017 |
Autor | Thrän, D.; Peetz, D.; Schaubach, K.; Benedetti, L.; Bruce, L.; Coelho, S.T.; Craggs, L.; Diaz-Chavez, R.; Escobar, F.J.; Goldemberg, J.; Guisson, R.; Hansen, M.T.; Heinimö, J.; Hektor, B.; Hess, R.J.; Junginger, M.; Lamers, P.; Mai-Moulin, T.; Murray, G.; Olsson, O.; Pellini, A.; Proskurina, A.; Schipfer, F.; Stelte, W.; Thiermann, U.; Trømborg, E.; Visser, L.; Wild, M. |
Erscheinungsjahr | 2017 |
Department | BIOENERGIE |
Seite bis | 243 |
Sprache | englisch |
Abstract | This IEA Bioenergy Task 40 report provides an inventory of the wood
pellet industries and markets in more than 30 countries with regard to
regulatory frameworks, production capacities, consumption and price
trends, trade, logistics and country specific standardisation aspects.
The inventory not only summarizes material flows and prices but also
provides insights into the heterogeneity of the pellet market
development in the different countries, which are driven by different
energy supply infrastructures and market setup, as well as the
expression of the wood processing industry and national policies for
climate emissions reduction and resource exploitation. Wood pellets are a renewable energy carrier which is produced from sawdust or other ground woody materials. International standards define product requirements i.e. moisture, energy density, abrasion resistance, particle size and shape for wood pellets (ISO 17225-2) which allowed wood pellets to turn into a commodity. Over the past 10 years, the production of wood pellets increased steadily, driven by a corresponding constantly rising demand. For 2006, the production was estimated between 6 and 7 Mt (excluding negligible production in Asia, Latin America and Australia), expanding globally to 14.3 Mt in 2010 (IEA Bioenergy, 2011) and surpassed 26 Mt in 2015. There are different pellets from different sources and qualities available today, such as wood pellets, agropellets, torrefied pellets etc. (Figure 0.1). So far, wood pellets of dedicated qualities are dominating and are delivered and consumed in two different markets: (1) In the electricity generation sector, they are co-fired in coal based power plants and mono-fired in converted coal power plants to reduce greenhouse gas emission of electricity generation. (2) In the residential heating sector they are widely used as a convenient solid biofuel application in automatic stoves and boilers. Therefore pellets with a dedicated quality (ENplus) are dominant, which are produced closer to the consumer and characterized by trade within the country or between neighboring countries. Delivery is realized in small scale units. |
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Thrän, D., Peetz, D., Schaubach, K., Benedetti, L., Bruce, L., Coelho, S.T., Craggs, L., Diaz-Chavez, R., Escobar, F.J., Goldemberg, J., Guisson, R., Hansen, M.T., Heinimö, J., Hektor, B., Hess, R.J., Junginger, M., Lamers, P., Mai-Moulin, T., Murray, G., Olsson, O., Pellini, A., Proskurina, A., Schipfer, F., Stelte, W., Thiermann, U., Trømborg, E., Visser, L., Wild, M. (2017): Global wood pellet industry and trade study 2017 IEA Bioenergy, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, 243 pp. |