Video: Heating with Wood Pellets
Heating with wood pellets is an effective way to help in the fight against climate change.
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Existing coal plants can be cost-effectively repurposed to use wood pellet fuel to help the environment and reduce air pollution.
Pellets
Made from renewable forest byproducts and unmerchantable material, wood pellets from Canada provide a renewable, sustainable fuel source for generations to enjoy. | Read More
Sustainable
Only 9% of the world’s forest are certified. Over 42% of them are in Canada, making it an ideal source for sustainable wood pellets. | Read More
Renewable
WPAC members rely on sawmill waste and forest harvest residuals for the bulk of their fibre supply, allowing 100% resource use. | Read More
Fossil Fuel Alternative
Whether on their own or co-fired with coal, wood pellets provide a lower carbon footprint and renewable energy source. | Read More
Innovative
WPAC continues to support R&D in key wood pellet areas like safety, efficiency, fuel stability, energy content and more. | Read More

Association News and Publications

New Canadian pellet market report available

WPAC Research Director Staffan Melin has published an indepth look at the potential Canadian market for bulk wood pellets. The 27-page report includes information from across Canada on opportunities to use wood pellets to replace coal in power generating plants.

Latest market growth from WPAC

WPAC Executive Director Gordon Murrray presented on market trends, opportunities, and potential threats at the Pellet Fuels Institute AGM in Connecticut. See a news brief here, or see the entire presentation here.

Market data and trends from Argus conference

The third Argus Biomass Trading Conference on April 19-20 in London was a great way to get caught up on the pellet industry’s latest intelligence and network with many of the major players in the global wood pellet industry.

WPAC report on European market ready

The Wood Pellet Association of Canada has released a new report outlining opportunities and challenges in the European wood pellet market, including details on each EU country.

Italy’s Increasing Demand

Italy is a rapidly growing market for residential wood pellets, and while it presents challenges to bulk providers, is worth a look as the fastest growing residential market.

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The vast majority of Canadian wood pellets are made from sawmill residuals - sawdust. The rest are made from the residuals from harvesting operations for sawmills and pulp mills, or low-grade timber from forest industry harvest sites that has no other economic value. Think firewood. Read more...

Breathing easier - pellet emissions vs coal

Sustainability should be top of mind for any company that wants to stay in the game in today’s world.

As important a role as Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions play, we also need to focus on noxious emissions versus coal.

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Industry News

Shell to produce aviation fuel, naphtha from crops and renewable power

Germany’s Royal Dutch Shell is planning to produce aviation fuel and naphtha from crops and renewable power, aiming to move away from crude oil. The company’s goal is to increase to commercial scale an electrolysis plant that manufactures fossil-free hydrogen.[…]
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Quebec companies collaborate on one of Canada’s largest green hydrogen projects

Two Quebec companies have announced one of the country’s largest green hydrogen injection projects for a natural gas distribution network in the province. Evolugen, the Canadian operating business of Brookfield Renewable, and Gazifère Inc., an Enbridge company, are collaborating to[…]
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The Pellet Advantage

Efficient and Plentiful Production

Wood Pellet Association of Canada members are world leaders in the design and operation of modern pellet plants.

Innovating our way to a safer, better product

Wood pellets are a safe, reliable modern fuel. But they are still a fuel, requiring care in producing, shipping and storing.

Renewable and sustainable? Energy really can grow on trees.

There is no single energy source capable of solving our dependence on fossil fuels. Instead we need to look to a mix of new fuels, including wood pellets.

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