Last year, our company helped a customer in UK built a complete wood pellet line. The user has a mixture raw material of sawdust and grass. This customer produces wood pellets for sale.
From what reports say, United Kingdom has been a main importer of wood pellets since recent 5 years. A majority of wood pellets used for heating in UK are imported. It is estimated that by the year 2020, imported pellets will be slightly more expensive than crop pellets made domestic UK. As a result, newer wood pellet plant projects have been announced.
Why does UK use wood pellets?
United Kingdom is one of the EU countries that first use wood pellets to replace traditional fuels for heat and power generation. The main raw materials for making wood pellets in UK are wood chips. These wood chips are all UK-sourced. And the margins for wood chip suppliers are very low currently. What’s more, it cost much more to transport chips than wood pellets since wood chips are less dense. Besides, wood pellets are a kind of environmental friendly fuel. In consequence, more complete wood pellet lines are established to be self-sufficient.
For running complete wood pellet making lines, UK has many advantages over other countries.
- Its transportation is convenient. Both raw material transportation and pellets transportation are so convenient and does not cost much.
- People have better understanding of the merits for using pellets. Wood pellets belong to renewable energy, and EU has announced policy to encourage the utilization of wood pellets.
