Recent increases in demand for pellets has supported further increase in domestic production in most EU MS. Since 2017, strong expansion was reported in Germany, France, Austria, and Poland. Germany is the third largest wood pellet producer after the United States and Canada. It has currently 50 production facilities for wood pellets with a total annual production capacity of 3.9 MMT. In 2022, about 90 percent of the pellets were produced from residues of the timber industry. The remaining 10 percent consisted of non-sawable round logs. In France, there were 70 factories operational in 2021. Reportedly, three ...
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