What are wood pellets?

Wood pellets are biofuels made from compressed wood fibre. In British Columbia (BC), wood pellets are made primarily from the residuals left over from the sawmilling process when logs are converted into lumber and other high-value wood products. Increasingly, harvesting residuals in the forest and low-quality logs once left as waste are also a source of raw material for wood pellets. By making wood pellets from fibre that was once burned or left behind, the wood pellet sector is reducing waste and turning that debris into valuable, low carbon biofuel.
 
Wood pellets burn cleaner than fossil fuels like coal, oil or natural gas because they’re made up almost entirely of carbon-neutral biomass materials. They produce less air pollution than fossil fuels by emitting fewer harmful particulates and greenhouse gases than fossil fuels do.
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How are wood pellets made?

Wood pellet are small, compressed cylinders of wood dust. They are made by removing moisture from the incoming wood fibre and grinding it into dust before compressing it into small cylinders. The lignin in the wood acts as a glue to hold the compressed particles together. Heat is applied in this process which causes lignin—a natural polymer found in wood—to act as a glue to hold the compressed particles together. The result is a dry, highly compressed and high energy-value product that can be easily handled and transported efficiently over very long distances.

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Wood pellet are the most common type of pellet fuel and are generally made from compacted sawdust and related industrial wastes from the milling of lumber, manufacture of wood products and furniture, and construction. Other industrial waste sources include empty fruit bunches, palm kernel shells, coconut shells, and tree tops and branches discarded during logging operations.

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Are wood pellets a sustainable, low carbon source of energy?

When it comes to climate change, we don’t have a lot of choices. We can either try to reduce our carbon footprint, or we can hope that the planet will magically heal itself from the damage we’ve done.
In BC’s case, we’ve already taken action. We’ve made sure that our forests are some of the most resilient and sustainably managed in the world—subject to stringent environmental regulation, careful management and extensive third-party certification.
 

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Pure Biofuel is an experienced supplier of Wood Pellet in the United Kingdom and Europe. We supply Wood Pellet for multiple use cases and industries. We are ENplus A1, FSC® Certified and BSL Authorised. Along with Pellet Fuel we also supply Animal Bedding, Cat Litter and Briquettes.

How are wood pellets sourced?

Wood pellets are sourced from sawmill and harvest residuals, or from low-quality logs and bush grind that would otherwise be rejected by other industries. The pellet industry sources an estimated 85% of its fibre from the by-products of the sawmills and allied industries. A new study confirms that wood pellet in British Columbia are sourced entirely from sawmill and harvest residuals or from low-quality logs and bush grind that would otherwise be rejected by other industries.

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When you choose to heat your home with renewable biomass wood pellet, you can rest assured that you are helping to reduce your carbon footprint.
Wood pellets are part of the UK government’s Renewable Heat Initiative. The initiative aims to help homeowners across the country make the switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy like wood pellet.
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How do wood pellet compare to other products?

Wood pellet are a natural, renewable alternative to fossil fuels. They’re made from woody biomass—the leftover waste from BC’s forest industry—which is then turned into bioenergy. The cycle continues through reforestation, when new trees are planted and absorb more carbon as they grow.

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By far, the two most popular pellet flavors are hickory and apple. Both are classic BBQ woods, and between the two you can cook just about anything. Hickory produces a moderate smoke that’s strong enough to stand up to the bold flavor of beef, but isn’t so strong that it overpowers pork or poultry.Apple has a milder aroma than hickory, which makes it great for cooking fish or poultry. It also adds a sweet flavor to ribs, brisket, and pork shoulder.
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Using harvesting and manufacturing residuals

You know how you always hear about the “residuals of sustainably managed forests”? Well, that’s us.
British Columbian wood pellets are produced entirely from the residuals of sustainably managed forests, and the BC wood pellet sector exists primarily to make better use of forests that are already being harvested.

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BC’s forest industry is highly integrated and maximizes the value of every tree harvested. This means that producers assess the tree quality to determine what product they will make from each log. The primary product is lumber which, on average, uses 45 percent of each log, about 1/3 goes to pulp chips and what can’t be used for lumber or pulp becomes sawdust and shavings to make pellets.Today, on average, sawmill residues account for more than 90 percent of the fibre input for pellet plants. Less that 10 percent comes from low quality logs that have been rejected by sawmills due to such defects as rot, insect and fire damage, or small size.
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