Global Wood Pellet Market Projected to maintain CAGR 14.10% forecast 2018 -2026

Posted by Arslan on January 11th, 2019

In order to study the various trends and patterns prevailing in the concerned market, Market Research Reports Search Engine (MRRSE) has included a new report titled “Wood Pellet Market” to its wide online database. This research assessment offers a clear insight about the influential factors that are expected to transform the global market in the near future.

Wood pellets are manufactured from renewable forest by-products, saw dust and agriculture waste materials. Wood pellets are fast becoming popular in North America owing to the increasing prices of primary fuel. Demand for wood pellets in North America as a bio-mass fuel is increasing significantly, attributed to high demand for industrial as well as commercial purposes. Rising prices of fossil fuels including natural gas and fuel oil is one of the major driving factors for wood pellet heating. Concerns about climate change in North America is also stimulating the growth of the wood pellet market in the region.

Increasing carbon emission is a major driving force for the wood pellet market in the Western Europe region. There is high demand for wood pellets in this region to reduce carbon emission and raise the contribution of total renewable energy consumption. The use of co-firing and dedicated biomass power plants is a part of the compliance plan, which helps drive the wood pellet market in this region.

Government certification is a valuable tool to assure customers that wood pellets are made from sustainably managed forests. Increasing certification criteria is a key restraining factor in the North America wood pellet market while exporting to other countries, where various rules mandate renewable energy production. Wood pellets procurement policy is also one of the key restraining factors of the North America wood pellet market. For instance, norms laid down by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and Forest Stewardship Council (the certification organisations of North America) restrict the growth of the wood pellet market in North America. Approximately 19% of U.S. commercial forestland is certified by major U.S. standards. According to the Wood Pellet Association of Canada, approximately 9% of world forests are certified. Out of these, more than 40% forests are in Canada, which makes these forests an ideal source of wood pellets.

Western Europe is one of the largest regional wood pellet markets based on consumption and the production is less than consumption in this region. Efforts are being made to increase the production capacity of wood pellets in this region. Swedish softwood lumber supply is estimated to increase over the forecast period, which will help increase the production capacity of wood pellets.