Wood pellet is the most common kind of biomass energy used all over the world. Wood pellets are generally made from 
compacted sawdust or other wastes from saw milling and other agri-wastes.
Wood pellets have been used for heating and as a kind of fuel alternatives for decades, but in recent years, the wood pellet markets are experiencing a dramatic increasing in global markets for the decreasing fossil resources and increasing fossil price. The global wood pellet production increased about 2 million from 2 million tons in 2001 to 4 million tons in 2006 and 6 million tons from 9 million tons in 2008 to 15 million tons in 2010. And the demanding of wood pellets is still increasing during the latest three years. At the same time, wood pellets in Canadian markets are also in large demanding.
As Canada occupies 397 million hectares of forests, which is about 10% of the world’s forest, it once was the major wood pellets exporter. Canada was the first one to produce and use wood pellets as fuel. The fiber available for pellets is about 20 million every year. According to the statistics from Wood Pellets Association of Canada, Canada produced 800,000 tons of wood pellets in 2006, while 1.4 million tons in 2009. In June 1, 2011, the total Canadian wood pellets production capacity from 37 plants is about 2,931,000 tonnes and most of the wood pellets are exported to European and other countries. And in February 1, 2012, the total wood pellet production capacity from 40 plants keeps still about 2.9 million tonnes. So since 2012, US has surpassed canada to be the largest exporter in 2012. But according to the report, some measures have been made to ensure that Canadian wood pellets continue to have the access to the European markers. In addition, since the increasing demanding of wood pellets in Korea and Japan, Canada wood pellets will have a larger foreign markets to trade its wood pellets. And several new Canadian pellet plants have expressed their intentions to export pellets, all of which shows that the exports of wood pellets from Canada are on schedule to grow.
While for the domestic market of wood pellets in Canada, wood pellets just only a niche market in the heating system of Canada, about 1%. Lacking of favorable energy policies for biomass and consumer awareness, the domestic consumption kept in a weak situation during latest years. Canada still uses 60 million tonnes of coal annually, but in Sept 2012, the new coal emission regulations was released, requiring the decreasing of caps emissions and potential pellets are used about 4.4 million tons by 2019 which shows a bright prospect of wood pellets in Canada.
To sum up, there is still vast markets for Canadian wood pellets both in domestic markets and foreign markets. To meet the Canadian vast wood pellets markets, related wood pellets processing equipments such as wood pellet mills are needed. Our company will offer you qualified wood pellet mills in different types to produce high quality wood pellets.
