Manufacturers of pellets, olive bone, shells, ....
CIMEP will discuss the raw material, the situation of the national and international market and the evolution of the pellet-consuming facilities, topics that will be addressed by experts of international reference.
Mobile Pellet Plant, a pellet manufacturing plant. The pelletizadora is manufactured in a container of about 40 feet, ready to work. This pellet plant can be transported, which allows to relocate the production of pellets and change their location depending on where the raw material is.
Biomass in wood pellet format 100% natural that lacks additives and vegetable fats.
Biomass in normalized pellet format made with olive bone. More economical and can be used on the same equipment as the wood pellet.
Biomass combustion tests in the form of pine chips in a pilot combustion plant of 500 kWt grills at CEDER-CIEMAT. The emission of particles is clearly influenced by the quality of the chips.
The only "but" to the good performance of the pellet market, analyzed at the World Sustainable Energy Days conference, has been the stock tensions that, although it has not suffered any breakage, has been somewhat fair this season.
In general, the markets have transmitted good feelings, very different from the concerns that marked the World Sustainable Energy Days meetings two and three years ago.
During the 4th meeting of the European Federation of Olive Oil and Olive Biomass, the concern in the sector was highlighted in how to improve the circular economy of the olive grove sector, as well as the high productions and with difficult exit of the main biomass of the olive grove: the orujillo.
According to the latest statistics from the Natural Resources Institute of Finland, a total of 385.000 tons of wood pellets were produced in Finland in 2018, almost one fifth more than in the previous year, and the highest production in history. Also at 2018, imports set a record with a total of 95.000 tons of wood pellets imported into Finland. They increased an 10 percent and were mostly imported from Russia. A total of 43.000 tons were also exported, mainly to Denmark and Sweden.
The year 2019 started well for the Austrians, because since January 1, diesel heating in new buildings in Lower Austria is prohibited, and it will be even better. Vienna continues this trend at the end of March and goes one step further: diesel heating systems are also banned for major renovations. At the national level, diesel heating will be banned throughout Austria from 2020. The next step is expected to be to ban the installation of gas heating.
In most Mediterranean countries there is an important market for solid biofuels for heating applications in the residential sector. In these countries, in addition to pellets and wood chips, other solid fuels derived from the typical Mediterranean biomass are used.