MARKET OF WOOD PELLETS
03 - Bioenergy: Economy, Market and Policy
1 VIVIAN MIDORI TAKAHASHI, 1 VITORIA ROBERTA DA SILVA FERREIRA, 1 CASSIANO RICARDO SCHNEIDER, 1 DIMAS AGOSTINHO DA SILVA
1 UFPR
Due to incentive politics to the reduction of the emission of the greenhouse gasses the world market of wood pellets grew in the last years, moving the world trade of this product. In 2005 the world production of pellets was of 5 million tons; in 2016 the production was of 28 million tons. To supply the needs of provisioning for pellets in Europe, new projects are appearing in Brazil in the last years. In this sense, in the present work a bibliographical revision was accomplished with the objective of elaborating a diagnosis of the tendency and opportunities of the world market of pellets. Through this study it can be verified that the consumption of this biofuel is divided in two sections: residential and industrial. The consumption in the European Union, in 2015, was of 20,3 million tons and with growth expectations in the demand of both sections. North America is the largest exporter of the product, being United Kingdom the largest receiver of the North American pellets. In South Korea and Japan an incipient consuming market of wood pellets exists, which are being used in substitution to the vegetable coal for generation of energy. Brazil possesses great potential of growth of this section mainly due to annual increment of the species pinus and eucalyptus and to extensive available areas for development of energy forests. In conclusion, there are challenges to overcome for increase the national production, related of the increasement of the national market and standardization of the national wood pellets to facilitate the use, exportation and increase the number of investments in the sector.
Keywords: bioenergie, biomass, world market
