Wood
pellets for burning are a high-profile alternative energy source in New
England, but a new report shows that it’s the Southeast which is turning them
into a big export commodity.
A
report by Wood Resources International released Tuesday said that the U.S.
surpassed Canada this year as the world’s leading exporter of wood pellets for
fuel, largely because of exports to Europe, where biomass heat and power are a
much larger part of the energy picture. Finland, for example, produces 20 percent
of its total energy from wood, while Austria is not far behind.
