Poland increased its imports of Ukrainian charcoal by 20% in 2013

According to the database of European charcoal importers and buyers 2012-2013 prepared by the experts of Ukrainian Biofuel Portal, in 2013 Poland increased its imports of Ukrainian charcoal by more than 6 000 tons (20%) in comparison with 2012.

Poland has one of the largest charcoal markets in the European Union. So, in 2013 its charcoal imports from Ukraine totaled more than 36 thousand tons that is 6 thousand tons more than in 2012.

According to the analysts of Ukrainian Biofuel Portal, the imports mainly increased due to the emergence of new large companies on the Poland charcoal market, such as Gryfskand Sp. z.o.o., Dancoal Sp. zoo, EKO-HIT sc, PHU Mirand-Plus, etc. In general, in 2013 in Ukraine there were about 50 Polish importing companies compared to 35 in 2012.

Ukrainian charcoal import to Europe 2013

Charcoal buyers from Europe

As can be seen, the number of importing companies of Ukrainian charcoal has increased significantly as well as the total volume of imported charcoal.

Ukrainian charcoal import to Europe

 

Brazil wood pellet plant based on eucalyptus biomass has been operating since March, 2014

In Brazil on March 26, 2014 one of the largest biomass producers in Brazil EBR (Energias Renováveis do Brasil) together with the large  U.S. chemical company Dow Chemical launched CHP on wood pellets. The capacity of the plant is 125.7 MW. The cost of the project amounted to $ 117,25 million (265 million reals).

The contract signed by both companies is to provide for the supply of steam and electricity for the next 18 years. According to the contract electricity will be supplied for Aratu petrochemicals complex in state of Bahia, which is one of the largest in Brazil. The owner of the complex is Dow Chemical Company. The plant will produce about 108 000 MW of electricity. Read more http://pellets-wood.com/brazil-wood-pellet-plant-based-on-eucalyptus-bioma-o12187.html

Wood pellet plant in Brazil

 

European straw pellet buyers and importers 2010-2013

The database of straw pellet importers 2010-2013 has been prepared on the basis of monitoring export statistics and the data of Ukrainian Biofuel Portal. The present database contains the information about the companies from Poland, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Greece and Sweden. The presented firms are the real buyers of straw pellets from Ukraine, which made wholesale purchases of pellets in 2010-2013.