WD Pellet is an industry leading information and research site for individuals eager to learn more about the bio-mass and wood pellet industry. WD Pellet is compiling leading industry information and articles, as well as researching and writing its own editorials, in one location. With the unpredictability of crude oil, alternative energies are on the tip of the tongue of every conversation. Individuals needing to heat their homes in the coming months and years are now more than ever seeking efficient and cost effective alternatives such as carbon neutral, renewable wood pellets. Wood pellets are low ash, made from sawdust and one of the most efficient and green alternative energy sources of which we can currently take advantage of for both residential and commercial use. The wood pellet industry is growing at a rapid pace with suppliers and manufacturers popping up across the country. Pellet stoves are also available, and selling quickly due to cost effective and efficient nature of wood pellets. By recycling waste wood, sawdust is created along with the use of waste sawdust from manufacturers this low ash, carbon neutral, green energy source has started to make waves and gain the recognition the bio-mass and alternatives in general deserve and demand. Bio-mass, specifically wood pellets, is a cost effective, carbon neutral, alternative energy source that is fully renewable through proper management and harvesting of one of our most abundant resources… forests.

The video to the left is primarly about the use of wood chip bio-mass and the heating of buildings via a boiler set-up. This video should give insight to the use of wood pellet boilers in homes and commercial buildings in North America.

Using 1 ton of pellets saves 2.8 barrels of crude oil.

US sales of pellet stoves rose from 40k in 2000 to 150k in 2006.

Pellets used to be used to augment oil and electric heat and are now rapidly becoming a standalone heating source with both environmental and cost advantages.

Total estimated appliances as of 2006 in US 1.4m.

The US is catching up with Europeans who have been using wood pellets to heat homes and commercial buildings for many years.

There are currently Twenty-three fireplace manufacturers that produce fireplace pellet stoves and inserts.

2.25 to 2.5 tons of wood pellets equals 1,000 board feet of timber.

Forty pounds of pellets occupies one cubic foot of space.

If the average home uses 3 tons of pellets to heat comfortably then 1.3 million tons would heat approximately 433k homes a fraction of the US home heating needs in cooler months.

While fuel pellets can be produced from various materials including corn and dried grasses as well as wood, wood is the most bountiful supply source that does not affect the cost of food or ethanol production.

1.3 million tons of pellets produced and consumed in the US in 2007 saved 3.64 million barrels of crude oil that would have been needed for the home heating industry.