The stability of pellet prices triggers the use of biomass

"The good behavior of biomass prices as a fuel for heating has become an unbeatable argument against the use of fossil fuel Domestic that periodically publishes the association.

The latest data from the Avebiom Price Index, referring to the last quarter of 2017, reflect the stability of the price of pellets, olive pits and wood chips in their different sales formats to the final consumer: in bags or in bulk (served at home by tanker trucks).

In the case of pellets, which is the most demanded fuel, the evolution of the price of a 15-kilogram bag has decreased by 3.37% on average in the last three years.

In December 2017, the average energy cost with pellets in their different formats was 1.30 cents/kWh lower than that of diesel C, despite the downward cycle in oil prices; around two cents/kWh lower than natural gas and 40% cheaper than the energy cost of propane/butane gas (cylinder).

The difference in prices of olive pits and wood chips is even greater, which last December accounted for up to a third of the cost of fossil fuels.

Savings in front of diesel
with these data, according to the Avebiom report, a family that invests 2,000 eur OS in heating diesel, would save almost 450 eur if I used pellet (with quality stamps A1 and A2 of the ISO 17225-2) and taxes included; And only this chapter would allocate 780 eur it consumed wooden splinter (A1 or A2, according to ISO 17225-4).

In addition to the pricing argument, added the president of Avebiom, "the progressive expansion of biomass as a source of thermal energy has been endorsed in recent years due to the improvement in the technification of the equipment, which can already be controlled from the mobile, and by its character of clean energy, which contributes significantly to the fight against climate change." Aspects, all of them, "which have undoubtedly influenced the significant increase in biomass facilities in Spain, especially in the field of domestic heating." 

The biomass sector generates an annual business of almost 4,000 million eurand employs about 25,000 people. Forest use and biofuel production explain approximately 50% of employment, which is mainly generated in rural areas, where progressive decay of productive activity is usually recorded.