In the context of climate change and fossil fuel scarcity, finding alternative, environmentally friendly energy sources is more urgent than ever. Wood pellets have emerged as a bright choice, providing many outstanding benefits compared to other sources of combustion energy. This article will analyze in detail why wood pellets should be used instead of other sources of combustion energy, and provide proof data until 2023.
1. Outstanding advantages of wood pellets:
- Renewable energy source: Wood pellets are produced from abundant, renewable wood materials, contributing to forest protection and minimizing environmental impact.
- High combustion efficiency: Wood pellets have a high calorie content, equivalent to coal, helping to save fuel and reduce operating costs.
- Environmentally friendly: Wood pellets emit 40% less CO2 than coal, contributing to minimizing the greenhouse effect and climate change.
- Less harmful gas emissions: Wood pellets emit significantly lower amounts of fine dust, SOx and NOx than fossil fuels, helping to improve air quality.
- Easy to transport and store: Wood pellets are compact, easy to transport and store, and convenient to use.
- Create a stable heat source: Wood pellets burn steadily, creating a stable heat source, meeting diverse usage needs.
- Wide application: Wood pellets can be used for many different purposes such as biomass power plants, fireplaces, cooking stoves, etc.
2. Data proving the benefits of wood pellets:
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions: According to the IEA, using wood pellets to replace coal can help reduce 20-30% of CO2 emissions.
- Improve air quality: Using wood pellets can help reduce fine dust by 50% and SO2 by 80% compared to coal.
- Job creation: The wood pellet production and use industry creates many jobs in the fields of forestry, transportation, equipment manufacturing and services.
- Economic development: Wood pellets are a potential source of export goods, contributing to promoting local and national economic development.
3. Examples of countries using wood pellets effectively:
- Sweden: More than 30% of Sweden’s heating energy needs are met from wood pellets.
- Canada: Canada is the world’s second largest producer and exporter of wood pellets.
- Vietnam: Vietnam is one of the largest wood pellet exporting countries in the world, with export output reaching more than 3 million tons in 2022.
4. Conclusion:
Wood pellets are a renewable, environmentally friendly energy source and have many outstanding advantages compared to other sources of combustion energy. The use of wood pellets contributes to protecting the environment, minimizing climate change and promoting sustainable economic development. With practical benefits and great development potential, wood pellets are expected to play an important role in the future of the energy industry.
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Overc Team synthesize, analyze and write articles.
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OVERC was established in Vietnam, which has 17 FTA (Free Trade Agreement).
Vietnam is one of the countries with the most FTAs in the world.
Our main activities are manufacturing and distributing Wood Pellets and Wood Waste. Our wood pellets products, which are made from Accacia veneer residual 100% or wood waste (logs, sawdust, wood chips, wood shavings,…), have been exported to many countries around the world such as Japan, Korea, EU, etc.
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