Branko Glavonjic

Hubert Palus

Nike Krajnc

Thermal Science

The paper presents the results of researching wood pellets market in nine
   countries in South East Europe and Slovakia. Objective of the research was to
   observe the actual situation regarding the number of producers, size of
   installed capacities, production volume, foreign trade flows and existing
   problems and obstacles which significantly limit the sustainable development
   of wood pellets market in the selected countries. Selection of such an
   objective results from the fact that according to the stated elements there
   are no sufficiently reliable data, wherefore this region is a huge gap in
   numerous reports of international and national organizations and
   institutions. Results of the conducted research show that in the middle of
   2014, 245 producers were engaged in wood pellets production in South East
   Europe and Slovakia, 116 of which were located in Bulgaria and Serbia. Most
   of the producers of wood pellets has installed capacities of 1,000-5,000 tons
   annually, while only 18 factories in the entire region have the installed
   capacity over 30,000 tons/year. Observed collectively in all stated
   countries, the total installed capacities for wood pellets production were
   2.2 million tons in 2013 and the realized production was 1.36 million tons.
   The largest part of the produced amounts of wood pellets in this region is
   exported. 1.06 million tons were exported from the region in 2013, which is
   77.9% of the realized production. Such high export is the result of the
   underdevelopment of the local market (Slovenia is the only exception) and the
   problems which exist and limit its faster development in most countries.</jats:p

Development of wood pellets market in South East Europe

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