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>Q&A: Argus interviewed Wood Pellet Services’ founder and director, Tiago Andrade, about the state of the Iberian market, new opportunities, challenges for producers and the outlook for the biomass market.
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Q&A: Argus interviewed Wood Pellet Services’ founder and director, Tiago Andrade, about the state of the Iberian market, new opportunities, challenges for producers and the outlook for the biomass market.
Argus: What figure would you attach to Iberian wood pellet production capacity — both industrial and residential — and how do you expect that to shift in the coming years? Andrade: The installed capacity is over 2mn t/yr, but actual production capacity is about 1.4mn t/yr, although in my opinion that may decrease. Portuguese producers will have wood supply problems, so production could decrease. In the long run 1mn t/yr is a solid number to consider from Iberia, with maybe 40-50pc of that capacity dedicated to residential pellets. But the Portuguese market is absolutely maxed out — we are already seeing examples of this with Portuguese producers such as Portucel/Enerpar and Enerpellets expanding into the southeast US. I think a lot of plants in Portugal could close.
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