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Pellets

Pellets are made from compressed sawdust or woodshavings. Because they are compressed, pellets offer a more concentrated form of fuel than wood chips.

Consequently they need less storage space and are easier to handle. Their manufacture requires more energy than woodchips and the capital cost for production plant is high; pellets are therefore more expensive than chips. Several pellet producers are manufacturing and supplying pellets in Scotland, made from Scottish wood.

Pellets can be used to fuel a variety of appliances and heating systems. The smallest are pellet stoves with outputs of up to around 9kW which are suitable for heating individual rooms.  Pellet boilers are available in a wide range of outputs from small domestic scale to large industrial scale to heat schools or hospitals. For the domestic user, pellets offer the most user-friendly form of wood heating. Some suppliers in Scotland can deliver wood pellets in specialised tankers, otherwise they can be bought in bags of varying size individually or as bulk loads.