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Wood Pellet Fuel Production Introduction Pellet equipment sales in the UK are increasing and tied to its rate of growth is the price and availability of pellet supply. There is now an emerging wood pellet fuel industry in parts of the UK-focussed around pellet production. There are a growing number of medium and small size plants now starting production. Pellet production options in the UK There are currently three main routes to setting up pellet production. 1. Purpose built 'large scale' wood pellet facilityLarge scale pellet production plants may only be appropriate in a limited number of situations in the UK due to variations in local supplies of biomass material suitable for pelletising. Reliable supplies of local, good quality sawdust or other waste wood suitable for processing are essential. 2. Conversion of animal feed or grass mills This option represents
a relatively low cost way to set up pellet production since most
of the machinery and auxiliary equipment (including driers) already
exists. A good example of the process of setting up a small scale pellet production plant is the Somerset Pellet Mill. This is a joint venture between Renewable Heat and Power Ltd and a local wood recycling company. The partnership
purchased a small scale pellet machine from Sweden (SPC AB) which
is capable of producing 300kg per hour. Quality considerations The growth of the wood pellet market will be relative to customer confidence in availability and quality of supply. A number of European Pellet Standards exist. A pan European standard CEN/TC 335 for biomass is also being developed and will replace the voluntary UK standard for premium pellets as developed by British Biogen before it merged with the Renewable Energy Assocation. At present the categorisation for premium pellets are:
Initiatives The growth of the wood pellet fuel industry is based on the simultaneous establishment of
All within a 50 mile or 1 hour radius. One possible way forward is to establish the local market using purpose built small scale pelletising equipment. Grants The second round of DEFRA's Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme should provide grants to farmers, foresters and businesses to help develop the supply chain required to harvest, store, process and supply energy crops and woodfuel to energy end-users. The scheme was due to be re-launced in the Autumn of 2007, but no announcement has been made yet. To register your interest in the scheme follow the link from the DEFRA website. Suppliers of Pelletising Equipment Small Scale Equipment Cornwell Heat Ltd of Bells Lane, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5NW. Tel 01284 386447. E-mail: cornwellheatltd@btopenworld.com PelHeat Ltd of Lask Edge Farm, Lask Edge, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 8QS Tel: 07841660598 (Christopher Scott) E-mail: chris.scott@pelheat.com Web: www.pelheat.com (website also contains useful information about the pellet making process and the properties of different raw materials. Company developing a small-scale mobile pellet manufacturing plant) Wood Energy Ltd of Pinkworthy Barn, Oakford, Tiverton, Devon EX16 9EU. Tel 01398 351349. E-mail: info@woodenergyltd.co.uk Farm Feed Systems Ltd: Foxes Bridge Road, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, GL14 2PH. Tel: 01594 824 567 E-mail: sales@farmfeedsystems.co.uk Web: www.farmfeedsystems.co.uk Manufacturers of fully automated small scale pellet plants from 250kg - 100kgs per hour output. E.L.F Systems Ltd Na kopci 766, 27201 Kladno, Czech Republic Production, sale and installation of complete industrial small pellet mill lines producing up to 150Kg/hr of any biomass pellets. With current wood pellet prices the investment is usually back in 100 working days.
Large Scale Equipment Amandus Kahl of Germany ( http://www.environmental-expert.com/technology/amandus/amandus.htm ) Buhler Ltd of 20 Atlantis Avenue, London, E16 2BF Tel 0207 055 6650 E-mail: buhler.london@buhlergroup.com Web: www.buhlergroup.com Sprout-Matador through its sister company , UMT Ltd of Stockholm Road Sutton Fields, Hull, HU7 0XL. Tel 01482 825119. E-mail: sales.equipment.hull@umt-group.com Web: www.umt-group.com
For a list of pellet production equipment suppliers as compiled by the Biomass Energy Centre please click here. Pellet Handling & Storage Equipment Large Scale Equipment Alvan Blanch, Chelworth Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9SG Tel 01666 577339 E-mail: info@alvanblanch.co.uk Web: www.alvanblanch.co.uk (company also manufacture briquetting machinery) E. Collinson & Co. Ltd Riverside Industrial Park, Catterall, Preston, Lancashire PR3 0HP Tel 01995 606 451 E-mail: info@collinson.co.uk Web: www.collinson.co.uk MAFA I
ÄNGELHOLM AB Web: www.mafa.se Millson Engineering Ltd E-mail: sales@millsonengineering.com Tel: 01562 823900 Fax: 01562 823998 Suppliers of both new and reconditioned equipment Saxlund International Ltd 11 Freemantle Business Centre, Millbrook Road East, Southampton SO15 1JR. Tel 023 8063 6330 E-mail: frankboyles@saxlund.co.uk (Managing Director) Web: www.saxlund.co.uk (company also offer complete turnkey plant installation and commissioning) Bagging Large Scale Equipment BTH (UK) Ltd Tel: 01773 570570 E-mail: info@bth-bv.co.uk Web: www.bth-bv.com Pellet Testing TES Bretby, PO Box 100, Bretby Business Park, Ashby Road, Burton upon Trent DE15 0XD. Tel 01283 554451 E-mail: jonathan.clay@tes-bretby.co.uk Web: http://www.esgl.co.uk/tesbretby/ Please note that inclusion in these lists is not an indication of endorsement, nor is exclusion an indicator of disapproval. If you are a supplier to the pellet industry and consider you ought to be included in one or more of these lists, then please contact Sandra Hayes Page last updated 12/2/08 |
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