Pellet fuel is a renewable, clean-burning and cost-stable alternative to home heating that is gaining importance globally. It is a biomass product made from renewable materials, usually recycled wood waste. In Australia, millions of people use wood pellets for heating in freestanding stoves, fireplace inserts, furnaces and boilers.
Pellets are also used in industrial applications and power generation to replace or supplement coal in cogeneration projects. Pellet fuel for heating can also be found in large-scale settings such as schools and prisons. Pellets are produced all over the world and are traded actively across borders. Simply put, pellet fuel is a way to divert millions of tons of waste from landfills and turn it into energy.
The remarkable consistency and combustion efficiency of the pellet fuel produces a fraction of the original biomass pellet emissions. Particle burners have the lowest particulate emissions of any solid fuel burner. Given proper initiatives and agricultural management, biomass is practically unlimited and has proven price stable compared to fossil fuels.