May 18 2017
The cold spring has helped to keep the pellet price stable report Foex in their Nordic Pix Pellets price index for May 18. The Euro has strengthened by 0.7% against the Swedish Crown from March to April. This ment an upward pressure on the SEK value and the opposite to the Euro value. The new plant […]
Apr 27 2017
The Pix Nordic Wood Pellet Index published in April and presenting March values show a declining price because of the so far mild winter. The supply demand balance in the pellet market has kept improving. Power plants in Europe have increased their pellet use and this has reduced spot volumes from the market. However political […]
Mar 21 2017
Grade Index Value Change Conf. interv. Pellet Nordic CIF EUR/MWh 27.61 – 0.11 27.33 -27,89 SEK/MWh 261,64 -2,01 Index is based on previous month’s data. For price conversion between price per ton and price per MWh, a coefficient of 4.8 is used, if not otherwise informed by the price provider. The average temperature […]
Feb 16 2017
The pellet boiler market in Austria 2016 was a quiet one, told Christian Rakos the manager of Austrian pelletsorgansiation Pro Pellets when he spoke at the Central European Biomass Conference in Graz in January. The conference CEBC attracted over 1 000 participants from 40 countries. In Austria only the year 2000 and 2007 have had a lower sale […]
Feb 10 2017
Undenatured ethanol for fuel use accounted for 51% of total exports in 2016, overtaking denatured fuel ethanol as the leading ethanol export product for the first time ever. Meanwhile, denatured ethanol for fuel use made up 43%. Denatured and 20 undenatured ethanol for industrial uses totaled 5%. An estimated 6.9% of total U.S. ethanol production […]
Sep 20 2016
European market for industrial pellets has remained stable. Grade Index Value Change Confidence interval Pellet Nordic CIF EUR/MWh 27.27 + 0.20 26.05 ‐ 28.49 SEK/MWh […]
Aug 17 2016
business.conbio.info/2016-08-17/ Japan’s general trading companies are expanding supplies of fuel from biomass like wood chips, pellets etc. for power plants to meet an expected surge in demand from facilities set to start up in 2017 and 2018, a development encouraged by the country’s feed-in-tariff system reports Nikkei Asian review. Sojitz will begin production as early as […]
Aug 17 2016
business.conbio.info/2016-08-17/ The price of wood pellets remains also in August on the stable low summer level. According to the German Energy Wood and Pellet Association e.V. (DEPV) pellets in Germany cost on average 222.54 EUR per tonne. This is 0.1 percent less than last month and 4 percent less than in August 2015. One kilogram of pellets costs […]
Aug 15 2016
Business.conbio,info /2016-08-15 The Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) is a large wood basket but a combination of market change and government regulation creates problem for pellet production. This is a bit of a surprise though the province is otherwise eager to promote its growing pellets industry and has e.g. for export purposes made great […]
Jul 8 2016
Stable price in Euro – increasing price in SEK according to FOEX Pellet Nordic CIF index by June. EUR/MWh 28.72 (‐ 0.11 ) Confidence interval: 27.84 ‐ 29.60 SEK/MWh 266.95 + 1.63 Foex reports that the Baltic pellet industry is expanding. The Swedish owned (Lifco group) Estonian Pellet plant and saw mill supplier Hekotek has […]
Feb 17 2016
Grade Index Value Change Confidence interval Pellet Nordic CIF EUR/MWh 29.42 – 0.67 28.74 – 30.10 SEK/MWh 273.09 – 5.02 Index is based on previous month’s data. For price conversion between price per ton and price per MWh, a coefficient of 4.8 is used, if not otherwise informed by the price provider. According to […]
Oct 29 2015
Italy to reverse increased VAT tax on pellets back to 10 percent The VAT tax was raised to 22 percent in January 2015, but it was a misstake the we will correct says the economic development ministry. The change to 10 pc tax is included in the government’s draft financial law bill and will be […]
Oct 20 2015
UK: Renewables overtake coal in Q3 electricity generation The third quarter of 2015 saw a significant 31% increase in renewables generation from the same period in 2014, overtaking coal as the third largest contributor to the UK’s electricity generation, after gas and nuclear power. Figures included in the Q3 GB Electricity Market Summary, from energy […]
Oct 20 2015
Clariant: VW emissions scandal will boost biofuels Clariant, a Swiss specialty chemicals company, expects the Volkswagen diesel engine emissions scandal to give a boost to biofuels. Hariolf Kottmann, CEO of Clariant, says the company is spending €30 million each year to expand it bioethanol-from-straw production capacity and expects its profits from the business to grow […]
Oct 19 2015
In Germany the price of wood pellets is quite stable, but on a yearly basis falling, as shown by DEPI, the German Pelles Institute. The average cost for pellets as reported in October is 233.78 EUR per tonne, a slight increase since large month with 0.3 percent. But the price is 7 percent less than in October 2014. The price advantage […]
Oct 14 2015
In October, the retail prices for wood pellets of the quality ENplus A1 increased slightly. The average price is currently at 378.90 CHF / t. This is 1% more than in September, but still 6.8% less than in October 2014th In euro terms, the price is 346.50 Euro / t. and thus 10.6% higher than […]
Apr 21 2015
Pellet price in Euro recovered – Foex The latest FOEX Pix Nordic Pellet index reports increased price in Euro and slightly lower in SEK. After removing the highest and lowest 10% of the price quotes, the PIX Pellet Nordic benchmark increased in Euro terms by 0.30 EUR/MWh, or by 0.99% closing at 30.51 EUR/MWh and […]
Jan 20 2015
PIX Pellet Nordic CIF 20.1.2015: EUR/MWh 30.08 (-0.04 from previous month),confidence intervall 29,90 – 30, 26 SEK/MWh 282.88 (+4.62 from previous month) Pellet Market – The pellet market has been quite calm due to the mild winter in Europe. Hawkins Wright Forest Energy Monitor (FEM) reports that many European utilities have high stocks and therefore […]
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Aug 15 2017
Pix Nordic Pellets Index indicate summer season price
PIX Pellet Nordic CIF 15.8.2017: EUR/MWh 26.39 (+0.57 from previous month), SEK/MWh 253.06 (+1.22 from previous month) Notable is the currency changes. Euro weakened against the Swedish krona for the first time this year and gave a downward push tot the SEK value and the opposite to the Euro value. PIX indexes are trademark registered, […]
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