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Biomass wood pellet prices - bagged and bulk
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Slight increase in the price of Firepower from White Horse Energy, from £215 to £219 a pallet
(sorry, not able to post links)
White Horse Energy
Source - Unknown
Weight on pallet - 975kg
Price per pallet - £205.00
Price per tonne - £210.26
Price per Kilowatt - £0.0438 (based on a nominal 4.8Kw/kg)
Swift Energy
Source - Unknown
Weight on pallet - 975kg
Price per pallet - £249.00
Price per tonne - £255.38
Price per Kilowatt - £0.0532 (based on a nominal 4.8Kw/kg)
The band of difference in the for ENplus A1 pellets in EN 14961-2 is between 4.6kWh/kg and 5.3kWh/kg, meaning that pellets complying with the standard could vary in energy content by more than 15%.
The below suppliers are on the UK market and I have attempted to find the published energy content of their pellets (in descending order), the source of the information is stated, but this is a best effort only, I make no warranty as to the information.
Baltic Biogran Sia
Brand - Baltic Biogran
Energy content - 5.0kWh/kg (source: Baltic Biogran website)
ID-Nr. LV 007
LV-1015 Riga Latvia
www.balticbiogran.lv
AKZ Ltd.
Brand - AKZ & ownbrands - 5.0kWh/kg (source: AKZ website)
ID-Nr. LV 001
01048 Riga Latvia
www.akz.lv
PelTrade!Ltd
Brand - Sparklets - 4.9kWh/kg (source: Peltrade website)
ID-Nr. RU 004
175461 Krestcy Russia
www.peltrade.com
Laois Sawmill Ltd
Brand- Greenwood - 4.9kWh/kg (source: Laios Sawmill)
ID-Nr. IE 001
Ballymacken, Co. Laois
www.laoissawmills.ie
Clifford Jones Timber
Brand- Blazers - 4.9kWh/kg (source: Clifford Jones website)
ID-Number. UK003
LL15 2TN Ruthin North Wales
www.blazersfuels.co.uk
Verdo Renewables Ltd
Brand- Verdo - 4.8kWh/kg (source: Woodfuel Coop & Oxford Renewables websites)
ID-Number: UK001
SP10 3XW Andover
www.verdorenewables.co.uk
Balcas Timber Ltd.
Brand - Brites - 4.8kWh/kg (source: Balcas website)
ID-Number: UK002
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, BT94 2FQ
www.brites.eu
Land Energy Girvan Ltd
Brand- Woodlets - 4.7kWh/kg (source: presentation on Land Energy website)
ID-Number: UK004
Girvan, Ayrshire, KA26 9PF
www.land-energy.com
Puffin Pellets
Brand - Puffin - 4.6kWh/kg (source: Puffin Pellets)
ID-Nr. UK 005
Insch, AB52 6XP
www.puffinpellets.com
One aspect that I'm curious about is customer service. I'm tempted to use White Horse as they look to have the best prices and their web site is well constructed / informative, plus I got a very quick email response about the availability of 'Fire Power' pellets (back again tonight apparently). Does anyone have views on WHE, or others for that matter?
Funny you should mention that, I came across this site at the weekend:-
http://woodpelletguide.uk/
Which seems to have a fair number of suppliers prices on it, does not seem to have any commercial links either.
Looks like prices are on the rise though, 'Luxury Wood Co' prices have jumped from what looks to be £219 on the woodpellet guide site to £259 on the LWC site for a pallet of Baltic Biogran pellets, which are from the same place as WHE Platinum + pellets.
Update:
I called LWC after seeing their prices had risen, it seems that £219 was yesterday's price for 'Baltic Biogran' and they are now offering 'AKZ' at £219. I guess the Woodpellet guide will reflect this tomorrow. AKZ come from the same supplier as WHE 'Fire Power' so a maybe the same thing.
WayKei16152
or follow this link..
http://www.whitehorseenergy.co.uk/coupon?code=WayKei16152
I'm hoping to add some more features (supplier/pellet reviews, more technical data etc) in the near future, but it's an entirely non-commercial project that I work on in my spare time, so progress isn't always quite as rapid as i'd like.
Would welcome any comments or suggestions that anyone has (good or bad!)