Most countrys moved away from wood as an energy source for two main reasons: cleanliness and convenience. Traditional wood fires produce smoke, with air quality and health implications and require manual labour to cut, collect and chop the wood and keep feeding the fire. Wood pellets overcome these obstacles, so that wood can be as practical a modern fuel as oil, gas or electricity.
Wood pellets are made by grinding and compressing wood into pellets, typically 8 mm in diameter and a centimeter or two long. They are much denser and drier than natural wood and so need less storage space.
6mm pellets are also available for horse bedding. |