“While stove or boiler installations operating at wood pellets continue at a steady pacethe current demand for Pellets is abnormally high, is alarmed this Friday, August 26, 2022 in a press release the French Federation of fuels, fuels and heating (FF3C) which has 300 pellet distributors in metropolitan France.
If this trend continues, the FF3C does not rule out reaching “a supply deficit of 5% to 15%”, according to the rigor of winter.
“Fears of energy shortages are worrying consumers who are stocking up and rushing to wood pellets before winter,” explained a spokesperson to theAFP.
Prioritize deliveries
In this context of tight supplies, which are driving up prices, “distribution could be prioritized to ensure deliveries to regular customers, particularly those whose only source of heating is wood pellets”, continues the federation.
The profession also recommends that consumers “to defer new installation projects that have not yet been completed” et “not to make any online order payment before delivery if they do not know their supplier”.
The volume market for wood pellets, which was 1.8 million tons in the winter of 2020-2021 and 2 million tons last winter, is estimated at 2.4 million tons for the winter next, according to figures provided by the FF3C.