Later this month (January 2023), first up is the newly formed European Pellet Forum (EPF), which will hold its first meeting in Graz, Austria, together with the Central European Biomass Conference. Initiated by the European Pellet Council (EPC), this premier edition is organized by the Austrian pellet association proPellets, with the idea that national pellet associations organize and host this annual event in turn.
Two weeks later, in early February, the annual Nordic Pellet Conference will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. With the option of a study tour, we should take another look at municipal and industrial heating applications from fossil fuels to pellet fuels.
The following week, CMT's European Biomass Trading & Power will cross the Oresund to Copenhagen, Denmark, where some industrial pellet producers, traders and utility end-users will be present.
In early March, it will return to Austria and Wales for the annual European Pellet conference as part of World Sustainable Energy Day (WSED). As ever, it was an event filled with keynote speakers and insights into the future of R&D.
Then in mid-April, the annual Argus Biomass Conference will be held in London, England, which is Europe's largest industrial-scale production, utility consumption and pellet shipboard trading conference.
In early May, the 6th China Biomass Energy Conference and Exhibition (CBC) will be held in Hangzhou, China. This is currently the only symposium on biomass pellet fuel, heating and power generation in China. We will see the presence of some representative local businesses.
In mid-May, CMT's Biomass Pellets Trade & Power in Tokyo was transferred from Europe to Japan. In addition to industrial pellets, it also includes regional biomass sources such as palm kernel shells (PKS), and Japan's upcoming The so-called "black particles".
Continuing east to the US, head to Austin, Texas for the Pellet Fuel Institute (PFI) Annual Conference in early June, if residential and commercial space heating and grilling pellets in North America is your choice, this is the place for you ideal place.
In the second half of 2023, WPAC AGM&Conference will be held in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, in late September.
Next, the US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) Annual Export Pellet Conference will be held in Miami Beach, Florida in early October, and the specific schedule has not yet been announced.