Source: WUNC, 1/13/20


Are wood pellets a renewable energy? In 2009, the European Union declared wood pellets a “carbon-neutral choice,” and in 2018 the EPA followed suit. Yet pellets are less efficient than fossil fuels. To make the same amount of energy, wood pellets release more carbon than both coal and natural gas. Meanwhile, the export of pellets is revitalizing North Carolina’s struggling timber industry. The state is poised to become the largest exporter of wood pellets in the United States, which is the largest exporting nation in the world.

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