Wood chips vs Pellets

 
 

Wood pellets

Pros

  • Same properties every time

  • Easily conveyed or blown into hoppers

  • Bagged option for low-cost hopper investment

  • Clean-burning, largely trouble-free performance

Cons

  • Expensive, similar to diesel

  • Transported across long distances from factories, for higher carbon footprint

  • Principally available in main centres

Wood chips

Pros

  • Attractive price point

  • Low-carbon, localised production process

  • Eco-friendly solar drying limits environmental footprint

  • Clean-burning, largely trouble-free performance

Cons

  • Variable water content across seasons may cause boiler performance issues if supplier dries logs in the open

  • Supply generally limited to 250km radius from production base