Where Are Wood Pellets Made?

Wood pellets come from many different sources around the country. In the US and Canada, there are almost 100 pellet manufacturers making pellet fuel for North America, and also exporting to other countries. In the West, most wood pellets are made from the sawdust created by lumber mills.

Who makes wood pellets?

Based in Maryland, Enviva has emerged as the world's largest producer of wood pellets, capable of making 4.5 million tons a year, all for export.

Where are wood pellets from?

Pellets are made from a variety of biomass, or organic materials, such as wood chips, bark, sawdust, brush and other byproducts of lumber milling and the manufacturing of wood products. Softwoods not suitable for construction materials, like poplar trees, may be grown specifically for pellets.