Finland's consumption of forest industry by-products and wood residues increased by 1% from the previous year to nearly 12 million cubic metres in 2019. The consumption of bark totalled 7.9 million cubic metres, while different types of sawdust were consumed a total of 2.5 million, industrial chips 1.2 million and other industrial by-products 0.2 million cubic metres. Wood pellets and briquettes consumption amounted to 0.2 million cubic metres, according to the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
“There were only minor changes in the use of different wood fuel assortments compared to the previous year”, says Esa Ylitalo, Senior Statistician at Luke.
“Proportionally, the use of recycled wood in energy generation increased the most, by 13%, and totalled just over one million cubic metres. During the preceding ten-year period, the burning of recycled wood has more than doubled.”
