After undergoing an evaluation process, the "ENplus" certification scheme, a world-leading certification scheme for wood pellet quality, has successfully passed the acceptance verification for accreditation by the European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA) according to the requirements set out in the document EA 1/22 A-AB 2023 “EA procedure and criteria for the evaluation of conformity assessment schemes by EA accreditation body members”.
As such, ENplus is currently the only wood pellet quality certification on the market to receive such recognition.
ACCREDIA was the home accreditation body that conducted the assessment of ENplus by collecting comments and feedback from all National Accreditation bodies, members of the European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA).
As a result of the recognition, all certification bodies listed by ENplus will now be required to be accredited specifically to the ENplus standard, rather than to a general pellet ISO standard as they were previously.
Over 13.3 million tonnes certified in 2024
According to a statement, ENplus has certified over 13.3 million tonnes of wood pellets in 2024. Germany is the leading country with almost 3.7 million tonnes of ENplus-certified pellets produced in 2024.
Austria comes second with a slight increase, reaching a total of 1.7 million tonnes of certified pellets. France is third with 681,000 tonnes of certified pellets.
The top 5 in 2024 also includes Spain and Poland, the latter country, which will host the upcoming third edition of the European Pellet Forum in Gdynia.
Resolved fraud management milestone
The past year was a significant one for the ENplus fraud management team which further developed the scheme´s blacklist database by exposing not only fraudulent entities but also misleading websites and contact details to be avoided by users.
The scheme follows strict procedures, approved by lawyers, to be executed in cases of infringement and lack of cooperation. ENplus has reached a total of 1,300 identified and resolved fraud cases, an achievement that speaks to the scheme’s ambition to remain relevant and protect its users.
A dedicated mobile application was also released this year. It enables pellet professionals and consumers to verify a supplier’s certification, scan a bag of pellets to check its approval status, and easily report fraud.
The app has already been downloaded by thousands of users from Europe and
beyond.
