In Austria, OÖ Energiesparverband (OÖESV), the energy agency of Upper Austria, and the organizer of the annual World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) event in Wels which includes the European Pellet Conference, has released the program for WSED 2025 in which the European Pellet Conference will be held on March 5, 2025.
The annual World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) event in Wels comprises several co-located international conferences and the “Webuild Energiesparmesse”, a major tradeshow on renewable energy and energy efficiency held in parallel to the conferences.
The conferences over the period March 4-9, 2025, include the Energy Efficiency Policy Conference, the European Pellet Conference, the Industrial Energy Transition Conference, the Smart E-Mobility Conference, and the Young Researchers Conference.
For the global wood pellet community, the European Pellet Conference on March 5, 2025, is a given. Composed of a policy session, a panel session, a technology session, and a market session, the full-day program is set to discuss new challenges and opportunities for pellets, rounded off with a neat evening networking opportunity.
Apart from getting the latest market insights, trends, and outlooks on European and global pellet markets from international experts, there are numerous pertinent issues up for discussion.
For instance, the new EU Energy Label and its implications on pellet heating appliances, and the impact the delayed EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) might have on feedstock sources are just two highly topical policies to be dissected, and discussed by policy- and industry experts.
How the rapid build-out in Europe of renewable energy, in particular, intermittent renewable electricity, and the focus on electrification might have on the role that pellets can play in increasingly defossilized energy markets is something that a panel of experts will discuss and share insights on the future of pellets, the development of pellet markets, and solutions for boosting the share of pellets in the renewable energy mix.
The Pellets Inspiration session aims to present new technology solutions along pellets and bioenergy value chains, covering recent developments in raw materials, pellet production, the commercialization of pellets, and successfully implemented best-practice examples.
Finally, as Upper Austria is home to some of the world’s biggest brands in residential- and commercial biomass- and pellet heating boilers and appliances, then the Webuild-Energiesparmesse is bound to be where the “premier’s” and “launches” of the latest technology, products, and models will take place.
