What is pellets and how are they produced?

Pellets are an energy concentrate produced from wood waste! This fuel is made from sawdust, shavings, and untreated wood waste, mainly from the wood processing industry. The dry raw material is subjected to high pressure and the small cylinders are thus created. A single small cylinder of pressed wood measures up to ... Read more

Has your oil system reached the end of its life?

Has your oil-fired heating system almost reached the end of its useful life? Have you thought about replacing it with a renewable fuel one? Pellets may prove to be an economical, environmentally friendly, and efficient choice! The transition will also prove simple, as the existing boiler room can be used for the new pellet boiler. The same thing applies to the room ... Read more

2019: Another record year for pellets in Switzerland!

In Switzerland, 2019 saw a sharp increase in both demand and supply of pellets. The share of domestic pellets in total pellet purchases in Switzerland reached 77 percent: an impressive 257,000 tons of pellets, a 6 percent increase over 2018. Another 10 percent came from Germany, 6 percent from Austria, as much from France, and 1 percent from ... Read more

The Olympic flame--Swiss pellet.

From January 9 to 18, 2020, the Youth Olympic Games were held in Lausanne, and among the various gold medals, a very special one went to the Canton of Vaud! In this case, sports performance had nothing to do with it; it was an ecological medal! Indeed, not everyone knows that the flame of the Olympic torch, on this occasion, and for ... Read more

Why Swiss pellets?

Today we bring you an article, from the December 2018 Swiss Wood Energy Bulletin, explaining how pellets are produced and how Swiss pellets differ from others, not only in the quality of the raw material used, but also in how environmentally friendly its production process is! For the drying of the raw material, ... Read more

Pellet stove: there is something for everyone!

There are different types of cladding on the market that are well suited to different styles of decor. - Steel cladding: this is best suited to contemporary decor, with easy-to-clean cladding and an immediate result of order and linearity. - Ceramic cladding: reaches high temperatures in a short time and yields heat in ... Read more

Solar thermal energy: how does it work?

Solar thermal systems are a technology that allows the direct conversion of the sun's energy into thermal energy, which is used to heat domestic water. Solar thermal systems base their operation on a rather simple technology: the collector converts solar energy into heat, which is transported via the heat transfer fluid to a heat exchanger ... Read more

Record year for pellets

2017 stands as the most successful year for pellets. Announcing this is proPellet.ch, which reports that the number of pellet stoves sold rose 16 percent over the previous year, and as a result, demand for pellets also increased, by 8 percent. Also rising is the domestic production ... Read more

Mobile pellet heating

A viable alternative for heating construction sites. Efficient, environmentally friendly and practical Mobile pellet heating systems are a viable alternative to fuel oil for heating construction sites, greenhouses and event halls. Environmentally friendly even during the construction phase To date, the most popular fuel for heating construction sites is ... Read more