Our locally produced pellets are manufactured sustainably from virgin wood residue as a co-product of Balcas’s saw milling process.  The original timber is either spruce or pine and they are locally sourced from sustainably managed forests, accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council.  No waste or recycled wood is used in the manufacturing process of Balcas Energy Wood Pellets.

The Solution to climate change grows in trees…

When a tree falls to the ground and rots, it releases carbon dioxide. When we harvest a tree from a local forest, Balcas uses every part of it to create timber products and energy. The products we create from the timber such as those used in construction become long-term carbon sinks that store carbon long after the original tree would have rotted and decayed if left in the forest naturally. We also use 100% renewable energy to create the wood pellets in our two local plants in Enniskillen and Invergordon.

• Since trees absorb carbon as they grow, forest growth will balance the carbon emitted by burning wood for energy.

Using wood pellets can benefit the climate thanks to a two-fold displacement effect:

• • First, energy is produced from biomass when it would otherwise have been produced by fossil-fuel energy, so significant emissions are avoided by keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
  • Additionally, the alternative fate of wood residue would most likely be to rot and decay, emitting greenhouse gases as it did so.

While the action of burning wood waste itself creates CO2, the net effect is beneficial because of these displacement effects.