Biomass trading: putting a price on heating
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FUTURES
Residential Wood Pellet Futures
Wood pellets, manufactured from stem wood and untreated residues from the wood processing industry, are seen by many as:
- An alternative, sustainable source of renewable energy
- Cleaner and more efficient than wood
- Cheaper than other fuels
Futures on Residential Wood Pellets
- Manage risk and protect margins on one of the key developing sources of renewable energy: wood pellets
- Hedge against fluctuations in the prices of pellets or closely-related products caused by changes in economic supply and demand, availability of raw materials and winter weather seasonality patterns
- Pellet industry participants can manage their risk from production, to purchase, to sales
- Developed in close cooperation with the biomass community specifically to meet the needs of market professionals looking for portfolio diversification and price hedging
- Trade in a transparent and secure environment, with the European Pellet Council ENplus® A1 certification as a base for the underlying of the futures contract
- Delivery in the ARA Zone (Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp) including the Port of Ghent (Belgium)
Useful links
- Bioenergy Europe: Euronext is a member of Bioenergy Europe (formerly AEBIOM), the European bioenergy association.
- European Pellet Council (EPC): the voice of the wood pellet sector in Europe
- ENplus® certification: the base for Euronext’s Wood Pellets Futures contract
- Propellet France: France’s association for wood pellet heating professionals
- Find more about the supply chain and the pellet industry via Propellet’s analysis of energy prices.
- Read Propellet Newsletter's interview with Euronext’s Vincent Roiron (in French)
- Propellets Austria