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Estonia facilitates the use of wood waste as heating material

By District Energy posted 11-09-2022 21:44

  

The Baltic Times

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In Estonia, much wood waste is generated that is either pure wood or wood that has been only slightly processed, and now conditions have been created by an order of the minister of the environment facilitating the use of this waste for district heating plants.

"We're resolving a practical problem because we need wood chips in Estonia to heat our homes and a lot of natural wood is used to produce it. From now on, district heating plants will be able to use chips made from wood waste more easily," Minister of the Environment Madis Kallas said. "For example, wood that is obtained from demolishing old houses but also old pallets, planks and tiles. That way, more of the material needed for the production of wood chips remains in the forest."

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