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I burn wood pellets to heat my house. Wood pellets are a convenient, relatively high density energy storage system. Pellets are also carbon neutral (other than

I burn wood pellets to heat my house. Wood pellets are a convenient, relatively high density energy storage system. Pellets are also carbon neutral (other than the supply chain, which, in the US, tends to be regional rather than global). I'm concerned that the metal uptake might be problematic. I assume you are engineering trees with various combinations of properties. . .

maddiehalla 5y ago
We would not use any trees with metal for pellets. Because the landowners we work with grow the trees for over 25 years the type of wood produced is better for saw timber or timber that is used in building materials. it wouldn't be pellet grade wood.
- webmaven 5y ago
  > We would not use any trees with metal for pellets. Because the landowners we work with grow the trees for over 25 years the type of wood produced is better for saw timber or timber that is used in building materials. it wouldn't be pellet grade wood. This may be a bit nitpicky, but one of the things sawmills produce is sawdust. What are the downstream effects of sawdust with higher metal content?