2025 Recap: Quietly Strengthening Canada’s Pellet Sector
Every year brings its mix of challenges and opportunities for Canada’s wood pellet sector. What determines our momentum is not the circumstances we face, but whether we continue to show up, work together, and move the file forward. Looking back at 2025, progress across markets, safety, research and policy reflected consistent, collective effort—not individual achievement.
International Initiatives
The 2025–26 WPAC Business Plan identifies Japan as a top priority, and the year’s activities reflected that direction. One of the clearest examples of our progress, and a fitting image for this column, comes from our 2025 mission to Japan. The photograph included here shows WPAC representatives alongside senior officials from Alberta’s Ministry of Forestry and Parks, including Minister Todd Loewen and Deputy Minister Ronda Goulden, together with Japanese utility partners at the Omaezaki Biomass Power Station. It captures a simple truth about this past year: progress happens when we build and maintain real relationships. Japan remains one of the most important long-term markets for Canadian pellets, and in 2025, we reinforced that relationship at every level.