Over the past decade and a half, ENplus® has grown from an ambitious idea into the world’s most influential certification scheme for wood pellets. Few people have witnessed this transformation as closely as our colleague – Martin Englisch from BEA Institut für Bioenergie GmbH. — When did you first become involved with the ENplus® certification […]
Pablo Rodero Masdemont is the president of the European Pellet Council for a few years now and is also part of the team of the Spanish biomass association AVEBIOM (an ENplus® national licenser). We had the opportunity to ask him several important questions about the pellet market in the beginning of the heating season. — […]
The ENplus® certification scheme for wood pellets was developed in 2010 by the German Pellet Institute (DEPI), in collaboration with the German Biomass Research Centre in Leipzig (DBFZ), and with the involvement of ProPellets Austria. Beate Schmidt-Menig, who was chairwoman of the German Energy Wood and Pellet Association (DEPV) at the time — the ‘mother’ […]
A few weeks ago, ENplus® in cooperation with ACHBIOM – Asociación Chilena de la Biomasa organised a webinar for Chilean pellet companies. Today, we have the pleasure to talk with the association’s managing director Daniela Espinoza who help us understand the specifics of the Chilean pellet market. — What are the main activities of the […]
It is always great to talk about the certification with the Certification Bodies who have the main responsibility in the certification process. Our guest today is Cristina Lucesole from BEA Institut für Bioenergie who has some important observations and advice for companies applying for certification. — Dear Cristina, please introduce yourself. Tell us about your […]
Inspections are perhaps one of the most important elements of the ENplus® certification. To tell us more about it, we have the pleasure of talking to William Pscheidt, who works for the certification body Enama Servizi Srl. — Hello William, tell us about your experience as an inspector and share a few words about the […]
Today, we decided to talk with our colleague Jérémie Geelen – not in his capacity as a Market Intelligence Director at Bioenergy Europe, but as a pellet consumer. Find out all about his experience with wood pellets in the following lines. … Why did you decide to start using wood pellets as a heating solution? […]
The year is coming slowly to its end which is the best moment for a retrospection. We are ready to look back but also ahead with the last interview for 2024 which is with the Certification Director at the ENplus® Head Office – Elena Dumitru. Dear Elena, the pellet market has been marked […]
Jarosław Rak, CEO of Poli Trade Polska , has always been an entrepreneur and advocate for clean energy. He launches the innovative products under the brand called Feniks Pellets on the Polish market, which is now one of the most recognizable and recommended biofuel brands in the country. This year, Poli Trade Polska was also […]
The ENplus® Testing Bodies play a crucial role in the certification process because they are in charge of conducting standardised laboratory tests on product samples to verify if the pellet characteristics comply with the set of scheme’s requirements. Today, we dive into the topic with our guest – Andrea Piazzalunga from Water & Life Lab […]