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Biomass combustion and CHP and Wood products

Wood products depends on biomass combustion and CHP.

Biomass combustion and CHP (energy) and Wood products (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Biomass combustion and CHP → Wood products

4 of the enterprise types in Wood products depend on biomass combustion and CHP; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 4 enterprise types depend on it
  • 3 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Particleboard and MDF makers: wood dust burners for dryers (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Sawmills: bark and sawdust fire the drying kilns (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Plywood and veneer mills: wood-waste boilers for presses and dryers (criticality 2 of 5)
  • Engineered-timber, joinery and wood-pellet makers: pellets are a biomass fuel (criticality 2 of 5)

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