Firewood supply chains

Bottlenecks of the commercial firewood production and trade are small-size of firewood producing companies, ineffective processing methods of raw wood, undeveloped marketing channels and too high transport and delivery costs. The various possibilities to improve current firewood supply chains, business models and trade practices need to be investigated and new ideas are to be created. With the focus on the target group of firewood producers and local wood energy projects and networks in this action information on present firewood production and delivery systems and trade models in participating countries will be gathered and analysed, recommendations and guidelines on efficient business models for different customer sectors in urban and rural areas are going to be summarized, and the most successful methods of firewood-sales in domestic and foreign trade will be presented. This action is coordinated by Austrian Energy Agency, contact Dietmar Hagauer (dietmar.hagauer@energyagency.at)