Wood pellets—Dependable warmth from a sustainable source.

Burning wood pellets in a pellet stove is the preferred heating method for more than one million households across the United States. It is a cost effective, clean, and convenient method to heat your home with wood pellet fuel. However, while the choice to burn pellets is simple, choosing the type of pellets can be a little confusing, leaving you asking questions like: Do I choose softwood or hardwood?

Whether you have recently purchased a pellet stove or have been burning wood pellets for many years, the Fallon’s team can help you choose the best wood pellets for your home. The primary factors to consider when selecting pellets are wood type, BTU’s (the heat output), ash content and price.

Type of Wood

Typically, there are two types of wood used in wood pellets: hardwood or softwood. Hardwood in its raw form burns longer, as it has a higher density. Softwood, on the other hand, typically has higher BTU’s due to the lignin concentration in the wood, so it burns hotter for a shorter period of time.

What does that mean for your pellet stove? Not a lot. During the pellet production process, sawdust and wood residuals are compressed into pellets, and the type of wood used can be either consistent or blended between the two types. Once compressed, both hardwood and softwood pellets end up with a similar density. In its raw form, hardwood is very different from softwood, but once it is compressed, the type of wood does not make much of a difference in heating output if you have a quality pellet stove with good air flow.

The real thing to look for in your pellets is the quality of the wood, ensuring that the pellets you choose are made entirely of real wood and not mixed with cardboard, bark or synthetics.

Quality you can rely on: Gad Energy UAB, the leading supplier of certified ENplus® A1 pellets in Europe.

Gad Energy UAB ensures the highest quality performance of our products through annual certification, meeting strict technical requirements. This commitment guarantees transparency and upholds the highest quality standards, in alignment with the industry’s leading international accreditation program ENplus®.