25 may 2005 seite 1 wood pellets best practice market potential and perspectives german finnish workshop on renewable energy technology jyväskylä 05 dr ing joachim fischer deutscher energie pellet verband ev tullastr 18 d 68161 mannheim 2 the association founded in 2001 by a group of boiler manufacturers producers today it has 70 members mainly small medium sized companies supplier 13 others 16 distributors 23 pelletproducers 48 3 domestic heating systems 140 000 256 180 76 330 169 279 194 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1997 2003 u n i t s so l oil gas wall floor cbt 944 715 quelle vdi nachrichten mai 2004 4 consumer prices for light fuel 5 germany development started lately 1999 2000 since then dynamic growth also due to favorable conditions main boilers substituting