Mistaken assumptions about wood pellets

"In the Southeast United States, a major wood pellet fuel industry has developed where the carbon in the wood is released as CO2 immediately upon combustion. The use of wood pellets to replace coal for electricity, on the mistaken assumption that it is carbon neutral, is expected to grow substantially by 2050 (IEA 2017), further degrading forested wetlands while adding large amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere."

Moomaw, W. R., Chmura, G. L., Davies, G. T., Finlayson, C. M., Middleton, B. A., Natali, S. M., Perry, J. E., Roulet, N., & Sutton-Grier, A. E. (2018). Wetlands In a Changing Climate: Science, Policy and Management. Wetlands, 38(2), 183–205.