Valorization of local wood: Installation of a pellet production line in a high school in Mayenne

The Briquettexpress association of the Raoul-Vadepied vocational high school in Évron (Mayenne) is working on setting up a pellet production line. This project, started in 2022, aims to promote the wood from the Coëvrons bocage, support farmers in the management of hedges, and develop the chipped wood sector. The high school students are immersed in a business situation, actively participating in the installation of the production line modules: drying, dusting, crushing, compression, bagging, and robotization of palletizing for shipment to the points of sale. They are also responsible for the power supply, control elements and programming. Setting up this production line is estimated at 150,000 euros. The project is financed to the tune of 90,000 euros by the European Leader fund. The production objective is set at 40 tonnes the first year, to increase to 80 in a second phase and reach 140-150 tonnes per year, the equivalent of the consumption of 150 households. The energy saving is not negligible: For 1 kWh consumed, 50 kWh are produced.

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