Southest forest are sweep clean of underbrush and leftovers from logging...made into pellets and sent to England to burn for biomas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ULHjXDjEU
Wood pellets have continued to gain market share in North America and Europe.
Wood pellets can be burned in the same electricity generating plants that used to burn coal.
Here is New England there are several pellet producing plants. They have become cheap enough to less than propane some winters. They are typically higher than natural gas or heating oil.
I installed a Harman wood pellet fireplace insert eight years ago. It is much less work than a wood stove. I burned one of those for 17 years.
In Europe, many people use wood pellets to heat their homes.
There are some very good quality stoves made in Italy, Austria and Germany.
Wood pellets are the bi product of logging. The branches and tops of trees that do not go to the sawmills are made into pellets. In addition, there are several sawmills that take their shavings and turn them into wood pellets.