Pellet Market Intelligence

European pellet prices

Monthly wood pellet prices across Austria and Sweden, and pellets benchmarked against natural gas — the marginal alternative fuel for residential heating, small commercial heating and price-setting power generation in Europe.

Refreshed from source 2026-10-22 05:36 UTC

  • Austria · residential · data to Oct 2026
  • Austria · commercial · data to Oct 2026
  • Sweden · price index · data to Sep 2026
  • Austria · household gas · data to undefined NaN
  • Exchange rates · data to Sep 2026
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Section 01

Wood pellet prices by region

Monthly average delivered pellet prices in Austria and Sweden, in EUR per tonne.

Austria · Residential

445EUR / tonne
as of Oct 2026

Austria · Commercial

386EUR / tonne
as of Oct 2026

Sweden · Residential

390EUR / tonne
as of Sep 2026

Sweden · Commercial

244EUR / tonne
as of Sep 2026

Chart 01a

Residential pellets

Delivered to homes · Austria loose 6 t · Sweden bulk ≥3 t (<25 kW)

Chart 01b

Commercial pellets

Delivered · Austria ≥17 t · Sweden bulk 15–40 t (25 kW–2 MW)

Notes

  • · Residential prices include VAT (Austria 10%, Sweden 25%). Commercial prices exclude VAT.
  • · Sweden series published as an index by Pelletsförbundet. Rebased to SEK using known price points. Assuming heat content of commercial pellets of 4.8 MWh/tonne.
  • · SEK converted to EUR using monthly average market exchange rates (FRED EXSDUS × EXUSEU).
  • · Austrian household gas is published half-yearly, so it is shown flat within each half-year and held at the latest published half-year.
  • · All series are read directly from the sources below and refresh automatically; each source updates on its own publication schedule.

Sources

  • · Austria pellets: propellets.at
  • · Sweden pellets: pelletsforbundet.se
  • · Austria gas: E-Control, with Eurostat NRG_PC_202 for pre-2017 years
  • · FX: FRED (EXSDUS, EXUSEU)

Section 02

Pellet versus gas prices

Austrian household pellets vs Austrian household gas, both delivered and in EUR per MWh.

Austrian pellets

92.8EUR / MWh
as of Oct 2026

Austrian gas (all-in)

124.0EUR / MWh
as of Oct 2026

Pellet – Gas spread

-31.2EUR / MWh
as of Oct 2026

Chart 02 · Alternative fuel signal

Austrian household heating: pellets vs gas

Monthly, EUR per MWh · pellets delivered to homes (6 t, incl. 10% VAT) converted at 4.8 MWh / tonne · gas is the full household price — energy, network charges, taxes, levies and 20% VAT.

Sources · Pellets (residential, 6 t delivered, incl. VAT): propellets.at. Gas: E-Control market statistics, household size class 5,600–55,600 kWh per year, total price incl. network charges, taxes, levies and VAT (half-yearly, from 2017); earlier years from Eurostat NRG_PC_202 for Austria on the equivalent band. Pellet heat content assumed at 4.8 MWh / tonne.