ILatvia iyizwe elincane laseNyakatho Yurophu elisempumalanga yeDenmark oLwandle iBaltic. Ngosizo lwengilazi yokukhulisa, kungenzeka ukubona iLatvia ebalazweni, emngceleni ne-Estonia enyakatho, iRussia neBelarus ngasempumalanga, neLithuania eningizimu.

Leli zwe elinciphayo liye lavela njengesizinda samandla e-wood pellet ngejubane elibhekene neCanada. Cabangela lokhu: Njengamanje iLatvia ikhiqiza amathani ayizigidi ezingu-1,4 amapulangwe ezinkuni minyaka yonke endaweni eyihlathi engamakhilomitha-skwele angu-27 000 nje kuphela. I-Canada ikhiqiza amathani ayizigidi ezi-2 endaweni yasehlathini enkulu ngokuphindwe ka-115 kuneyaseLatvia - cishe amahektha-skwele ayizigidi ezingu-1.3. Unyaka ngamunye, iLatvia ikhiqiza amathani angu-52 amapulangwe ezinkuni ngekhilomitha-skwele lehlathi. Ukuze iCanada ihambisane nalokho, kuzodingeka sikhiqize amathani angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-160 ngonyaka!

Ngo-Okthoba 2015, ngavakashela eLatvia ngemihlangano yoMkhandlu ophethe i-European Pellet Council we-ENplus pellet isikimu sesitifiketi sekhwalithi. Kwabaningi bethu abafika ngaphambi kwesikhathi, u-Didzis Palejs, usihlalo we-Latvian Biomass Association, wahlela ukuvakashela isitshalo se-pellet esiphethwe yi-SBE Latvia Ltd. kanye nezindawo ezimbili zokugcina izinkuni kanye nezindawo zokulayisha ePort of Riga nasePort of Marsrags. Umkhiqizi we-pellet u-Latgran usebenzisa ichweba lase-Riga kuyilapho i-SBE isebenzisa i-Marsrags, cishe amakhilomitha angu-100 entshonalanga ye-Riga.

Imboni yesimanje ye-pellet ye-SBE ikhiqiza amathani angama-70,000 wamapulangwe ezinkuni ngonyaka ezimakethe zase-Europe zezimboni nokushisa, ikakhulukazi e-Denmark, e-United Kingdom, e-Belgium nase-Netherlands. I-SBE iyi-ENplus eqinisekisiwe ngekhwalithi ye-pellet futhi inomehluko wokuba umkhiqizi wokuqala we-pellet eYurophu, futhi okwesibili kuphela emhlabeni, ukuthola isitifiketi esisha sokusimama kwe-SBP. Ama-SBE asebenzisa inhlanganisela yezinsalela ze-sawmill nama-chips njengesitoko sokuphakelayo. Abahlinzeki be-Feedstock bathola ukhuni oluyindilinga lwezinga eliphansi, bazigawule ngaphambi kokulethwa ku-SBE.

Kule minyaka emithathu edlule, ukukhiqizwa kwe-pellet yaseLatvia kukhule kusuka ngaphansi kancane kwamathani ayizigidi ezingu-1 kuya ezingeni layo lamanje lamathani ayizigidi ezingu-1.4. Kunezitshalo ze-pellet ezingama-23 ezinobukhulu obuhlukahlukene. Umkhiqizi omkhulu kunabo bonke yi-AS Graanul Invest. Njengoba isanda kuthola i-Latgran, umthamo wonyaka kaGraanul ohlangene esifundeni sase-Baltic ungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-1.8 okusho ukuthi le nkampani eyodwa ikhiqiza cishe cishe yonke iCanada!

Abakhiqizi baseLatvia manje bashaya izithende zaseCanada emakethe yase-UK. Ngo-2014, iCanada yathumela amathani angama-899,000 wamapulangwe ezinkuni e-UK, uma kuqhathaniswa namathani angama-402,000 avela eLatvia. Kodwa-ke, ku-2015, abakhiqizi baseLatvia baye banciphisa igebe. Kusukela ngo-Agasti 31, iCanada yayithumele amathani angama-734,000 e-UK neLatvia engekude ngemuva ngamathani angama-602,000.

Amahlathi aseLatvia ayakhiqiza futhi ukukhula kwaminyaka yonke okulinganiselwa ku-20 million cubic metres. Isivuno sonyaka singama-cubic metres ayizigidi eziyi-11 kuphela, okungaphezu kwesigamu sokukhula konyaka. Izinhlobo eziyinhloko zezentengiselwano yi-spruce, i-pine, ne-birch.

I-Latvia iyizwe langaphambili le-Soviet Bloc. Nakuba abaseLatvia baxosha amaSoviet ngo-1991, kunezikhumbuzo eziningi eziwohlokayo zaleyo nkathi—amafulethi amabi, amafekthri angasasebenzi, izisekelo zemikhumbi, izakhiwo zamapulazi nokunye. Naphezu kwalezi zikhumbuzo ezingokoqobo, izakhamuzi zaseLatvia zilahle ifa lamakhomanisi futhi zamukela ibhizinisi lamahhala. Ohambweni lwami olufushane, ngathola abantu baseLatvia benobungane, bezikhandla, namabhizinisi. Umkhakha we-pellet waseLatvia unendawo enkulu yokukhula futhi unenhloso yonke yokuqhubeka njengamandla omhlaba.