Currently, the production of thermal energy by biomass has shown a clear trend toward densiied biofuels (pellets). This is due to their consistent size and shape that can be more easily delivered to homes, businesses, and power plants and can be automatically fed into advanced pellet boilers in a controlled and calibrated way. The use of densiied biofuels also reduces the costs associated with handling and transportation, due to the increase in density involved by densiication process. Demand for wood pellets is currently growing at a faster rate than supply in Europe. It is estimated that pellet market is growing to 0 Mt year −1 by 0 ; however, most wood waste is already commited for pressed wood products and pellets, therefore more supply of raw materials are needed. With the possible shortage of woody raw materials for pellet production and considering the low forestry residues potential in several countries, agricultural residues could be largely used in the future for fuel pellets manufacturing. "gricultural pellets, as well known as agripellets , are emerging and promising. However, they have certain diferences compared to conventional wood pellets.