He ʻāina liʻiliʻi ʻo Latvia ʻEulopa ma ka hikina o Denemaka ma ke Kai Baltic. Ke kōkua ʻia e ke aniani hoʻonui, hiki ke ʻike iā Latvia ma ka palapala ʻāina, i palena ʻia e Estonia i ka ʻākau, Russia a me Belarus ma ka hikina, a me Lithuania i ka hema.

Ua puka mai kēia ʻāina liʻiliʻi ma ke ʻano he mana lāʻau pellet i ka wikiwiki e hoʻokūkū iā Canada. E noʻonoʻo i kēia: Ke hana nei ʻo Latvia i kēia manawa he 1.4 miliona tonnes o nā pellets lāʻau i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai kahi ululāʻau o 27,000 mau kilomika square. Hoʻopuka ʻo Canada i 2 miliona mau tone mai kahi ululāʻau he 115 manawa ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o Latvia - ma kahi o 1.3 miliona mau ʻeka square. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻopuka ʻo Latvia i 52 tonnes o nā pellet lāʻau i kēlā me kēia kilomika square o ka nahele. No Kanada e hoʻohālikelike i kēlā, pono mākou e hana ma mua o 160 miliona tonnes i kēlā me kēia makahiki!

I ʻOkakopa 2015, kipa au iā Latvia no nā hālāwai o ka European Pellet Council-govering body of ENplus pellet quality certification scheme. No kekahi o mākou i hiki mua mai, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Didzis Palejs, ka luna o ka Latvian Biomass Association, i kahi huakaʻi i kahi hale pellet nona ka SBE Latvia Ltd. a me ʻelua mau mea mālama lāʻau a me ka hoʻouka ʻana ma ke awa o Riga a me ke awa o Marsrags. Hoʻohana ka mea hana pellet Latgran i ke awa o Riga aʻo SBE hoʻohana iā Marsrags, ma kahi o 100 mau kilomita ma ke komohana o Riga.

Hoʻopuka ka mea kanu pellet hou o SBE i 70,000 tonnes o nā pellets lāʻau i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka ʻoihana ʻEulopa a me nā mākeke wela, ʻo ia hoʻi ma Denmark, United Kingdom, Belgium a me Netherlands. ʻO SBE ka ENplus i hōʻoia ʻia no ka maikaʻi o ka pellet a loaʻa iā ia ka ʻokoʻa ʻo ia ka mea hana pellet mua ma ʻEulopa, a ʻelua wale nō ma ka honua, i loaʻa ka palapala hōʻoia hoʻomau SBP hou. Hoʻohana nā SBE i ka hui ʻana o nā koena sawmill a me nā ʻōpala i mea hānai. Hoʻokumu nā mea hoʻolako meaʻai i ka lāʻau poepoe haʻahaʻa, ʻokiʻoki ma mua o ka lawe ʻana iā SBE.

I nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hana pellet o Latvia mai kahi liʻiliʻi ma lalo o 1 miliona tone a hiki i kona pae i kēia manawa he 1.4 miliona tone. He 23 mea kanu pellet o nā ʻano nui like ʻole. ʻO ka mea hana nui loa ʻo AS Graanul Invest. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o Latgran, ʻo ka nui makahiki o Graanul i hui ʻia ma ka Baltic Region he 1.8 miliona tone, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo kēia ʻoihana hoʻokahi e hoʻohua kokoke i ka nui o Kanada!

Ke ʻoki nei nā mea hana Latvian i nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o Kanada ma ka mākeke UK. I ka makahiki 2014, ua lawe aku ʻo Canada i 899,000 tonnes o nā pellets lāʻau i UK, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 402,000 tonnes mai Latvia. Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki 2015, ua hōʻemi nā mea hana Latvian i ke āpau. Ma ʻAukake 31, ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Canada i 734,000 tonnes i UK me Latvia ʻaʻole mamao ma hope o 602,000 tonnes.

ʻO nā ululāʻau o Latvia ka mea ulu me ka ulu makahiki i manaʻo ʻia ma 20 miliona cubic mika. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili makahiki he 11 miliona cubic mika wale nō, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o ka ulu makahiki. ʻO nā ʻano mea kūʻai nui he spruce, pine, a me birch.

ʻO Latvia kahi ʻāina Soviet Bloc kahiko. ʻOiai ua kipaku ka poʻe Latvian i nā Soviets i ka makahiki 1991, he nui nā mea hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻomanaʻo ai i kēlā au-nā hale ʻino, nā hale hana i haʻalele ʻia, nā kahua moana, nā hale mahiʻai a pēlā aku. ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau hoʻomanaʻo kino, ua hoʻopau nā kamaʻāina Latvian iā lākou iho i ka hoʻoilina komunista a komo i ka ʻoihana manuahi. I koʻu kipa pōkole ʻana, ʻike wau i ka poʻe Latvian he hoaaloha, hana paʻakikī, a ʻoihana. Nui ka lumi o ka ʻāpana pellet o Latvia e ulu a loaʻa i nā manaʻo āpau e hoʻomau i ka ikaika honua.