Long leaf pine of the South Eastern United States is now also used as a heating and electricity generation fuel as far away as Europe. North Carolina is on track to become the World's largest single source of wood pellets[1]. On the other hand, during the lumber shortage of 2020/1 the bottleneck was at the mill.

1. https://energynews.us/2019/12/02/estonia-is-beginning-to-see...