Biomass Boilers

Biomass boilers typically burn wood pellets which are clean, dry and dust free. They are delivered on a lorry more akin to a tanker than one used for delivering logs for a log burning stove.

The pellets are piped in to the storage container, a delivery might last a month in the winter and three months in the summer. 10 tonnes is sufficient for perhaps a month and requires a storage area no greater than 5m x 3m x 3m easily absorbed at a hotel or golf club for example.

The modern boilers create no smoke and on a very still day possibly a slight smell of burning wood but otherwise are very unobtrusive

The amount of ash produced from burning the wood chips is almost negligible and certainly does not create a large problem to dispose of. (The potash can be mixed in with compost and spread on your land.)

The boiler in a biomass system is feed automatically from a hopper which is topped up automatically as and when required.

Maintenance is minimal.