Woodworking Machinery – Biomass Boilers
What is a biomass boiler?
Biomass boilers are very similar to conventional gas boilers that you will be familiar with, providing you with space heating and hot water for the entire home, but instead of using gas (or oil) to produce the heat, they combust sustainably sourced wood pellets.
Using wood in place of fossil fuels helps to prevent long-term climate change, since the carbon dioxide released during the combustion was actually absorbed while the tree was growing, so they are essentially carbon neutral.
Each year, approximately 8.5 million tonnes of wood goes into landfill in the UK; this waste wood could be used in either biomass boilers (if converted into the pellets) or burned in wood burning stoves. This would not only provide heat and hot water, but in doing so, it would also ease the pressure on landfill capacity.
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High-Tech welcome the forthcoming introduction of The Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) in Ireland. This subsidy scheme will reward businesses in Ireland who install Talbott biomass heating systems. The Talbotts ‘MWE’ Modern Wood Energy range as standard incorporate automatic de-ash, heat exchange cleaning, oxygen trim ‘lambda control’, all to ensure efficient, clean and complete combustion. There are four sizes available in the range rated at 199kW, 300kW, 600kW and 999kW with larger sizes expected to be available soon. All of these units are boiler based and eligible for the Governments renewable heat incentive scheme where they have SSRH emissions certification. They are designed to use such biomass fuels as: Wood Pellets Wood Chips MDF Chipboard Hardwood Softwoods