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With concerns about global warming on the rise, and the Government trying to increase the proportion of our energy derived from sustainable sources, wood is emerging as an important fuel.
Wood was once the most widely used source of fuel, and remarkably still is in many countries. In Britain, wood fell out of favour with the Industrial Revolution as fossil fuels were found to be cheaper, but with climate change wood is once again becoming a more attractive energy source, providing a greener alternative to fossil fuels.
The difference is that burning wood is a carbon neutral process – trees require carbon to grow, which is absorbed as carbon dioxide by the leaves, or absorbed through the roots. Therefore, every time someone burns wood from a tree and produces carbon dioxide, there is another tree that is still growing and reabsorbing that carbon dioxide. Wood chip is widely used across Europe for heating, especially in countries such as Austria and Scandinavia that have a strong forestry tradition, and wood chip boilers are available in a wide array of sizes, for all different purposes.
While wood burners tend to be more costly to buy and install than the average equipment required to burn fossil fuels, wood chip does present a very cost-competitive fuel alternative. Not only does the cost of woodchips and logs usually undercut that of other domestic fuels, but the fluctuation in price is less volatile and far more predictable than oil or gas.
Further more, wood chips present no risk to the environment if they are accidentally released, and they do not produce harmful by-products. While oil and gas by-products can prove to be poisonous and explosive, wood ash can actually be useful to the environment as it makes an excellent fertilizer – promoting a healthy recycling process. Modern appliances are quite pleasant, and don’t produce great amounts of smoke.
Fuel provided for wood chip boilers must comply with Austrian ONORM M 7133 specification.
Wood was once the most widely used source of fuel, and remarkably still is in many countries. In Britain, wood fell out of favour with the Industrial Revolution as fossil fuels were found to be cheaper, but with climate change wood is once again becoming a more attractive energy source, providing a greener alternative to fossil fuels.
How much greener is it to burn wood? After all the process still gives off carbon dioxide just like fossil fuels.
While wood burners tend to be more costly to buy and install than the average equipment required to burn fossil fuels, wood chip does present a very cost-competitive fuel alternative. Not only does the cost of woodchips and logs usually undercut that of other domestic fuels, but the fluctuation in price is less volatile and far more predictable than oil or gas.
Further more, wood chips present no risk to the environment if they are accidentally released, and they do not produce harmful by-products. While oil and gas by-products can prove to be poisonous and explosive, wood ash can actually be useful to the environment as it makes an excellent fertilizer – promoting a healthy recycling process. Modern appliances are quite pleasant, and don’t produce great amounts of smoke.
Fuel provided for wood chip boilers must comply with Austrian ONORM M 7133 specification.