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Today, it is becoming a lot more important that we reduce our carbon emissions, treat our planet better and think about renewable sources of energy - like biomass boilers - when we plan on possessing a green future. The combination of the concern around greenhouse gases and their impact on the environment along with rapidly depleting supplies of fossil fuels have encouraged the UK government to sponsor schemes like the Renewable Heat Initiative, which helps using the costs of putting in environmentally friendly products such as biomass boilers. A Bit of Background Put simply, biomass is living or recently living materials which can be burned for energy - unlike the long-dead animals that make up our coal, crude oil and natural gases. Use of biomass boilers has been popular in rural areas away from conventional energy grids for decades, although single house boilers have grown to be more affordable and popular to those who are concerned with their energy output. A Closed Carbon Cycle The fuel for biomass boilers is regarded as carbon neutral, which means that virtually no carbon emissions are produced from their burning compared with the positive effects of planting trees, as a living tree producing fractional co2 will absorb roughly the same amount of harmful gases that burning the product would produce. The efficiency of biomass boilers can be around 94%, and in some products from Grant Engineering in the UK and Ireland their patented turbulator baffle system recycles yet another 20% of the heat which would usually be wasted. Grant UK's biomass boilers even have their own patented turbulator baffle system which recycles waste heat back into the machine, and have approximately 94% efficiency. Why Biomass? The biggest motivating factor for making the switch is almost certainly the environmental considerations, though there are bonuses. While they could be quite expensive to get and install, you can save approximately £80 a year on bills when compared with a gas heater, and over £500 when replacing an electric home heating system. The biomass fuel is cheaper than fossil alternatives, and if you try and buy from local or at least national sources they cause almost no damage to the surroundings to produce, pack and send. As with all things, it is less costly to buy the pellets in big amounts bags of countless tonnes, although that will be easier for businesses and big homesteads which have the accessible space. Biomass [http://biomassboilersstuart101.webnode.com/news/biomass-boilers-and-how-they-can-affect-our-purse/ boilers] do you their problems Some misconceptions of biomass boilers have prevented their popularity from becoming more mainstream. The dimensions issue continues to be prohibitive for many people, although increasingly smaller models are always coming out, which means you may not need a whole shed or garage to house the machine. They have a much higher installation and buying cost than conventional boilers, but with the government's Renewable Heat Incentive this price disparity is rapidly decreasing. Meanwhile log-burning machines have gotten a bad track record of the high level of maintenance they want, although the machines which use wooden pellets need checking only once per year and more often than not feed and clean themselves. Consider a biomass boiler to be an investment A biomass boiler is a big investment with a considerable starting cost, sometimes three times as expensive as a gas boiler, though it should last throughout your daily life and the cost of wood pellets is significantly lower than the price of gas which is only going to keep going up. As the pellet-burning machines only need annual maintenance, they require less money and effort than a wood or chip burner and only a little more than a conventional fossil fuel burner. Invest in your home and down the road of the earth by considering the benefits of a biomass boiler.
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