Microgeneration technology - such as biomass boilers - is an effective way of using renewable energy to benefit the environment, increasing the energy efficiency of your home and reducing your fuel bills.
Biomass brings numerous benefits: economic, environmental, social and financial benefits due to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
Key benefits offered by biomass boilers include:
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Local economy
Biomass fuel is widely available throughout the UK. As well as guaranteeing supply, the use of UK-sourced biomass can support the rural economy by offering local business opportunities as well as keeping transport costs to a minimum.
The expanding market for biomass fuel also encourages biodiversity by providing an economic incentive for managed woodland. -
Carbon neutral
When compared with fossil fuels, like oil, gas or coal, biomass is a sustainable carbon neutral fuel.
A biomass boiler offers an environmentally sound heating solution as it emits on average the same amount of carbon dioxide that is absorbed by plants, thus having little or no adverse affect on the earth's delicate CO2 balance. -
Total solution
Biomass has been used as a source of heating by many generations in the form of wood-burning stoves and open fires. Recent advances in technology have led to the development of new types of boiler that use biomass cleanly and efficiently to heat both space and water, such as the Baxi Bioflo.
As well as being 'green', biomass boilers reduce energy consumption - resulting in lower energy bills, especially in the face of rising costs of traditional fuel. -
Ideal for off-gas areas
For customers living in rural areas where mains gas is not available, a biomass boiler is an attractive alternative to more conventional off-gas heating solutions such as oil and LPG. Cleaner and less volatile, biomass boilers are also independent of the fluctuating prices of oil and gas. -
High efficiency
With above 90% efficiency, such as the Baxi Bioflo with a high efficiency of 94%, modern biomass boilers are highly sophisticated and comparable in combustion efficiency and emission levels to high efficiency oil condensing boilers.
When integrated into central heating systems in a similar way to conventional boilers, a biomass boiler efficiently extracts energy to provide a home with constant heat and hot water. -
Earn while you save
As well as lowering fuel bills and carbon emissions, households with a biomass boiler heating system are eligible to earn 9p per kWh of heat generated under the Government's Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
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