Solid fuel or biomass boilers present an environmentally sound heating solution.
Instead of running on fossil fuels like gas, electricity or oil, the boilers efficiently extract energy from burning solid fuel to provide a constant supply of clean, sustainable heating and hot water throughout the day and throughout the year.
What is solid fuel?
Solid fuel, also called biomass, is biological material derived from animal, vegetable or plant matter. When referring to solid fuel used in boilers to produce energy the term is generally used to mean plant-based material.
Solid fuel heating is 'carbon neutral', meaning that it emits more or less the same amount of carbon dioxide as the plant absorbed while it was growing - thus causing minimal disruption to the earth's delicate CO2 balance.
Different types of solid fuel available include:
- Logs
- Wood pellets
- Wood chips
Types of solid fuel boilers
Various types of solid fuel boilers are available in a choice of outputs to meet your renewable energy needs. The smaller freestanding boilers can provide enough domestic hot water and central heating for a small home, while larger systems will satisfy the total heating and hot water needs of even the largest property.
Many types of solid fuel boilers are manual feed, such as the compact and stylish Baxi Bioflo manual feed pellet burner which is one of the most popular biomass boilers in Europe. The Baxi Solo Innova is ideal for customers with a ready supply of wood logs.
Other solid fuel boilers are fuelled automatically, including the Baxi Multiheat. This wood pellet burning boiler incorporates an integrated hopper that reduces installation and operating complexity.
Benefits of solid fuel boilers
Solid fuel has long been used in open fires and wood-burning stoves to provide heating. Yet recent technological advances have seen the development of new types of boilers that use solid fuel cleanly and efficiently to also heat water. As well as being kind to the environment, solid fuel boilers reduce energy consumption and lower fuel bills.
Ideal for customers in rural areas where mains gas is not available, modern solid fuel boilers are far more efficient than their traditional predecessors, and are comparable to high efficiency oil condensing boilers. Stylish in design, they are suitable for any home interior - from contemporary houses to rustic cottages.
