Are wood pellet boilers the future of heating?
Most domestic and commercial boilers run on gas or oil – fossil fuels available in limited quantities – but the introduction of wood pellet boilers could offer a sustainable solution for our future heating needs. The National Grid has predicted that by 2013, 67% of our natural gas will be imported and by 2020 this will increase to 90%. However, the infrastructure is not in place to meet these requirements and gas is both difficult and costly to import; it costs approximately £1 million to lay 1kilometer of gas pipe work. Continuing to import oil and gas means the UK trade deficit (predicted to be £80billion by 2018) may not be sustainable and will reduce the value of the pound. This is a vicious circle that will result in only one outcome- raising the cost further in fuel prices. So what’s the solution? Well, a sizeable wood fuel industry has emerged and a quality pellet is available in abundance. As this fuel is not linked to any global markets, it is predicted that the cost will rema
