Storing renewable energy is one of the great challenges of the current age. Until renewable energy can be stored reliably and in massive quantities, we are not able to relinquish our use of fossil and nuclear fuels. There is no single energy storage method that can solve all of our needs, though electric batteries hold… Read More »
Wood burning is carbon neutral. For thousands of years, wood burning has been carbon neutral. Now that we face a climate crisis, some people have concluded that wood burning is no longer carbon neutral. What changed? Here’s what hasn’t changed: People believe the science they want to believe. Some think all forestry is unsustainable. Other’s… Read More »
We previously posted about the pellet boiler installation at our offices, which consists of two Froling P4 100 commercial pellet boilers. The prior post was made from the 30,000 foot perspective. This post dives a little deeper to also show key commercial pellet boiler installation components. From the fuel storage to the boilers we will… Read More »
World class products such as Effecta wood boilers aren’t hatched in one day. Making great wood boilers requires reactionary development and evolutionary design. Markets are ever changing. In Sweden, where renewable heat is ordinary, Effecta has become known as a market leader. Thirty six years of effort and experience are infused into Effecta wood boilers. … Read More »
World class products such as Effecta wood boilers aren’t hatched in one day. Making great wood boilers requires reactionary development and evolutionary design. Markets are ever changing. In Sweden, where renewable heat is ordinary, Effecta has become known as a market leader. Thirty six years of effort and experience are infused into Effecta wood boilers. … Read More »
A Box of Water with Fire Inside Wood boilers control fire. It’s an old story. The ancient people discovered fire. Hairy the caveman rubbed two sticks together and made an ember. Hairy controlled his fire by adding the right size wood at the right time. Modern people didn’t like caves or living outside, so they… Read More »
A Fertile Opportunity for Renewable Heating Sometimes nice old buildings present fertile opportunities for renewable heating makeovers with Fröling wood pellet boilers. Here is a great example. The 30,000 square foot office and warehouse was built starting in 1965 by New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson for his Equity Publishing business. As Governor Thomson’s business grew… Read More »
The house is a two-story 4,800 (total) square foot log structure built by its owners several decades ago. The roof is supported by scissor trusses, which create vaulted ceilings and a small attic space above the ceilings. Originally, there were two boilers providing the heat, a Frank’s Wood Boiler and a separate oil boiler, both… Read More »
Brian Millette is retiring! Tomorrow, Wednesday May 9th, will be Brian’s last day at Tarm Biomass. Brian started working for Nichols Hardware in September of 1988. I was still in high school at the time. Brian was originally a floor clerk in the hardware store, which was owned by my Father Jim Nichols and Uncle… Read More »
Froling has received EPA approvals for PE1 20 and PE1 35 pellet boilers. Results will soon be posted on the EPA Hydronic Heaters List, which can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/residential-wood-heaters/fact-sheet-summary-requirements-wood-fired-hydronic-heaters The PE1 20 has an emission rate of .049 lbs/mmBtu/hr. and an annualized emission rate of .425 grams/hr. Annualized efficiency is 78%. The PE1 35… Read More »
