Tarm Biomass has been selling and supporting wood gasification boilers since 1994. Wood gasification boilers are becoming more common as more boiler companies adopt the technology to meet strict emissions rules. Learn more about the process and why a gasification boiler can be an excellent investment. In general, the process of gasification uses high heat… Read More »
If you live in a rural area (you’re reading this so you likely do), you are probably familiar with outdoor boilers, also known as outdoor wood burning stoves, outdoor wood furnaces, OWB, or hydronic heaters. Along with mullet haircuts, outdoor boilers became mainstream in the 1990s. Due to their use of smoke signals and prominent… Read More »
Most U.S. homes and businesses use either furnaces or boilers to produce heat. Because both serve the same function, people often refer to furnaces and boilers as though the terms were interchangeable, but the two are not the same. They differ in the methods used to heat a space. Wood furnaces and boilers use wood to produce… Read More »
When it comes to wood boiler efficiency, too many are “high efficiency” boilers. How could practically all wood boilers be considered highly efficient? Is the term meaningless? Even informed buyers must find the landscape very confusing. One might think a government website could help solve the confusion. However, even the EPA site listing certified wood… Read More »
A cord of freshly cut hardwood from a northern forest (green firewood) contains about 24,000,000 British Thermal Units (Btus) and weighs about 4,500 pounds. After proper air drying, the same cord weighs only 3,500 pounds. The loss of 1,000 pounds of water at 8.34 pounds per gallon is about 120 gallons. The next time you… Read More »
Tucked away in basements and utility rooms, boilers and furnaces quietly emit about 75% of household carbon dioxide emissions. Making large reductions in household carbon footprints requires de-fossilizing home heating systems. Homeowners are in luck because new wood pellet boilers and furnaces, aka modern wood heat and cold climate air-source heat pumps (ASHPs), can eliminate… Read More »
As of December 2020, installations of wood-fueled boilers and stoves for home heating with an efficiency of 75% or better qualify for a 26% federal tax credit. The Investment Tax Credit or ITC, which has been available for other renewable energy installations for years, was finally granted for efficient wood heating after almost a decade… Read More »
As of December 2020, installations of wood-fueled boilers and stoves for home heating with an efficiency of 75% or better qualify for a 26% federal tax credit. The Investment Tax Credit or ITC, which has been available for other renewable energy installations for years, was finally granted for efficient wood heating after almost a decade… Read More »
Green wood chips or dry wood chips, what is the best fuel for heating boilers? Generally the answer depends upon scale. Green wood chip boilers and fuel handling systems require more infrastructure, which means both a larger investment and larger requirements for floor space. Green wood chips do not require as much processing and handling… Read More »
Using wood for heating is not only smart carbon policy, but should also become an essential component of pro-forestation land management. Some believe the countdown timer on a 10 year planetary climate time bomb has begun. They believe we have ten years to figure out how to clip the carbon “wires” or human-induced carbon emissions… Read More »
