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The First Fröling P4 Pellet Boiler 80/100 Installation

The newest and largest P4 Pellet boiler is the P4 Pellet 80/100. A commercial grade, ASME certified boiler with a heat output range between 80,000-341,000 Btu/hr per boiler. When 4 boilers are cascaded together it can have a heat output range of 80,000-1.4MM Btu/hr. This is perfect for mid-sized commercial buildings. These three boilers are… Read More »

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Commissioning Is Now Complete For The First Fröling TX 150 Wood Pellet Boilers

The three Fröling TX 150 wood chip/wood pellet boilers installed at the Stowe VT Middle/High School have gone through a week-long commissioning schedule and are now ready to operate. The three boilers are connected to a 500-gallon buffer tank that can produce up to 1.5 MM Btu/hr. The boilers are set up to operate on… Read More »

December 20, 2012

A Wild Idea

 About 5 years ago I was told about the building of the Poplar Stream Hut. The hut on Poplar Stream would be powered by a hydroelectric turbine and solar electric panels, include state of the art energy efficiency measures, composting toilets, and a radiant floor heating system heated by a wood boiler. The hut would… Read More »

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Montpelier Senior Center Gets a New Life-Now Heated with Wood Pellets (Fröling P4 48/60)

In December 2009 a fire nearly destroyed the Montpelier Senior Activity Center on Barre Street in Montpelier. Before the fire, the building had some efficiency issues. The building’s energy consumption was huge with a budget of over $38,000 a year for heat and electricity. The 25,000 sq ft. building had no insulation, single-pane windows, and… Read More »

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Pellet Boiler from Tarm Biomass is Helping Cafe Solar to Dry Coffee Beans

During the summer of 2010, Richard and Raul from Mesoamerican Development Institute (MDI) paid us a visit with pellets produced from coffee bean waste. We burned some of the fuel in our Multi-Heat 2.5 pellet boiler. The Multi-Heat has a very simple burn process that can handle the higher ash content of the fuel. Burning… Read More »

December 14, 2011

Filling our Wood Pellet Silo

We just received our first pellet delivery of the season. Below, is a quick video showing how easy and simple it is. Our silo can hold approximately 15 tons. It takes about 35 minutes to deliver 10 tons of fuel. Our entire 10,000 sq. ft building is heated with a Froling P4 48/60 Fully Automatic… Read More »