Wood Burning Boiler Project
Our new wood burning boiler is now working! A boiler house and fuel bunker now houses our new woodchip boiler system which replaces our existing oil boilers and provides central heating and hot water for the whole Manor.
Advantages of the new woodfuel system:
- The system is fully automated with the wood chips mechanically fed into the boiler when required.
- It has all the features of a modern gas or oil heating system and will be highly efficient and smokeless, only producing a small amount of ash.
- The system is carbon neutral as the carbon dioxide released when burning the wood is balanced by that absorbed during the tree growth.
- The woodchip fuel is delivered by a local business and sourced from Cumbrian forests. So we are supporting the local economy as well as using a sustainable fuel source.
- At present, woodchips cost about 70% of the price of oil. But in the future we may make much greater savings as oil supplies run low.
We are grateful to the Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme, Bassenthwaite Reflections, Lake district National Park and the Christian Outdoor Pursuits Trust who are funding this project.
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