WHAT MAKES PELLET HEAT ECO-FRIENDLY?

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Wood pellets are one of the most eco-friendly forms of solid wood fuel available. They create almost no ash when being burnt, and are renewable (sourced from sustainable woodlands) so will not run out.

In January 2021, a new federal tax credit was created with the intention of inviting homeowners to switch to sustainable and environmentally friendly heat options. By investing in biomass-fueled heating alternatives, homeowners can save money while being more eco-conscious and replace ordinary oil and gas heat that produces harmful carbon emissions.

Biomass is organic matter, such plant material, that can be burned and used as an energy source or fuel. This includes wood pellets that can be burned in a pellet stove. What makes wood pellets a sustainable, environmentally friendly heat alternative is all in how pellets are made, and what they are made from.

o how does this process impact the environment?

• Using raw, leftover materials from natural, sustainable sources for heat reduces carbon emissions caused by oil drilling or mining.
• Wood pellets are made from carbon-neutral sources without any additives or adhesives, which affects their emissions when being burned.
• Rather than remaining as raw material, compressed wood pellets burn more efficiently due to their size and consistency and produce a higher heat value with little air pollution or creosote.

In addition to the pellets themselves, pellet stoves are an eco-conscious heating alternative due to the materials and costs required. Typically, pellet stoves are less expensive to build and install since they can be direct-vented outside rather than requiring a costly chimney, flue, or gas line that can all produce dangerous creosote.

From collection to compression to your pellet stove, the life cycle of a wood pellet creates little air pollution and carbon emissions, making pellet heat an eco-friendlier alternative to non-renewable fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, or gas.

Wood pellets are carbon neutral, renewable fuel, most made from 100% wood – cut-offs, sawdust and shavings without any adhesive additives. (Some are made from bark, agricultural crop waste, nutshells and other organic materials.) Most are made by compressing dry natural wood waste into cylindrical pellets with a diameter of ¼ inch and ¼ to 1¼ inches in length. They can be bought in 40-pound bags or delivered by tanker truck to a storeroom in the home. 

Wood pellets take up very little space compared with logs because of their high heat value. They burn more efficiently and produce very little air pollution or creosote (a type of tar like residue). Pellet wood (as well as solid wood) are more eco-friendly alternatives to non-renewable fossil fuel such as oil, coal and natural gas. Grade A2 ENplus Pellets Bulk Supplier.

Most pellet stoves are less expensive to install than wood stoves and can be direct-vented, avoiding building a costly chimney or flue. Pellet fuel appliances are available freestanding or can be fireplace inserts. The freestanding units are like conventional wood heaters, which generally heat only the room they are in, unless they have a fan to force the warm air into other spaces in the house. Class A2 Wood Pellets Import & Export.

Pellet-fired furnaces and boilers are now available for replacement or to supplement, gas or oil fired furnaces and boilers for space heating in homes.. A2 Wood Pellets Trader.

The main disadvantage of using pellets to heat your home is they rely on electricity to operate some of the components. The amount of electricity they use is minimal, but this can become a problem where an electrical supply is not available, or in a power outage. Class A2 Wood Pellets Exporter.

Pellet fuel appliances are more convenient to operate than ordinary wood stoves or fireplaces, and some have much higher combustion and heating efficiencies. As a consequence of this, they produce very little air pollution. In fact, pellet stoves are the cleanest solid fuel, residential heating appliance.