What is Biomass? - Biomass Boilers and Biomass Stoves
Biomass is the burning of renewable materials like wood pellets, chips and logs to produce both heat and hot water; whether this is for powering a central heating systems and hot water boilers or merely providing heat for a single room.
How does biomass work?
Biomass boilers and stoves work simply by burning renewable sources of fuel like wood to produce heat that can heat either a single room or a whole building. Biomass boilers are totally carbon neutral, as long as the fuel is sourced from sustainable forests, because the CO2 given off by the burning of wood is equal to that of the CO2 absorbed from the atmosphere by the tree over its lifetime.
Biomass Boilers and Stoves work in slightly different ways, as explained below:
Biomass Boilers
Biomass boilers burn various kinds of wood fuels including wood pellets and wood chips. Biomass boilers are usually 
connected to both central heating systems and hot water systems in order to provide both heat and hot water to your home. Many pellet and chip burning biomass boilers have automatically refilling mechanisms, meaning you only have to refill the fuel storage unit when it runs low, which isn’t that often depending on the size of your fuel storage unit, or ‘hopper’ as they are known. An example of a biomass boiler can be seen in the image to the left. A biomass boiler can provide all the hot water and heat your home needs all year round.
Biomass Stoves
Biomass stoves, or wood burning stoves as they are also known, burn logs or pellets to heat a single room usually;
although biomass stoves can be fitted with a back boiler to provide hot water heating as well. Biomass stoves are available in a wide range of styles, from traditional styles to more contemporary designs like the stove shown in the image to the right. Biomass stoves are generally filled by hand. Biomass stoves can heat your room very effectively, providing a high level of heat. If connected to a back boiler, this is enough to provide all the hot water needed for your home.
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