With the price of fuels such as gas, oil and LPG rapidly increasing, soon people will be looking for a cheaper solution. This is where biomass comes in.
Wood fuel such as wood chip, pellets and logs are much cheaper than gas & oil etc and just as effective.
The drawback is the initial cost of the biomass boiler which can be quite expensive but when you add in the fact you can reduce your fuel bill by up to 30% a year, it won't be long before it pays you back.
What are your thoughts?
Dinesh
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Biomass boilers
Started by bioenergy, Dec 17 2013 02:25 AM
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Posted 17 December 2013 - 08:42 AM
A pilot project in Germany is showing how networking technology can create a
. . . 100%-uptime “virtual” power plant composed of
. . . widely-dispersed renewable energy sources.
The Combined Power Plant(CPP) links 36 geographically-dispersed,
. . . wind, solar, biogas, and hydropower facilities in Germany,
. . . into one jointly-controlled networked Virtual Power Plant(VPP).
According to the Renewable Energies Agency,
. . . the project “dispels arguments that the availability of electricity,
. . . from renewable energy sources is too dependent on meteorological influences.”
Behind the combined power plant is the idea of linking,
. . . the fluctuating electricity generation from wind turbines and
. . . solar installations with combined heat and power plants,
. . . so that the electricity demand can be covered around the clock and in any weather.
The beauty of the VPP, is that it can optimize the entire system, and
. . . deliver much greater value, without the need for,
. . . large capital investments in infrastructure and
. . . corresponding long lead times for implementation.
. . . . . . Customer-owned generation sources,
. . . . . . Utility designed DR [demand response] and
. . . . . . CPP [critical peak pricing] and
. . . . . . Plug-in electric vehicles (PHEV),
. . . all become eligible candidates to help utilities solve,
. . . grid balancing challenges.
Instead of building bigger and bigger physical power plants,
. . . software and other controls enable utilities to aggregate resources,
. . . on a short-term basis according to
. . . . . . proximity,
. . . . . . cost,
. . . . . . environmental performance, and/or other criteria.
VPPs are inherently flexible and modular.
. . . Since IT systems and corresponding software,
. . . is the “glue” holding the VPP together,
. . . resources can easily be swapped in and out,
. . . depending on the ever changing requirements:
. . . . . . to keep grids in balance,
. . . . . . or to lower customer costs
. . . . . . or displace dirty fossil generation during peak periods of demand.
German CPP/VPP
. . . 100%-uptime “virtual” power plant composed of
. . . widely-dispersed renewable energy sources.
The Combined Power Plant(CPP) links 36 geographically-dispersed,
. . . wind, solar, biogas, and hydropower facilities in Germany,
. . . into one jointly-controlled networked Virtual Power Plant(VPP).
According to the Renewable Energies Agency,
. . . the project “dispels arguments that the availability of electricity,
. . . from renewable energy sources is too dependent on meteorological influences.”
Behind the combined power plant is the idea of linking,
. . . the fluctuating electricity generation from wind turbines and
. . . solar installations with combined heat and power plants,
. . . so that the electricity demand can be covered around the clock and in any weather.
The beauty of the VPP, is that it can optimize the entire system, and
. . . deliver much greater value, without the need for,
. . . large capital investments in infrastructure and
. . . corresponding long lead times for implementation.
. . . . . . Customer-owned generation sources,
. . . . . . Utility designed DR [demand response] and
. . . . . . CPP [critical peak pricing] and
. . . . . . Plug-in electric vehicles (PHEV),
. . . all become eligible candidates to help utilities solve,
. . . grid balancing challenges.
Instead of building bigger and bigger physical power plants,
. . . software and other controls enable utilities to aggregate resources,
. . . on a short-term basis according to
. . . . . . proximity,
. . . . . . cost,
. . . . . . environmental performance, and/or other criteria.
VPPs are inherently flexible and modular.
. . . Since IT systems and corresponding software,
. . . is the “glue” holding the VPP together,
. . . resources can easily be swapped in and out,
. . . depending on the ever changing requirements:
. . . . . . to keep grids in balance,
. . . . . . or to lower customer costs
. . . . . . or displace dirty fossil generation during peak periods of demand.
German CPP/VPP
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