Biomass heating could help businesses and public sector organisations cut their energy bills as well as their carbon emissions, according to the Carbon Trust.
The Trust, set up by the government to assist the transition to a low carbon economy, claims that a building the size of an average school using a system that could generate 1,600 megawatt hours a year could cut its fuel costs by £50,00 a year.
It also claims that burning biomass can produce savings of up to four pence less per kilowatt hour than using heating oil.
Mark Williamson, director of innovations at the Carbon Trust. Said: “We’ve become so reliant on oil, gas and electricity that many businesses just aren’t aware of the cost and carbon benefits of turning to biomass for their heating supply.”
He added: “Heating presently accounts for almost half (49 per cent) of the UK’s carbon emissions. Biomass typically offers carbon reductions of around 90 per cent relative to fossil fuel heating systems. ”
Burning wood pellets, straw, or waste would also help contribute towards targets set by the government for cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 and generating 15 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2020.
[Energy Savings Trust]
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1 Muddy Gilbert // Feb 2, 2009 at 5:13 pm
That’s great news, and will help to reduce carbon emissions. It’s good to see Biomass getting good press, rather than just being dismissed.
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