Pellet Stoves
Wood is the oldest source of energy harnessed by man. Wood energy is a form of solar energy, capturing the power of the sun through the magic of photosynthesis. It is part of the natural carbon cycle - the carbon that is emitted when it is burnt is only the carbon that was removed from the atmosphere when the tree was growing, and will be removed again as future trees grow. It is a plentiful, environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels.
People in the developed world moved away from wood as an energy source for two main reasons: cleanliness and convenience. Traditional wood fires produce smoke with impacts on air quality and health, and require significant manual labour to cut, collect and chop the wood and keep feeding the fire. Wood pellets overcome these obstacles, so that wood can be as practical a modern fuel as old, gas or electricity.
Wood pellets are made by grinding and compressing wood into pellets, typically 6 or 8 mm in diameter and a centimetre or two long. They are much denser and drier than natural wood, so need less storage space for a given amount of energy. Being consistent in shape and size, they can easily be moved mechanically, so that stoves and boilers can be fed automatically from a hopper rather than requiring new logs to be added regularly to the grate. Thanks to this ease of handling, modern pellet stoves or boilers can be controlled automatically to deliver the amount of heat and hot water required at the time. The consistency and ease of control of the fuel allows it to be burnt so cleanly that there is almost no smoke or other harmful emissions - clean enough to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act.
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