biomass

Concerns about domestic woodburning in the UK and its impact on air quality have recently been brought to the fore again by groups such as Mums For Lungs. Not-for-profit solid fuel safety and standards organisation, HETAS looks at cleaner and safer choices for the use of biomass and other solid fuels, appliances and associated technologies: […]

MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) has published a new Standard for the maintenance of Biomass Boilers. The publication comes following several months of industry engagement to design this new Standard to help improve the air quality of emissions from biomass boilers. The Standard was commissioned following the Governments Clean Air Strategy 2018, Urban Biomass Consultation, and […]

Representatives from the UK’s biomass heat industry are calling on Government to properly think through pledges and proposals aimed at reducing the country’s carbon emission levels. This comes after another announcement, this time pledging £160m to wind generation, was made by the Prime Minister. Whilst sentiments and efforts to replace fossil fuel usage are very […]

With BS EN test standards for residential solid fuel burning appliances being updated, and incoming Ecodesign Regulations driving the need for appliance efficiencies to be properly proven, many manufacturers are seeing benefit in investing in third-party impartial product approval. Calvin May, Technical Standards Manager at HETAS, explains why this also pays dividends for installers, retailers […]

Representatives of the UK Pellet Council and Biomass Heat Works! are seriously urging those supplying to, operating within or using biomass for domestic or commercial heating, to respond to an open government consultation which potentially suggests having a one year ‘funding gap’ if approved. The online ‘Future Support for Low Carbon Heat’ consultation being delivered […]