Q: I need a new heating system and want to consider alternatives to gas, oil and electricity. I hear biomass being mentioned often. What is biomass and how efficient and convenient is it? A: Biomass ...

It seems that our ancestors may have been on to something when they burned wood as fuel. A new study by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has found that burning biomass is far cheaper, more ...

Advances in pellet combustion and control automation have recently positioned wood-pellet-fired biomass boilers as economical alternatives to traditional boilers. Their targeted use promises distinct ...

For processes that require high-temperature heat transfer oil rather than steam, ZOZEN offers the YLW series biomass horizontal thermal oil boilers. These are square-coil, horizontal chain-grate ...

BAMBERG, Germany, Sept. 23, 2011 -- Bamberg opened the Army's first biomass heating system in Europe Sept. 14 in an effort to transition to more sustainable, renewable energy resources. Two new ...

ASHBURNHAM — A warm and comparatively comfortable winter may await students at the Overlook Middle School in Ashburnham, as the district nears the final steps in installing biomass boilers to heat the ...

A US-Chinese research group has developed a hybrid system proposal based on photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) modules, a heat pump, a backup electric boiler, and biomass generating units. They say it could ...

SUMMIT COUNTY – County commissioners will revisit plans for a biomass-fueled heating system for the County Commons next week, and the outlook for the once highly-touted project is not nearly as bright ...

European technology has come stateside with a new biomass boiler system at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland. The center, whose mission is to provide an environmental education to ...

SunWood Systems founders Marc DiMario and Dave Frank saw that these institutional installations offered an ideal setting for educating young people about biomass heat and, even more importantly, ...

Dear Jim: I need a new heating system and I want to consider alternatives to gas, oil or electricity. I hear “biomass” being mentioned often. What exactly is biomass and is it efficient, convenient ...

Researchers outline a computer simulation model addressing the challenge of solar power's inherent intermittency by adding biomass as another renewable energy source to advance a reliable, affordable ...