3296 W 900 S SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84104 Get Directions
3296 W 900 S SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84104 Get Directions
Pellet fuel is a renewable, clean-burning and cost stable home heating alternative currently used throughout North America. It is a biomass product made of renewable substances – generally recycled wood waste. There are approximately 800,000 homes in the U.S. using wood pellets for heat, in freestanding stoves, fireplace inserts and even furnaces. Pellet fuel for heating can also be found in such large-scale environments as schools and prisons. North American pellets are produced in manufacturing facilities in Canada and the United States, and are available for purchase at fireplace dealers, nurseries, building supply stores, feed and garden supply stores and some discount merchandisers. In short, pellet fuel is a way to divert millions of tons of waste from landfills and turn it into energy.
Unlike oil, wood pellets are carbon-neutral, contributing nothing to global warming. Pellets are made from sawdust and other wood by- products, generating heat from materials which would otherwise end up in landfills. Wood pellets are readily available in the U.S. and, unlike oil, are a renewable resource. Pellets require far less energy to transport here than does oil. Once burned, premium- quality wood pellets generate about a half-percent of their content as ash, a ready fertilizer. Pellet stoves run at 80 percent efficiency or better, easily comparable to typical oil heating systems. And one ton of wood pellets generates the energy equivalent of 2.8 barrels of oil, an important consideration in this time of astronomical petroleum costs and Middle-East instability.
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