A factor with wood chips which needs careful consideration is your storage capacity. There are three important questions you will need to ask yourself before committing yourself to choosing this type of biofuel for your biomass heating system. How much space do you have for a store? How much energy will that store contain? and ...

Yes, as the name implies, these are chips of wood! They are the cheapest form of biomass fuel suitable for large-scale automation.

On the face of it, looking at price per tonne, wood chips appear to win hands down. A tonne of wood chip at 30% moisture content will set you back £80-£90, while a tonne of wood pellets will be around £195 per tonne. However, a tonne of wood pellets contains more energy than a tonne ...