WOOD PELLET BURNER / BOILER
Wood Pellet Boiler heating systems are becoming a viable option for providing heat and domestic hot water to homes and facilities of the U.S. Coast Guard.
With the rising costs, unstable supplies, and environmental issues of our dependency on foreign oil, now is the time to change our thinking to alternative sustainable fuels such as wood pellets. Pellets are mostly manufactured from products from sawmills and other wood processing industries. The materials used are ground wood chips and sawdust. No chemical additives are needed, the natural lignin of the wood itself serving as a binder.
Maine's greatest source of Carbon Dioxide CO2 production is from residential heating, not from commercial or industrial or transportation sources. As The President has stated; "Because our future depends on our ability to break free from oil that's controlled by foreign dictators, we need to make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy." Reducing our "CARBON WAKE" (aka Carbon Footprint) by using wood pellets is an investment that will put people back to work, make our nation more secure,and helps us meet our obligation as good stewards of the Earth we all inhabit.
First U.S. Coast Guard Owned Home (Duplex) with Wood Pellet Burner / Boiler Heating System
USCG Southwest Harbor Housing, Southwest Harbor Maine
(Evaluation Version)
Potential Savings: (Fall 2008 prices - Maine Oil / if heating oil is $4.28/gallon and pellets cost $275/ton
pellets are about half the cost of oil; 52%)
How Wood Pellets compare to Fuel Oil Environmentally
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