Alternative Fuel Payment
The Government has recently confirmed that households across Great Britain are eligible for the £200 Alternative Fuel Payment. They will start to receive this additional financial support from the beginning of February. The one-off payment is to ease the cost of soaring heating bills this winter for around two million homes across Great Britain without mains gas. This includes households using oil, coal, LPG, and wood pellets to heat their homes.
The majority, including many homes in rural areas, will get the payment automatically through their electricity supplier as a credit on their bill throughout February. A small minority of customers, such as those living in park homes or on static houseboats with no direct energy supplier, need to apply. They can do this through an online portal that will launch later this month.
So, make sure you apply for your Alternative £200 Fuel Payment today.
Wood Pellets
Balcas Energy wood pellets are locally produced and meet En Plus A1 standards. This is a crucial factor when you consider your wood pellets provider. Indeed, many suppliers sell EnPlusA1 wood pellets they sourced or imported from Russia ir Belarus, and not locally produced.
Around 40% of ENplus® pellets used in the UK are imported, leaving many suppliers low on stock. At Balcas Energy, we make our wood pellet fuel with green energy in our two local plants in Enniskillen (Northern Ireland) and Invergordon (Scotland). Due to a glut of locally-pruduced pellets, we have been supplying more customers than usual.
Here at Balcas Energy, we use a sustainable manufacturing process. By using renewable energy and the highest quality material to make our EnPlus A1 Wood Pellets.
Why should you choose Balcas Energy ENplus® A1 certified pellets?
A key advantage of ENplus® is that pellet quality is that we manage it throughout the entire supply chain.
At Balcas Energy, our locally manufactured Wood pellets are ENplus® A1 & BSL certified. We have listed a comprehensive list of our certificates and accreditations on this page. Here, we let customers view and download any document they need for their peace of mind and high-quality proofing. Our company can also be found on the official ENplus® A1 quality scheme website.
We control these high-quality standards since we manage the trees and timber, through the sustainable local manufacturing process. We do this in our two plants through the entire delivery with our special fleet, and to your home or business.
Please click on the image to see the specifications of our wood pellets compared to the ENplus® A1 quality scheme requirements.
What are the potential issues with using non ENplus®A1 certified pellets?
With customers using non-certified wood pellets, they are most likely going to encounter one of the following:
- Higher ash content –up to 10 times greater. More ash means less energy efficiency and increased boiler maintenance.
- Lower ash melting temperature – greater risk of clinker causing blockages on the grate and reduced efficiencies.
- Higher chlorine contents – The risk of accelerated heat exchanger corrosion in your biomass appliance.
- Higher percentage fines content due to lower durability.
- Very high chance of causing your appliance problems as soon as they enter the fuel delivery system. Non-certified pellets will look similar to certified pellets, you cannot tell the difference just from a visual inspection but they could behave very differently in your boiler.
4 key aspects of ENplus® Certified wood pellets
Balcas Sustainability Manufacturing Process
Balcas focus is on the future. And there is no better future than one we can control.
At Balcas we believe that sustainably managed forests are our future. So we innovate with timber, taking care to use it as efficiently as possible, ensuring four trees are planted for every one we harvest.
Forests are the lungs of the planet and we are proud of the contribution that we are making towards fighting climate change:
If you need to speak to us about our locally produced high-quality wood pellets, please contact us by clicking HERE.
Thank You,
Balcas Energy
