Why ENplus A1 Certification Matters: High-Quality Wood Pellets You Can Trust

Eco-Friendly Wood PelletsWhy ENplus A1 Certification Matters: Premium Eco-Friendly Wood Pellets by Balcas Energy

When heating your home or business, quality and reliability are essential. At Balcas Energy, we meet these needs with ENplus A1 certification, guaranteeing top-quality eco-friendly wood pellets. Here’s why this certification matters and how it benefits you.

What is ENplus A1 Certification?

ENplus A1 is an internationally recognized standard for wood pellet quality, administered by the European Pellet Council. It ensures pellets meet strict criteria for:

•Low moisture content for maximum energy efficiency.

•Consistent size and density for optimal burner performance.

•Minimal ash content to reduce maintenance.

•Sustainable sourcing to lower environmental impact.

This certification also covers the entire supply chain, from production to delivery, ensuring you receive premium pellets every time.

Key Benefits of ENplus A1 Certified Pellets

1.Superior Energy Efficiency

Low moisture and high calorific value ensure efficient heat production, saving you money on heating.

2.Cleaner Heating

Minimal ash content means cleaner burns, less system residue, and reduced maintenance for stoves and boilers.

3.Consistent Performance

Uniform size and density guarantee reliable results for both small stoves and industrial boilers.

4.Eco-Friendly Solution

Sustainable, locally sourced materials reduce carbon emissions, offering a greener heating option.

5.Transparent Supply Chain

Strict quality checks at every stage ensure safe, clean, and high-grade pellets.

Why Choose Balcas Energy?

At Balcas Energy, we produce ENplus A1 certified pellets in state-of-the-art facilities powered by renewable energy. With over 50 years of expertise, we offer sustainable, high-quality wood pellets delivered professionally across the UK and Ireland.

Our commitment to quality and sustainability makes us a trusted supplier, providing reliable heating solutions that meet your needs.

Get Started with Balcas Energy

Looking for premium, eco-friendly wood pellets? Explore our range of ENplus A1 certified pellets today. Whether for your home or business, Balcas Energy delivers reliable and sustainable heating solutions.

Get a Quote Now and join the growing number of customers who trust Balcas Energy for their heating needs.

Energy Saving Tips for Winter: Stay Warm and Save Money

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Save Energy, Cut Heating Costs, & Stay Warm This Winter with Balcas Energy

Winter is approaching, and with rising energy costs, now is the time to adopt smart energy-saving habits. Balcas Energy is here to help you keep your home warm and cut heating costs. Follow these simple tips to save energy and money this winter.

Temperature: Reduce Heating Costs This Winter

Lower Your Thermostat

Set your living areas to a comfortable 20°C. Keep hallways and bedrooms cooler, ideally between 15-18°C. Lowering the temperature by just one degree can cut heating bills by up to 10%.

Radiators: Control Room Temperatures

Use radiator valves to reduce or turn off heating in unused rooms. Only heat the spaces you use the most to avoid energy waste.

Hot Water: Set the Right Temperature

Adjust Your Thermostat

Keep your hot water thermostat between 60-65°C. This ensures water is hot enough for safety while preventing energy waste.

Use an Immersion Timer

Set an immersion timer to heat water only when needed. Insulate your immersion with a lagging jacket to retain heat.

Showers: Use Less Hot Water

Take showers instead of baths. A shower typically uses 20% of the energy a full bath requires, making it the smarter choice.

Taps: Stop Wasting Energy

Turn off hot taps when not in use. Running water needlessly wastes energy and increases costs.

Appliances: Use Energy Wisely

Dishwasher & Washing Machine

Most energy used by these appliances heats water. Run them at lower temperatures to save power. Washing clothes at 30°C is often enough unless heavily soiled.

Fridge & Freezer

Set your fridge to 2-3°C to keep food fresh without freezing produce. Adjust your freezer to -15°C for optimal efficiency.

Timers & Smart Controls: Schedule Heating Efficiently

Use Heating Timers

Set heating to match your daily routine. Turning it on 30 minutes before use and off 30 minutes before leaving helps reduce energy waste.

Smart Heating Controls

Control temperature and schedules from your smartphone with smart heating systems. Many energy suppliers offer these devices, and Balcas Energy provides a €700 grant to help with installation. Visit the SEAI page on Heating Upgrade Grants for details.

Monitor Energy Usage

Electricity Monitors

Track real-time energy usage. Seeing how much power appliances use helps you make informed decisions to cut costs.

Lighting: Save Power on Illumination

Maximise Natural Light

Delay switching on lights by using daylight effectively. Arrange furniture to take advantage of natural light.

Switch to LED Bulbs

Replace failed bulbs with energy-efficient LEDs. Choose the lowest suitable wattage for each space.

Turn Off Lights

Always switch off lights when leaving a room. Install sensors or timers on outdoor lights to save energy.

Draught-Proof Your Home

Close Doors

Keep doors shut between heated and unheated spaces to prevent heat loss.

Seal Draughts

Check windows, doors, and keyholes for draughts and seal gaps. Use a chimney balloon in unused fireplaces to block cold air.

Use Curtains Wisely

Close curtains at night to retain heat. Open them during the day to let in natural warmth.

Stay Warm & Energy-Efficient This Winter

Small changes like adjusting your thermostat, optimizing appliance use, and sealing draughts can lower energy bills. Balcas EnergyBalcas Energy is committed to helping you heat your home efficiently.

Order your wood pellets today before the winter rush. Stay warm and prepared with Balcas Energy—your trusted partner in sustainable heating solutions.

Everything You Need To Know about Wood Pellets

As the largest manufacturer and distributor in the UK and Ireland, we thought that in addition to the FAQ section of our website, we would prepare an easy-to-read guide on everything you need to know about wood pellets, how to prepare for the winter, and where to get them!

What are Wood Pellets?

Wood Pellets are small, cylindrical pieces made from wood residue produced as a by-product of Balcas’ sawmilling processes in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The pellets created, are made locally at the highest standards with the original timber being either spruce or pine locally sourced from sustainably managed forests.

As an alternative to fossil fuel, wood pellets are an environmentally friendly fuel. Especially thanks to the manufacturing process at Balcas, where we make them with renewable energy and high-quality materials. Our operations are powered by green electricity, generated on-site thanks to the co-products of all Balcas saw-milling activities.

For every tree we use, 4 more are planted – the heart of our sustainability story.

 

What are wood pellets used for?

As an alternative to fossil fuel, wood pellets are an environmentally friendly fuel, used for heating purposes. They are used in biomass boilers to produce heat, and hot water in homes. Furthermore, in the commercial and industrial sectors, they are used as a zero-carbon fuel, for heat generation and industrial production.

How Much Do Wood Pellets Cost?

Depending on how you want to store your fuel, we’ve put together the best prices we could. See here the options on how to store your pellet fuel

As we have different prices for each location, you can quickly add your location, postcode, and choose your product type (Bulk or Bags) HERE. Your unique price will be shown on the screen with Delivery charges and taxes included. The quote you get is the price you pay.

Do I need Good Quality Wood Pellets?

When looking to buy your pellet fuel, you have to make sure that they are certified ENplus A1 and they also have a BSL accreditation. At Balcas Energy we carefully screen, test, and quality check each pellet, in order to comply with the highest quality accreditation.

ENplus A1 is the best assurance and guarantee of premium-quality wood pellets that you can get. Low-quality wood pellets can damage your boiler and cost you more in the long run.

Where can you buy ENplus A1 Pellets?

As we manufacture our wood pellets, we’re in control of our supply and stocks. We supply all year round, across the islands of Ireland and Great Britain, and supply from 10 different depots strategically placed around the countries.

We use our own delivery fleet for providing Bulk Wood Pellets – available to order online anytime. Alternatively, you can order via phone, via email, or via our Online Form and our Customer Support Team will place your order for you.

Our 10kg Bagged Wood Pellets are also available online and we deliver across all UK & Ireland. They are available in different sizes: 250kg, 500kg and 750kg. The 960kg pallet for bags is only available on the Island of  Ireland at the moment, but we’re looking into making this available for GB soon. Just add your postcode and check your price.

How many wood pellets are used in a year?

Depending on how you want to store your fuel and based on your heating needs, this can vary from as little as 3 tonnes per year in a home setting.  However, if this was an industrial setting such as whiskey production or big commercial customers in need of large amounts of heat production, this would be thousands of tonnes per annum.

To find out how much you would use, you have to look up your current energy bill and see how many kilowatt-hours you are using on a monthly basis. If you take into consideration that an average of 4,000 kWh of heat requires around 1 Tonne of high-quality wood pellets, you can easily calculate how many tonnes you would need for your home in a year.

Please also take a look at everything you need to know about wood pellets storage instructions here.

Is Demand High for our locally sourced fuel?

Due to the banning of Russian-origin pellets in 2022, many suppliers had no stock meaning our customer base increased massively. As the market is in a much more stable condition for the 2023 winter heating season, we expect extremely high demand again for our locally produced, ENplus A1 wood pellets.  We strongly recommend that you take the opportunity to fill your fuel store well in advance.

If you have more questions…

Please visit the FAQ section of our website. You can also email us or call us anytime, we’ll get back to you ASAP!

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Easter Holiday: Balcas Energy Office opening times

Our office will be closed for Easter Holiday on Friday, 2nd and Monday, 5th of April – we will reopen as normal on Tuesday, 6th of April.

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This doesn’t affect our Online Shop and you can still Order Online as per normal, 24/7:

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At present, in the context of COVID-19, we are fully operational and conducting Bulk & Bagged deliveries and business commitments to our normal service. Read More…

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Bagged Wood Pellets versus Bulk Wood Pellets

Because we make our own biomass pellets locally, we have control over the product’s quality from tree to flame. Therefore, the product we use for both bagged wood pellets and bulk deliveries is the same high-quality, accredited, and certified product.

We are producing the bagged wood pellets using our own robot, named Robbie, who make our packaging activities, even more, energy efficient & keeps the wood pellets free of any risk of cross-contamination.

 

Bagged Wood Pellets

 

Ideal for use on wood pellet boilers and stoves. As they are supplied in easy-to-handle 10kg bags, they are easier to store wherever you like.

Our bagged wood pellets provide an ideal solution for your home, a biomass heating system, and are ideal as an emergency backup too.

Bagged wood pellets can be delivered directly to your home or business anywhere in the UK and Ireland.

 

Bulk Wood Pellets

 

Ideal for use on wood pellet boilers, with a store where we can blow the pellets in. Our delivery fleet has specifically designed vehicles, especially for deliveries like this. We can deliver any tonnage in Bulk, but the minimum amount to order online is 3 Tonnes.

Our bulk wood pellets provide an ideal solution for any biomass heating system, from residential ones to commercial and even industrial ones. For the latter, our Account Managers usually work out Heating Contracts, based on their location: Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom.

Bulk wood pellets can be delivered directly to your home or business address anywhere in the UK and Ireland.

More information on how to store bulk wood pellets HERE

 

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What are Wood Pellets?

Balcas Energy Wood pellets are a compressed form of wood biomass, made from high quality wood residue produced as a by-product of Balcas’ saw milling sustainable processes in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

It is a low-carbon, eco-friendly alternative to the traditional fossil fuels.

At Balcas we control the manufacturing process and deliveries, so from tree to flame. This guarantees a constant supply of consistently high quality wood pellets fuel all year round. A renewable energy, providing the ultimate, sustainable, high quality and price stable fuel.

Our bulk and bagged wood pellets have the ENPlus A1 certification and the BSL sustainability authorisation, which both guarantee a high quality and sustainable nature of the wood pellets that we provide.

If you’re looking for the Cheapest wood Pellets, the most calorific and sustainably produced in our local communities (Scotland and Northern Ireland), you’ve reached the right site! We are now the UK’s Largest manufacturer & distributor of wood pellets in Ireland and UK.

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If you have questions about our locally produced pellet fuel…

Please visit our FAQ section of our website. You can  also email us or call us anytime!

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Balcas Energy is on the Government’s official wood pellets suppliers list

For more information on Ofgem’s wood pellets suppliers list, please visit the Government’s official wood pellets suppliers list HERE 

You will find us trading as Balcas Timber Ltd – our official corporate name for trading.

 

What Rain Day and Wood Pellets have in common?

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Today is known as Rain Day.

And while we have no scientific data to back up the following claim; we reckon we hail from the rainiest part of the world (outside of the rain forest of course). 

Balcas HQ is located in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where we have the rain to thank for its scenery; beautiful greens and plenty of blue. In fact it is said that half the year – the lakes are in Fermanagh and the other half, well… Fermanagh is in the lake.
We’re actually quite fond of the wet stuff.
Rain after all one of the ingredients for growing trees from seed for harvest along with sun, soil and CO2.
You can’t have home grown quality timber that can weather any weather (or rainbows) without a little rain! And definitely no high quality wood pellets to keep you warm and cosy when the rain is on.


So if you’re not already aware of what ‘home’ looks like for a lot of us, have a look at the following short clip and think again before you curse the rain.

#Balcas marks Rain Day

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Wood Pellet Barbeque

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Enjoy the sunshine these days with a planet friendly wood pellet bbq! ☀

Order Bagged Wood Pellets for your wood pellet bbq HERE >> https://bit.ly/2Ysaz1G

 

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Order Online Bagged Wood Pellets:

Ordering online your bagged wood pellets is easy and price is transparent at all times. Lead times are up to 5 working days at the moment*.

*Please note that in order to create an online account with us you have to have an email address. Lead times might slightly differ if location is difficult to access, remote or other technical reasons.

If you already have an account with brites you don’t have to create another one. Your account stays the same.

 

You can order online our Enplus A1 Bagged Wood Pellets:

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Suitable for burning in pellet stoves and boilers. Price includes VAT and Delivery:

The 96 x 10kg Bags (960kg) Pallet is only available to Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland customers at the moment. We are looking into making available the 960kg pallet to all our Great Britain customers soon.

 

 

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