The Secret to Trouble Free Heating

enplus wood pellets
The ENplus Wood Pellets supplied by us are of the highest quality so we can guarantee trouble-free heating from the fuel perspective.

Like any other technology, Wood Pellet Burners need to be carefully monitored and regularly serviced.

But did you know that using a consistently high-quality wood pellet can bring you trouble-free heating and even help to lengthen the life of a wood pellet boiler.

 

Balcas Energy wood pellets bring you greater value for three reasons:

1 Balcas Energy wood pellets are low ash.
Our enplus wood pellets are only made from the purest sawdust. Before we process the sawdust into pellets, we wash, dry and debark the wood. This means that when they burn, our pellets have very low emissions.

You can see our manufacturing process HERE >>

 

2 Balcas Energy Wood pellets are low moisture.
Using 100% renewable energy, we make our enplus wood pellets to an extremely low moisture threshold.

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3 Balcas Energy Wood pellets have a high calorific value.
The high specification of Balcas Energy wood pellets means they are consistently above the standards set by ENplus guidelines. In short, you get a better quality and intensity of heat when you use Balcas Energy wood pellets.

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BANK HOLIDAY 13th of July

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Our Customer Support office will be closed on Monday, the 13th of July (bank holiday) and will reopen as usual, on Tuesday 14th.

You can still order online 24/7 by visiting our Online Shop:

 

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Five reasons why Tomorrow Depends on Trees

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Here are Five reasons why all our Tomorrows Depend on Trees and how Balcas Energy supports the fight against climate change:

 

1. Carbon Dioxide is warming the earth and accelerating climate change. Trees absorb CO2 and store it.

2. Balcas Energy is made from fast growing softwood – we plant four trees for every one we harvest, offsetting any CO2 released.

3. By making our business local, we are supporting a sustainable timber industry that is making increased forest cover a reality in the UK and Ireland. Ireland wants to increase its forest cover  by 64% by 2050. The UK wants to increase its forest cover by 19% by 2050.

4. Trees are the ultimate renewable resource – we can grow them right here without having to worry about global market price fluctuations.

5. Moving from fossil fuels to Balcas Energy’s locally produced wood pellets results in a 100% reduction in carbon emissions.

 

How we make our wood pellets?

We sustainably manufacture our wood pellets in our two plants located in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, and Invergordon, Scotland.

We make them with renewable energy and high quality material. So our operations are powered by green electricity. We generate this on site thanks to the co-products of all Balcas saw-milling activities.

The original timber is either spruce or pine, which are all locally sourced from sustainably managed forests.

Click here to see Balcas Energy Sustainability Manufacturing Process…

 

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Renewable energy edges out fossil fuels as Britain goes coal free for two months

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Last night marked a significant landmark in the renewable energy sector. Great Britain has gone two entire months without burning any coal to generate power.

A decade ago about 40% of the country’s electricity came from coal; coronavirus is part of the story, but far from all.

When Britain went into lockdown, electricity demand plummeted; the National Grid responded by taking power plants off the network.

The four remaining coal-fired plants were among the first to be shut down.

The last coal generator came off the system at midnight on 9 April. No coal has been burnt for electricity since.

The current coal-free period smashes the previous record of 18 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes which was set in June last year.

Displacing fossil fuels is nothing new to Balcas; we’ve been producing renewable energy now for over 15 years. Both by making wood pellets and creating renewable electricity for our local communities.

Balcas Energy’s Invergordon and Enniskillen sites have production capacities of 115,000 tonnes and 60,000 tonnes of wood pellets respectively.

Our operations are so efficient that we put surplus electricity back into the grid throughout the year:

  • Invergordon, Scotland has a production capacity of over 110,000 tonnes a year. This is the largest local pellet prodiction facility in the UK and Ireland and has a 9MW CHP (electric) capacity, of this 5MW is exported to the grid, while the other 3MW used on site.

 

  • Enniskillen, Northern Ireland is the site of a 3MWe Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and pellet mill with a production capacity of over 60,000 tonnes per annum. It is located on the same site as the our timber mill due to the close proximity of raw materials.

 

Our biomass pellets are always available, as we are in control of manufacturing and distribution. Wood Pellets for sale online 24/7 via our Online Shop:

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World Environment Day

To mark World Environment Day , 4 of Balcas‘ Enniskillen based staff volunteered to litter pick over lunchtime. Two bin bags were filled between them in just 30 minutes along the main stretch of our road.

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In a telling twist, they got caught out in an angry hale shower in between the sunshine’s rays.

Litter is an unfortunate and constant blight on our beautiful rural landscape, so they’ve vowed to keep it going every Friday during lockdown!

Thank you, team!

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World Environment Day with Balcas Energy

Reducing greenhouse gas emission and increasing the use of non-fossil fuel are the cornerstones of  our efforts to make UK and Ireland more sustainable and support a low carbon economy.

At Balcas Energy we are marking the World Environment Day by also:

  • encouraging a low carbon society with over 300,000 tonnes of CO2 savings per year
  • promoting a low carbon energy system, by currently displacing 100 million litres of oil annually
  • caring about our environment – our trees are part of a sustainable solution to the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. For every tree we use, we plant four more! 
  • promoting the efficient use of Renewable Energy – our wood pellets are manufactured using our own energy plant – no energy waste!

 

Read more about our sustainable pellet manufacturing process

Wood Pellet Burners

pellet burnersYou can have naturally warm rooms using Wood Pellet Fuel with the ultimate wood pellet burners technology.

The modern pellet stoves efficiently, conveniently and cheaply convert our Enplus A1 wood pellets to heat while giving off almost no wood smoke, helping to protect the environment.

All modern Wood Pellet Stoves are now stylish home furnishings with contemporary portrait styling, large glass windows and ceramic cladding in attractive colours. Pellet stoves also have remote controls for electronic ignition and temperature control making them safe, attractive and easy to use.

We found few good choices online where you can look for wood pellet burners that will satisfy both your design expectancy, heating needs and care for the plant and the environment – by using renewable fuel.

Once you will equip your home with a stove, we are here for you to deliver 10kg Bags of Wood Pellets – just order online & we’ll deliver to your home in a few days!

 

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“A wood pellet stove is a stove that burns compressed wood or biomass pellets to create a source of heat for residential and sometimes industrial spaces. By steadily feeding fuel from a storage container (hopper) into a burn pot area, it produces a constant flame that requires little to no physical adjustments. Today’s central heating systems operated with wood pellets as a renewable energy source can reach an efficiency factor of more than 90%.” Read More…

Pellet Stoves – Create An Efficiency Factor of More than 90%

The definition for the Wood Pellet Stove from Wikipedia is as follows:

“A wood pellet stove is a stove that burns compressed wood or biomass pellets to create a source of heat for residential and sometimes industrial spaces. By steadily feeding fuel from a storage container (hopper) into a burn pot area, it produces a constant flame that requires little to no physical adjustments. Today’s central heating systems operated with wood pellets as a renewable energy source can reach an efficiency factor of more than 90%.”

A biomass stove can clearly provide heat for the room where it is situated.  However the real benefits come from linking the stove to a back boiler to generate hot water and heating for the rest of the household or organisation.

Biomass stoves that include a back boiler can use 2 main heat sources – wood pellets or logs.  Whilst wood pellet stoves can be considered to be generally more expensive than their log-burning counterparts, they bring several important advantages.  They don’t require as much storage space and can of course hold more fuel via a built in hopper.

wood pellet stoveIt is important to acknowledge that all wood pellets are not the same.  Different pellets will have differing burning behaviours and performance levels.  If you have a wood pellet stove it is important to use pellets of the highest quality to minimise your maintenance costs and ensure the sustainability of your investment.

Balcas Energy Enplus wood pellets are BSL authorised.  We deliver pellets directly to your home or business to be blown straight into your store.  If you have a smaller hopper integrated with your stove it might be better order wood pellet bags from us.  These are delivered in 10kg bags which are easy to load into your hopper.  For more information on Ofgem’s biomass suppliers list, visit the Government’s official wood pellets suppliers list HERE. 

 

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Summer Check list for your wood pellet boiler

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Thanks to the gorgeous weather sweeping across GB and Ireland this month, home owners are powering down their wood pellet boiler and dialling back the heat to enjoy the unseasonably warm temperatures.

Off-peak periods are the perfect time to ensure that your store is clean and your boiler is prepared for the next heating season.  We have devised this four point check to help you maintain optimum performance for your biomass boiler set-up…

Balcas Energy four point check

  • Annual Service.  Make sure that your wood pellet boiler is serviced annually by a certified technician to ensure the appliance is operating safely and correctly. These contacts can be found depending on your area online or via phone book. Before calling someone, please make sure they have the right certifications. Alternatively, you can give us a quick call so we can look this up for you.
  • Thermostat.  Check and adjust your thermostat settings to ensure your heating system is turned down for warm weather, keeping you comfortable and saving energy this summer.
  •  Advance Ordering.  Check your store to gauge when you will need to re-order and don’t leave it until the last minute to avoid being caught out on cool summer nights.  You can easily order online 24/7 a bulk delivery or 10kg bags online via our Online Shop.

 

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Stay safe and warm!

Early May Bank Holiday 8th May

Our Customer Support Office will be closed this Friday (May 8th) for Early May Bank Holiday and reopen as normal on Monday (May 11th).

 

We hope you have an enjoyable and safe bank holiday weekend – you can still order online 24/7 at balcasenergy.com

 

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