An education in biomass
Long-term reduction in carbon emissions are being achieved at a school in Norfolk following the replacement of 20+ year-old oil-fired boilers with a 550 kW Remeha-Gilles biomass boiler. The boiler house at Flegg High School in Martham was stripped out and refitted by Cofely. CO2 emissions are estimated to have been reduced by 177 t a year, and the financial saving is estimated at £7000 a year.
The new boiler burns wood pellets. They are stored in the redundant oil-tank room and transported by two pellet augers controlled by the boiler. Wood pellets were chosen because of the shape of the old oil-tank room and because a new wood-pellet plant had opened just 22 miles away in Lowestoft, forming pellets from waste sawdust.
The school uses the installation as a teaching resource to increase student’s knowledge about the environment and sustainable fuels. The school is also installing a wind turbine
