Royal estate installs Remeha biomass boiler
Replacing an oil-fired heating system with a biomass boiler from Remeha Commercial is the latest initiative in the campaign to reduce the carbon footprint of the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery at Lostwithiel in Cornwall. This 100 kW boiler serves the newly opened visitors’ centre, shop and cafe building and the new greenhouse area.
The boiler is fuelled by locally sourced wood pellets, and sufficient stock is held to meet demand for at least 21 days in Winter to minimise fuel deliveries.
Remeha has also supplied a day hopper in the boiler house to give the option to load 10 kg bags of pellets manually should adverse weather prevent delivery. A pallet of pellets is stored near the boiler house.
This project is the third between Remeha Commercial and the Duchy of Cornwall. The others were a 360 kW wood-chip boiler at Restormel Manor in 2008 and a 30 kW wood-pellet boiler in Tor Gate, a restored farmhouse on Dartmoor.
