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<blockquote data-quote="Doing it for the kids" data-source="post: 2976960" data-attributes="member: 50712"><p>I run two batch biomass boilers on two separate farms. Between them they heat about 5 big houses, a church, 15,000 ft of commercial, 2 grain stores, farm office, workshops, some log cabins etc.</p><p></p><p>For us as farmers it's been superb with returns of about 4 yr pay back before you allow for the saving in grain drying costs.</p><p></p><p>The great thing about these boilers is that they can burn all the straws (OSR, cereal, pea, bean and linseed) as well as timber in a number of guises and cardboard.</p><p></p><p>We load two Hestons at a time, no fancy automation which has moving parts, it's a really simply system which is farmer proof.</p><p></p><p>Even with out RHI, if you need to dry grain on an annual basis it's a no brainier, cost of straw works out at just under 0.05 pence / kW, which covers the cost of the bailing and hauling it to the farm.</p><p></p><p>Whilst straw has its negatives, for own use its outstandingly cheap (currently 1/6th of the price of chip?) as a source of heat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doing it for the kids, post: 2976960, member: 50712"] I run two batch biomass boilers on two separate farms. Between them they heat about 5 big houses, a church, 15,000 ft of commercial, 2 grain stores, farm office, workshops, some log cabins etc. For us as farmers it's been superb with returns of about 4 yr pay back before you allow for the saving in grain drying costs. The great thing about these boilers is that they can burn all the straws (OSR, cereal, pea, bean and linseed) as well as timber in a number of guises and cardboard. We load two Hestons at a time, no fancy automation which has moving parts, it's a really simply system which is farmer proof. Even with out RHI, if you need to dry grain on an annual basis it's a no brainier, cost of straw works out at just under 0.05 pence / kW, which covers the cost of the bailing and hauling it to the farm. Whilst straw has its negatives, for own use its outstandingly cheap (currently 1/6th of the price of chip?) as a source of heat. [/QUOTE]
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