The Biomass boiler
Our major achievement in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels has been the installation of a biomass boiler fuelled by woodchip. The boiler has had a major impact on SD.
- It has removed 4 oil boilers from the energy programme [science/ICT; clock house; Tick Tock; Dairy Cottage] reducing our dependence on fossil fuels
- It is carbon neutral in performance i.e. it does not use fossil fuel and therefore does not contribute additional carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
- It is also heating all the new classrooms, the Art building, the After School club/Learning Support building and the new CDT building, all of which were previously heated by electricity
- It produces heat at a cost of 2.44p/KWh compared with c4.5p for oil and c6p for electricity
- Since the boiler was commissioned and up to the end of January 2009 we have used 23631 KWh of electricity less than for the same period last year!!