EOGB show that Low Nox high efficiency Gas Burners are still an economical choice against Biomass at Maidenhead School
The total plant held five boilers with a total heat input of 2.5 megawatts.
The total cost including a 400 meter gas supply, pipework and boilers was significantly less than a biomass plant.
Looking at the current figures (sourced from biomassenergycentre.org.uk)
- Fuel Price per kW/hr
- Wood chips 2.9p/kWh
- Wood pellets 4.0p/kWh
- Natural gas 4.8p/kWh
- Gas oil 5.8p/kWh
- LPG (bulk) 7.4p/kWh
- Electricity 15.0p/kWh
So looking at the above information wood pellets only 0.8 pence cheaper than Natural gas per kW/hr, so when installation costs are so expensive for biomass plants and the RHI (renewable heat incentive) has reduced its payback from 2.7p per kW/hr to 1 p per kW/hr for large bio mass plants. Suddenly large biomass installations may look less attractive.
Also fitted on the plant were updated controls to allow the burners to fully modulate via a 0-10 volts dc signal increasing system efficiencies further.
For furtgher information on our TBG-PN range of fully modulating low Nox gas burners please contact our sales office on 01480-477066 or emasil sales@eogb.co.uk