Types of wood energy
The main types of wood used to produce energy for commercial and industrial use are wood pellets and wood residue.
Wood energy
Businesses and organisations are increasingly using wood for industrial processes, in horticulture such as heating greenhouses, and for heating and cooling commercial buildings and schools. Wood is now the fourth largest energy source after oil, coal and gas. Part of its popularity in recent years is due to the fact that wood can be grown and used sustainably.
Wood energy is also carbon neutral as the carbon released by burning wood is equal to the carbon absorbed by trees during growth. Wood energy is a form of bioenergy. Bioenergy is energy from the sun which is captured in organic material such as wood, crops or animal waste.
Why use wood energy?
The use of wood energy can provide both economic and environmental benefits.
How to use wood as energy
The way wood energy is used and where it is sourced from depends on who is using it as industrial operations have different needs to schools and commercial buildings.
Wood energy FAQs
Your frequently asked questions about wood energy production and use are answered here.