Displacing consumption of fossil fuels by wood fuels helps to counter the impacts of climate change.  Biomass generates about the same amount of carbon dioxide as fossil fuels, but every time a new plant grows, carbon dioxide is actually removed from the atmosphere. The net emission of carbon dioxide will be zero as long as plants continue to be replenished for biomass energy purposes

The biomass supply infrastructure is developing in Wales (www.woodenergybusiness.co.uk).  It is predicted that by 2010 biomass (predominately wood fuel) will contribute 26% of the total renewable electricity and up to 225,000 MWh of renewable heat in Wales (AEA Technology Review of Strategic Study of RE resources in Wales 2001). 

The actual source of supply of biomass differs depending on the community: log wood or thinnings from local forests, prunings from roadsides or parks, grasses and energy crops and in some countries residues from agriculture or food processing e.g. nutshells or olive pits, wood chips, recycled untreated wood or pelletising residues from wood processing. Through using these resources a possible disposal problem can be turned into a high quality fuel and local suppliers of wood fuels will gain extra income and enhance local economic turnover.

Sundance Renewables felt there was a need to introduce a cost effective biomass technology to the domestic market.  Compared to average installation costs in excess of £10,000, Sundance offers complete systems from the Czech Republic which are under half this price, with grant assistance of around £1500 to further reduce this cost.  The two main systems we supply are pellet boilers, and gasifying log boilers, produced by the family run company Atmos whose boilers have an excellent reputation all over Europe.  We can also facilitate the installation of biomass heating and CHP for community projects.