Biomass News

The government seem increasingly interested in community energy schemes, and the Renewable Energy Association (REA) seem to clearly sense that too. Check out Gaynor Hartnoll’s excellent recent blog on the subject here. The commercial RHI, which launched in 2011,…

We were pleased to see a video of the Treco biomass boiler installation at St Paul's Church in Gulworthy Cross, Devon appear on YouTube. The 50kW Guntamatic Biocom can burn wood pellets and was installed at St Paul's Church, Devon in 2010…

A Treco installation at the Welsh Wildlife Centre in Pembrokeshire has been featured in the news. The Cardigan-based Tivyside Advertiser has run a piece about a Treco installed 50kW Guntamatic Powerchip, replacing two 27kW LPG boilers, which were becoming expensive to maintain. The…

Treco is keen to promote locally sourced wood fuel and we have written a few articles on the subject! We also support the most efficient use of our woodland resource and bringing both small and large woodlands back into active…

This has got to be one of the most frequently asked questions we tend to receive. A quick note to explain and clarify any confusion on the matter: For smaller scale installations, installation and commissioning may happen on the same…

These financial benefits include Corporation Tax relief via the increased Annual Investment Allowance (AIA). In addition, a predictable 15% to 25% return on investment is available from Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments and biomass fuel cost savings combined, versus oil…

We have just launched the all-new Guntamatic PRO range of biomass boiler heating systems onto the UK renewable heating marketplace! The Guntamatic PRO  is a range of versatile, high efficiency biomass boilers which run on ENPlus 1 or 2 wood pellets  or G30 and 50 wood chips.…

Well done to Team Treco for raising thousands of pounds for the Stroke Association at the Great West Run in Exeter yesterday! There are some sore feet, aching limbs and big smiles in the office today! See video footage of…

We have posted a few articles recently regarding the fact that 53% of our woodlands need to be managed. This needs to happen in order to encourage their development, to generate a greater amount of timber, a greater amount of wood fuel and…

We are getting a lot of enquiries about biomass boilers that can burn miscanthus, so we thought that some information about its benefits may be useful. Miscanthus is growing in popularity as a biomass fuel for use in some wood…