The swimming-pool leisure-complex in our nearby town is heated exclusively by 'biomass' (wood-chips that arrive in bulk-tippers that dump it into a chute to the cellar from where it is moved mechanically automatically to the boiler.
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When the new Wentworth Leisure Centre was built in 2008, a woodchip fired boiler was installed into the building. The boiler heats the swimming pool and the central heating system along with hot water for washing.
Designed to reduce the centre’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, the boiler uses woodchip sourced from local forests. It provides a use for low grade timber, thereby increasing the efficiency of woodland management.
Using this kind of energy rather than fossil fuels reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 550 tonnes– enough to fill 60 Olympic sized swimming pools. The boiler can be seen in action through a viewing window outside the building.
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