Eco-Link is focused on technology that creates energy using biomass fuel
sources. Biomass energy is energy from plants and plant-derived materials—and
has been in use since people began burning wood to cook food and keep warm.
Biomass sources include food crops, grassy and woody plants, residues from
agriculture or forestry, organic components of municipal and industrial wastes
and animal waste such as cow manure and chicken litter. Fundamentally, biomass
is stored solar energy that man can convert to electricity or fuel.
Pellets consist of 100% dry (typically less than 10%) natural wood residues which are finely divided, force dried and compressed into small cylinders which easily disintegrate. These cylinders are around 10mm in diameter. They have an extremely high energy density and have better energy efficiency levels than any other fuel.
Compare the costs and other considerations when using wood chip as opposed to wood pellet as a fuel source and compare the use of oil to using wood pellets here in this article.
