Why Wood Chip?

Wood chip per kilowatt is the most affordable source of renewable heat energy. Midlands Wood Fuel has been producing and delivery high quality wood chip for fuel since 2003. Being one of the first companies in the UK to start building a sustainable wood fuel supply chain, MWF has gained a reputation for reliability as well as being innovative in the way it operates.

The system delivers quality assured wood chips directly into your boiler system. Timber is stored at our depots to allow it to dry. When it has reached 25-30% moisture content we chip it using our Mus-Max ‘Wood Terminator 8′ industrial mobile wood chipper into covered stores. The MWF Chip Tanker then delivers the fuel from our depots directly into our customer’s tanks.

Sourcing energy from local woodlands benefits not only the climate but the also local communities. Unlike oil where money ends up going to oil producing countries, money spent on wood fuel is channelled into the local communities that are involved within the supply chain.

Modern,automated wood fuelled heating is typically the most cost effective way to deliver renewable energy where space and access permits. It is usually the cheapest way to reduce CO2 emissions after energy saving.

Chris Huhne, UK Secretary of State for Energy, Dec 2010 “We see a crucial role for sustainable bioenergy at all scales because of is versatility in producing heat, electricity and transport biofuels. Biomass is potentially the single most important renewable energy resource…… We are currently using only 10% of potential woody biomass and I will keep banging the drum for all the advantages”.

If you wish to find out more then please visit the ‘Facts and Figures‘ page illustrating conversions, calorific values, impacts of moisture content and many more. Otherwise scroll down this page to find out more about wood fuel.

So why use wood chip as a heating fuel?

Here are the reasons…

The Most Affordable Heating Fuel on the Market

Per kWh wood chip is by far the most affordable renewable heating fuel on the market and is only closely followed by pellets. To see a table of price comparisons for heating fuel then please click here. The main costs of transforming to wood chip is that of installing the boiler and the feeder hopper. These capital investments are covered by the Renewable Heat Incentive offering an incentive to those who wish to invest in wood fuel heating. If you would like to find out how the RHI could benefit you then please try our RHI CALCULATOR JUNE 2011 V4

Always Local

We are the regions only company to operate a wood chip supply infrastructure from a network of depots and using the innovative wood chip tanker system.  This approach reduces haulage distances, and cost, and simplifies on-site wood fuel storage.

For those who have their own source of timber, Midlands Wood Fuel can provide a wood chipping service, using chipping machines designed specifically to produce fuel grade chips.

Very Environmentally Friendly

Wood fuel  is carbon neutral making the replacement of fossil fuels very environmental friendly. Only the fuel used for chipping and haulage leaves a carbon footprint yet as MWF sources its timber locally and stores timber in many spread out depots, this carbon cost is kept to a minimum.

Creates Jobs Throughout the Supply Chain

Every penny spent on wood chip filters its way throughout the supply chain from MWF all the way to people involved in forestry. This provides many jobs in rural areas which also aids the growth in productive land management.This is very beneficial when compared to other sources of energy where money generally goes abroad. This is most apparent in the case of oil for example where most of the revenue goes to places such as the Middle East or Russia.  

How is burning trees a green alternative?

Wood fuel contains stored energy from the sun through the process of photosynthesis. The chemical energy stored within the trees can therefore be passed on as heat energy to us. Wood fuel is a renewable energy source because by growing more trees C02 will always be kept in the cycle. This is unlike fossil fuels where trap C02 underground is released into the atmosphere adding to the cycle. Click here to find out more…