by jdunkley | Sep 27, 2011
In British Columbia, nothing says local energy like a combined biomass gasification and solar thermal system to supply space heat and domestic hot water. During the low solar gain, high heat requirement months, the biomass system provides the vast majority of the...
by jdunkley | Nov 8, 2010
Biomass is the perfect renewable, solar powered fuel. Wood gasification offers a local, low embodied energy and low emission, renewable heating fuel when compared to conventional fossil fuels like oil and gas. Like any renewable technology though, it isn’t for...
by jdunkley | Oct 11, 2010
In Canada, our available solar profile can be 3-4x greater in the high gain months (summer) than in the low gain months (winter). For a relatively constant load such as domestic hot water, depending on load/capacity, a solar thermal domestic hot water system sized to...
