Hotels switching boilers from LPG to biomass: does it pay?
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Hotels run steam year-round for laundry and hot water. What the switch to pellets actually saves, and the constraints to accept before committing.
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Notes on biomass fuel, wood chips, rubberwood pellets, and industrial fuel choices.
When the fuel market heats up, deciding fast gets expensive
8 min read
Plants that sign fuel contracts on a rising market usually pay more than expected — not on price per ton, but on a specification that never matched the boiler.
Is biomass really carbon neutral? The honest answer
6 min read
What "carbon neutral" means for biomass fuel, the two conditions that make it true, and where biomass genuinely beats coal — and where it does not.
Coal against biomass, measured at the lungs rather than the ledger
5 min read
What comes out of the stack burning coal, how biomass differs, and the part that is usually overstated — biomass is not pollution free.
Rubberwood as biomass fuel: why supply is predictable, and what limits it
7 min read
Rubberwood has an advantage no other Thai biomass has — supply tied to the replanting cycle rather than a harvest season. Also the constraints that decide whether a project works.
Rubberwood stumps and roots: from field burning to boiler fuel
6 min read
Stumps get dug out anyway to stop white root disease. Why the densest wood on the tree ends up on a bonfire, and what has to happen before it can be sold as fuel.