The houses would have had solar panels, water recycling units, heat recovery units and wood pellet-chip boilers.

The first wood pellet plant on the island of Ireland will begin production in Balcas, Enniskillen, next year.

They started by replacing the castle's oil burning boiler with a state-of-the-art wood pellet burner, using locally sourced fuel.

The scheme was set up to provide incentives to switch to greener fuel sources, such as wood pellet burners.

The Pellet Fuels Institute, a trade body for the U.S. wood pellet industry, said manufacturers are expanding capacity to meet growing demand.

Also expect growth in wood pellet and carbon offset revenues Expected returns: exceeding 15 percent over 12-15 years 4.

A senior DUP politician has revealed four family members have nine Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme wood pellet boilers installed on their farms.

You will need enough wood or wood pellets for a 2-hour smoke.

This means that large scale, controversial imports of wood pellets to Britain will continue.

Wood pellets have about 70 percent of the calorific value of coal, experts say.

Examples are wind and solar power as well as biomass, made from compressed wood pellets.

Billington Bioenergy supplies sustainable compressed wood pellets to provide businesses and households with renewable heat.

Wood pellets are usually made from compacted sawdust.

But there's a better way: wood pellets.

One is starting to blend (coal) with wood pellets which come all the way from Taupo.

Drax Biomass provides compressed wood pellets.