Savings Potential for Biomass
The table below shows cost and CO2 savings for switching to biomass from off-gas heating systems.
For full price and energy saving assumptions, see accompanying note. Best financial savings achieved in homes heated by electricity or LPG; running costs for biomass systems can be around £120 higher than gas heating. There is always a CO2 saving however, as burning wood is considered to be carbon neutral. Also, relative changes to savings are due to the different ways in which different fuels have changed price. Coal has not significantly increased in price, whereas biomass fuel has.