The 6 advantages of a pellet stove

Let’s start with the fun part. Do you want to know what the benefits of a pellet stove are? We have listed the benefits for you.

1. The pellet stove is the easiest wood-burning stove available

As nice as it sometimes is to enjoy splitting wood outside and then lighting your own fire, we ourselves are even more charmed by the comfort of a pellet stove that starts itself up in mere minutes. Just as we no longer need to crank cars and the floppy disk has become cultural heritage, the pellet stove is taking over the role of the wood-burning stove. Convenience serves man, after all.

Add to that our handy control unit, which allows you to set your weekly schedule and switch off the stove with a timer.

2. It doesn’t get more efficient than a pellet stove

A good pellet stove burns very efficiently. As the combustion process is fully controlled by the stove, combustion always takes place cleanly and efficiently. Not only at full output, but also when the required output is lower.

In addition, some pellet stoves, including the Duroflame pellet stove, are equipped with an extra heat exchanger. Here, residual heat from the stove is also used to heat air. Thanks to this technology, efficiency rises above 95%.

3. Pellets are durable sawdust

Pellets are pressed from residues from professional sawmills: wood shavings, sawdust and wood chips are pressed in a pellet mill into the small pellets you can put in your pellet stove. This residual flow is thus fully utilised. It is very sustainable!

In addition, pellets have a low moisture content and, due to their shape, a relatively large combustion surface. So they burn faster and better than, for example, a solid piece of wood.

4. Fewer emissions

MilieuCentraal states on their page on pellet stoves that it has been agreed internationally that emissions from burning biomass (which includes wood pellets) are formally counted as ‘zero CO2’. Indeed, as forests are seen as CO2 stores, the CO2 released from burning is reabsorbed by replanting.

Here we do assume that the wood pellets come from responsibly managed forests. As a consumer, you can of course influence this yourself. You can check whether your pellets have a certification mark, such as DINplus, ENplus A1 or Better Biomass certification.

5. Firing with pellets is cheaper

It may sound crazy, but firing wood pellets is more economical than heating your home with gas coming directly from the gas pipe into your central heating boiler. Do the maths?
A m3 of natural gas costs on average €1.32 1 and contains as much energy as 1.7 kg of pellets 2. However, a kilo of ENplus A1 pellets costs on average €0.31 3, so 1.7 kilo of pellets costs €0.53. Your stove achieves an efficiency of around 95% 4, forgetting the efficiency loss on your central heating boiler for the sake of convenience.
For the same amount of energy, you then already pay 35% less!

If we compare this with 1 m3 of beechwood, pellets are even cheaper. A m3 of beech wood costs around € 200,- 5 and contains 2022 kWh of energy 6. You need 350 kg of pellets for the same amount of energy 7,8. The wood types oak and ash have similar numbers, for softwood this is much lower. However, 350 kilos of pellets at €0.31 per kilo only cost €109. We hereby equate the efficiency of wood stoves and pellet stoves for convenience.
Compared to firewood, you will therefore save up to 45% with pellets!

In addition, a pellet stove has the advantage that you heat locally: you do not need to fill an entire CV system with hot water, but only generate heat where you need it. Ideally, you should therefore turn down your CV a degree and add heat with your pellet stove when you need it. A pellet stove is especially suitable in combination with underfloor heating, as these systems react rather slowly and a pellet stove reacts very quickly.
Then you are both green and economical!

6. Wood pellets do not cause earthquakes

Let’s end at our location. Our factory is located in the beautiful Groningen village of Bedum. Not only known as the birthplace of Arjen Robben, but unfortunately also located in the earthquake zone of the Groningen gas field.
Like no other, we are familiar with the misery that gas extraction can cause. This gives us extra motivation to reduce gas consumption through pellet stoves.