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Site photograph of a custom Ranheat M17 boiler house and large bespoke 6.8m-diameter 3-ring silo at Elite Office Furniture

Ranheat vs. Competitors: Treco

Ranheat design, manufacture, and install all our biomass systems. Treco provides design and installation, but their systems are manufactured overseas and then imported. This means they create a lot more pollution by transporting the systems to the UK – whereas Ranheat manufactures everything locally in Northampton. This makes Ranheat a much more sustainable and environmentally […]

1 August 2026 | Lizzi Risch

Site photograph of a Ranheat M15 biomass boiler in a boiler house, with mild steel conical silos and a chimney running up the side of the silo

Ranheat vs. Competitors: Kara

For UK customers, the big downside to Kara is that they are based in the Netherlands and do not have any offices or employees in the UK. This means that even an initial consultation visit would either have to be entirely remote or involve international travel. This does not line up with the ideals of […]

1 August 2026 | Lizzi Risch

Site photograph of a Ranheat WA 150 warm air heater with a C50 (4m 2-ring) single-discharge conical silo fed by a vertical drag conveyor

Ranheat vs. Competitors: Talbott’s

Ranheat is an older company than Talbott’s. The original Danish business was founded in the 1950s, and UK manufacturing began in 1990. Since then, Ranheat has remained under the private ownership of Chris and Barbara Franklin. We are a family-owned and family-run company with a very hands on approach.  In contrast, Talbott’s began as a […]

9 June 2026 | Lizzi Risch

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What is the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund?

What is the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund and what does it mean for Industrial Energy Users who want to burn biomass and industrial wood waste.

15 June 2022 | Alexander Franklin

Pile of old planks wood

What can an Industrial Wood Waste Boiler Burn?

There are many environmental and commercial benefits of recovering energy from waste wood, on a large or smaller scale. The UK have set targets to not only divert and reduce the biodegradable waste from landfill. At the same time, an objective of the government’s energy review is to reduce the reliance on electricity and heat […]

19 October 2021 | Fraser Smith

Burning Wood Pellets

Are Wood Pellets as Green as they could be?

Wood Pellets are commonly used in small and large biomass systems but is there a hidden enviromental cost to them?

13 October 2021 | Alexander Franklin

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The transition from Solvent-Based to Water-Based Paints, its environmental impact and how industrial biomass boilers can help

Solvent based paints and finishes are being replaced by water based alternatives, what are the unintentional environmental and sustainability impacts of this trend and what can Ranheat do to help.

11 October 2021 | Alexander Franklin

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Ranheat offers solution to UK Woodworking Industry’s ‘Gas Crisis’

The woodworking industry is a significant consumer of natural gas. With gas prices on the rise, what can Industrial Biomass boilers do to solve the energy crysis?

1 October 2021 | Alexander Franklin

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