Biomass boilers can be designed to work with other kinds of heating. The most common of these is solar thermal. This is a popular renewable energy pairing. Solar thermal heating will meet your hot water needs during the summer while a biomass boiler can operate as a backup during the winter when solar thermal panels do not perform as well.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historical mining town in Wales, in the historical region of Merionethshire, although currently part of the unitary authority of Gwynedd. The population of the area of Ffestiniog was 4,875 according to the 2011 demographics, including the nearby town of Llan Ffestiniog, that makes it the fourth most populated area in Gwynedd, after Bangor, Caernarfon, as well as Llandeiniolen. Llan Ffestiniog's population of 864 puts the population of Blaenau itself at around 4,000. Blaenau Ffestiniog went to one time the second largest town in North Wales, behind just Wrexham. After reaching 12,000 at the peak growth of the slate sector, the population fell with the decrease in the demand for its slate. Today the town counts greatly on travelers, that come for tourist attractions that include the neighboring Ffestiniog Railway as well as Llechwedd Slate Caverns. As the slate market decreased, the population of Blaenau Ffestiniog has actually likewise decreased, to 4,875 in 2011. At the same time the tourist market has actually come to be the community's largest employer. The revitalized Ffestiniog Railway as well as the Llechwedd Slate Caverns are preferred traveler destinations, as is the Antur Stiniog downhill mountain cycling centre. Current attractions consist of the Zip World Titan zip-line site, which also now includes the Bounce Below slate mine task centre.