Heating the UNH Thompson School with Biomass
An extensive new heating project is underway at the Thompson School of Applied Science in Durham, NH which will provide biomass heat to Putnam Hall, Barton/Cole, the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab and the Macfarlane Greenhouses. The district heating project includes the construction of a new central boiler house with an interior wood chip silo and the installation of new underground piping to each of the buildings. The boiler system features a…
Biomass Tech Conference for Engineers
Froling Energy held a Biomass conference that was specifically aimed at mechanical engineers wanting to learn more about state of the art biomass boiler systems. On May 3 and 4 over 50 engineers, energy, and forestry consultants, boiler representatives and folks from three state agencies attended our first Biomass Technology Conference for Engineers. Speakers at the various sessions included Bob Malmsheimer a professor at SUNY in Syracuse NY, Scott Nichols of…
Record Production of PDCs
Another record was set at Froling Energy’s PDC production plant in Peterborough this past last winter. We produced and shipped 3509 tons of PDCs to customers from August 2017 through the end of April 2018. That means that our customers offset, with locally sourced wood chips, the burning of over 328,500 gallons of fuel oil in one year! We like to think of our region’s sustainably harvested forests as New…
Energy Upgrades Result in Savings
Reuben Duncan, Superintendent and David Reilly, Facilities Director of the Jaffrey-Rindge School District (SAU 47) were quite proud to announce that their energy upgrades have saved the district over $50,000 this winter. They led a tour of the school on April 24th to show off the upgrades which were executed over the last year as part of an energy performance contract with EEI (Energy Efficient Investments). This project was comprised…
Energy Cost Savings of Over 50% for Apartment Complex
Applegate Housing, which started heating with a new biomass system last fall, took delivery of 437 tons of PDCs during the 2017/18 winter. This is the equivalent of almost 41,000 gallons of fuel oil. Applegate reports a total energy cost savings of well over 50% throughout the complex. Compared to an equivalent amount of oil at $2.50 a gallon, the 437 tons of PDCs cost half as much.
Upgraded PDC Delivery Truck
After four years of faithful service delivering PDCs to customer silos in Wilton, Charlestown, and Claremont, Old Fitch, as we referred to her, has been replaced. Fitch started out life as a mulch blower truck in Washington state where we purchased her four years ago. The old diesel truck was underpowered, especially under load going over Temple Mountain. Perhaps you followed her as she dropped to below 20 MPH before cresting…
Froling Energy Partners with Schmid Energy Solutions
Froling Energy is happy to announce a new business relationship with Schmid Energy Solutions of Eschlikon, Switzerland. Schmid is one of the leading manufacturers of wood-fired industrial and domestic boilers and cogeneration systems. We will be representing their line in the Northeastern United States doing design, implementation, and servicing of their boiler systems.
Mark Froling Visits Schmid Headquarters in Switzerland
Mark Froling recently flew to Eschlikon, Switzerland to tour the Schmid Energy Solutions boiler factory headquarters as well as many of their biomass boiler system installations. Schmid is a 75-year-old family business based in Switzerland that is focused on producing biomass boiler systems. With a line that includes some of the most efficient and clean burning industrial, commercial, and residential scale biomass boilers and material handling systems, Schmid has evolved…
National Bioenergy Day at Froling Energy Celebrated by NH Senators
In the afternoon guided tours were given of our recently expanded PDC manufacturing facility in Peterborough. Stops included the chip drop-off area, the screener/re-chipper, our new boiler house and high output belt dryer, and the PDC storage area where over 300 tons are stored for use this fall. Scott Nichols, President of Tarm USA and Tom Fullerton of Viessmann USA both had displays set up where they spoke with everyone…
Open House Celebrates PDC Manufacturing Facility
Froling Energy held an open house on March 10 to celebrate our upgraded Precision Dry Wood Chips (PDCs) manufacturing capabilities at our Peterborough plant. Twenty four people toured the production facility to see the new advanced process that we’ve created—the results of a recent million dollar upgrade which includes an impressive 3.2 million BTU biomass boiler and a high tech belt dryer. The upgrade significantly improves system reliability, quality control, and…