Pellet stoves have existed since the early 1980’s, however at that time they were seen more as a gimmick instead of serious option for heating your home, business or any other property. The reasons for this were at the time the price, supply of fossil fuels namely gas and oil was cheap and stable. There was also not a wide acknowledgement as there is today on the effects of use of fossil fuels on global warming. Gas was the new fuel on the block and had several advantages, it was cheap, burned very cleanly and required very little maintenance from the user. Against these obstacles pellet stoves did not stand a chance, as there appeared to be no advantages compared to using gas or oil and global warming wasn’t on anyone’s minds. Also there was obviously no supply of wood pellets, without a supply of pellets no one will buy a stove. However companies could not be convinced to set-up a pellet plant for wood pellets as there was no market. So the pellet stove lay dormant for over 20 years.

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At the beginning of the 21st century wood pellet stoves began their revival. There are two events which started a renewed interest in wood pellet stoves and this was the wars in the middle east and climate change becoming more of a serious issue. With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the price of oil was constantly changing and breaking new records daily on the price per barrel. resources to meet our fossil fuel energy demands.

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The other significant event which has given new life to wood pellet stoves and wood pellet boilers is global warming and climate change. It is now clearer than ever that our addition to fossil fuels has also affected our global climate. By burning fossil fuels such as oil and gas we have increased the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, which reflects the suns energy back at the earth increasing temperature.

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