At the end of the last millenium, I ventured to the UK to take up some lovely folk from Wales on an unforgetable offer that they made to come stay with them. We met on the train going across Canada and have kept in touch ever since. While staying in their fair town, I ventured to a place that I had wanted to see for a while. That place was the Centre for Alternative Technology and it dealt with sustainable living methods.

I ventured to this place in winter so it was quite empty at the time but I remember being impressed at how simple it was to live more sustainably. Today, in an email, one of those same friends who introduced me to North Wales, sent a story about a biomass generator that they have set up that has an efficiency of 80%. From what I understand, this generator uses woodchips to create power.

In traditional power generation, the heat is wasted, released into the atmosphere via cooling systems. With a CHP system, that energy is used to heat water, which is then used for hot water supply, or for heating buildings through radiators or under floor heating.

I've attached the link to the story here.

I'd also like to thank David for passing it on. I'm going to add the link to the Centre to my sidebar. And, if you ever get to North Wales, you should check out the CAT...it's just outside of Machynlleth.