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Hospitality · Mid Devon

Commercial Hotel — 500 kW Fröling Wood Chip

A rural country hotel replacing an ageing oil system with a 500 kW Fröling wood chip boiler, district heating to main building and three holiday cottages.

Sector
Hospitality
Boiler Brand
Fröling
Output
500 kW
Fuel
Wood Chip
Year
2023
Location
Mid Devon

The challenge

The hotel had been running three oil boilers across the main building and three holiday cottages, with rapidly rising fuel costs and ongoing reliability issues during peak season. The site needed a single scalable heat source, minimal disruption to guests during the switch, and full RHI compliance to protect ongoing payments.

Our solution

We specified a 500 kW Fröling wood chip boiler with a purpose-built chip store in a converted barn, pre-insulated pipework running under existing tracks to the cottages, and hydraulic separation protecting the existing emitters. Heat meters were fitted at each dwelling for compliant non-domestic RHI reporting.

The installation

Installation ran over five weeks with the existing oil system left in place until commissioning was complete. The chip store was built alongside existing barn works; pipework was trenched between events to avoid disruption. The boiler was commissioned at peak load and handed over with full MCS and RHI documentation.

The outcome

£28,000
Annual Fuel Saving
£22,000
RHI Annual Income
95% vs oil
Carbon Reduction
99.7%
System Uptime

On site

Plant room
Biomass pellets
Industrial pipework
Domestic fuel hopper
★★★★★
From survey through to handover the team were professional, informed and respectful of guests. The system has run faultlessly for two winters.
General Manager · Country Hotel, Mid Devon

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