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Below is a non-comprehensive list of manufacturers of smokeless fuels. These smokeless fuels are suitable for burning in smoke control areas on multifuel stoves in the UK.
If you want to burn wood in a smoke control area then the
Dovre 500 CBW,
Dovre 700 CBW, and
Morso Owl are
approved for woodburning in smoke control areas.
Stoves approved for woodburning in smokeless zones are all Cleanheat or cleanburning stoves.
Find out more about cleanburning / cleanheat Stoves.
FUELS AUTHORISED FOR USE IN SMOKE CONTROL AREAS.
CLEAN AIR ACT (1993) (AUTHORISED FUELS) REGULATIONS.
1.Aimcor Excel briquettes.
Unmarked, pillow-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Applied Industrial Materials UK Ltd,
Newfield, County Durham.
2.
Aimcor Pureheat briquettes.
Pillow-shaped briquettes with a single line indentation on the reverse side.
Manufactured by: Applied Industrial Materials UK Ltd,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
3.
Ancit briquettes.
Unmarked, cushion-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
4. Black Diamond Gem briquettes.
Pillow-shaped briquettes marked with two parallel lines running latitudinally around the briquette.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited, Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
5. Bord na Mona Firelogs.
Firelogs approx 255mm by 75mm, with grooves along one longitudinal face.
Manufactured by: Bord na Mona Fuels Ltd, Newbridge, County Kildare (ROI).
6. Bord na Mona Firepak. (or Arigna
Special coal briquettes).
Unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Bord na Mona Fuels Ltd,
Newbridge, County Kildare (ROI).
7. Bryant and May Firelogs.
Quadrant shaped cross-section with radius of approx 80mm, with length of approx 265mm and an ignition strip along one edge.
Manufactured by: Swedish Match,
Kostenetz, Bulgaria.
8. Charglow briquettes.
Unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Polchar Spol/ka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia, Ulica Kuznicka 1, Police, Zachodniepomorskie, Poland.
9. Coalite.
Manufactured by: Coalite Products Ltd,
Bolsover nr Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
And Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire.
10.Coke.
Sunbrite. Coal Products Ltd,
Cwm Coking Works, Llantwit Fardre, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Sunbrite or Monckton Boiler Beans. Monckton Coke & Chemical Company Ltd,
Royston, South Yorkshire.
Redcar Coke Nuts (Doubles). Corus UK Ltd,
Teeside Works, Redcar.
Cwm Coke Doubles. Coal Products Ltd,
Cwm Coking Works, Llantwit Fardre, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
11. Cosycoke.
Unmarked, random shapes.
(also manufactured as Lionheart
Crusader or Sunbrite Plus).
Manufactured by: Monckton Coke & Chemical Company Ltd,
Royston, South Yorkshire.
Aimcor Supercoke or Supercoke.
Manufactured by: M & G Fuels Ltd,
Hartlepool Docks, Hartlepool.
11A. Dragonglow briquettes.
Unmarked, pillow-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Tower Colliery Ltd,
Aderdare, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales.
11B.
Dragonglow briquettes.
Pillow-shaped briquettes which have a 'T' on one side.
Manufactured by: Tower Colliery Ltd,
Aderdare, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales.
12.
Ecobrite briquettes.
Unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes in two sizes: 37g and 48g.
Manufactured by: Arigna Fuels Ltd,
Arigna, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Roscommon (ROI).
13.Extracite briquettes.
Cushion-shaped briquettes with a silvery appearance, and are marked with the letters 'S' and 'J'.
Manufactured by: Sophia-Jacoba Handelsgeselleschaft mbH,
Huckelhoven, Germany.
14.
Fireglo briquettes.
Ovoids which have three lines on one side and are smooth on the other.
Manufactured by: Les Combustibles de Normandie,
Caen, France.
And: La Societe Rouennaise de Defumage,
Rouen, France.
15.
Homefire briquettes.
Unmarked, hexagonal briquettes.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited,
Immingham Briquetting Works,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
16.
Homefire ovals.
Pillow-shaped briquettes with two parallel indented lines running latitudinally round the briquette.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited,
Immingham Briquetting Works,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
17.
Homefire ovals.
Different components but same appearance as above.
18.
Island Lump and Island Nuts.
Unmarked random shapes.
Manufactured by: Unocal Refinery,
California, USA.
19.
Jewel briquettes.
Unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Eldon Colliery Ltd,
Newfield Works, Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
20.
Long Beach Lump Nuts.
Unmarked random shapes.
Manufactured by: Aimcor Carbon Corporation,
Long Beach, California, USA.
21.
Maxibrite briquettes.
Cushion-shaped briquettes, marked with the letter 'M'.
Manufactured by: Maxibrite Ltd,
Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
22.
Newflame briquettes.
Unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Maxibrite Ltd,
Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
23.
Phurnacite briquettes.
Ovoid-shaped briquettes with two parallel indented lines running longitudinally round the briquette.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited,
Immingham Briquetting Works,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
24.
Safelight Firelogs.
Rectangular, hard finish firelogs with two deep overlapping slots in the top surface and a single continuous slot in the base surface.
Manufactured by: Advanced Natural Fuels Ltd,
Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire.
25.
Sovereign briquettes.
Unmarked hexagonal briquettes.
Manufactured by: Monckton Coke & Chemical Company Ltd,
Royston, South Yorkshire.
26.
Supabrite Coke Doubles.
Unmarked random shapes.
Manufactured by: H.J.
Banks and Company Ltd.
Inkerman Road Depot, Tow Low, Country Durham.
27.
Supacite briquettes.
Unmarked ovoids.
Manufactured by: Maxibrite Ltd,
Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
28.
Supertherm briquettes.
Unmarked ovoids.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited,
Immingham Briquetting Works,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
29.
Supertherm II briquettes.
Unmarked ovoids.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited,
Immingham Briquetting Works,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
30.
Taybrite briquettes (or Surefire
briquettes).
Pillow-shaped briquettes marked with a single indented line running longitudinally along each face, offset from its counterpart by 10mm.
Or unmarked.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Limited,
Immingham Briquetting Works,
Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
31.
Thermac briquettes. Unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes.
Manufactured by: Coal Products Ltd,
Shildon, County Durham.
