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Below you can see the CO2 emissions of various types of fuel used for heating. As you can see wood logs, wood pellets and wood chips come out way ahead of the other fuels because of their low CO2 emissions.
Fuel type | Emissions kg CO2/kWh |
Wood logs | Less than 0.00612 (1) |
Wood pellets | 0.016 (2) |
Wood chips | 0.00432 - 0.00612 (3) |
Dual fuel (coal and wood) | 0.187 (4) |
Mains gas | 0.216 (3) |
LPG | 0.234 (4) |
Oil | 0.265 (4) |
House coal | 0.291 (4) |
Anthracite | 0.317 (4) |
Manufactured smokeless fuel | 0.392 (4) |
Electricity | 0.460 (3) |