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WOOD CHIPS TO FUEL COUNTY DURHAM SCHOOLS
Summary of Report
Wood chips to fuel county schools
Schools in County Durham are to be fuelled by scrap wood in an effort to combat soaring oil prices.
Currently 284 council-controlled schools use gas fired boilers. A further 29 use a mixture of oil, electricity and coal.
County Council bosses admit switching to wood pellet-burning boilers will be expensive in the short term.
But the authority says the running costs and long term environmental benefits
December 18, 2005
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