THE USE OF PEAT FOR FUEL; Powerful Machinery Used to Extract and Compress the Product of the Bog -- Whole Process Completed at a Cost of Less Than $1 a Ton.

Once colder weather sets in, the smoky fragrance of fireplaces burning briquettes of peat lingers over County Offaly, just over an hour’s drive west of Dublin in a region known as the Midlands.

Once colder weather sets in, the smoky fragrance of fireplaces burning briquettes of peat lingers over County Offaly, just over an hour’s drive west of Dublin in a region known as the Midlands.

Stephen Peat, a former forward for the Washington Capitals during his four seasons in the NHL, has died at the age of 44 after suffering injuries in an accident.

Read about the Indore Municipal Corporation's agreement to process green waste into biomass briquettes. Learn how this initiative will increase waste processing capacity and generate revenue for ...

The author of the article, M. Renié, discusses concisely the distribution of peat-beds in the various countries, the treatment (drying and pressing) of peat and its uses.

Bio-briquettes tackle India’s climate, pollution and poverty challenges Effective use of biomass can help India generate electricity, safely dispose of agricultural waste and give farmers income. A ...

MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) - More than 26,000 tonnes of peat fuel briquettes were sold abroad in 2023 through the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE). In value terms the export ...

Turning up the volume on life People nowadays may only burn peat in exceptional cases – though a 2022 census shows 70,000 households in Ireland still use the dry peat briquettes for heat.

Known as peat in other parts of the world, the Irish prefer the term turf, unless referring to hard, compressed fuel blocks known as peat briquettes.

An anaerobic digestion facility is one of the projects being considered for the site of the Derrinlough briquette factory, in Offaly, near Cloghan, which is due to close at the end of this year.

The process of impregnation consists merely in mixing the powdered peat with 10 percent by weight of shale oil and then briquetting. The price of such briquettes is stated to be one-half that of ...