These willow trees will be used as a fuel Wood fuel being harvested This farmer is putting a bale of straw in a boiler, where it will be burnt to help heat his farm Throughout history, burning wood has been the main way people have produced energy for heating, cooking and other uses. It can be used to provide heat or, by burning it in special power stations, electricity. Straw can also be used as a fuel. Like wood, it can be burnt to provide heat or electricity.
Many farms burn some of their straw in a boiler.
The boiler provides hot water and central heating for the farmhouse and other farm buildings. Most children like chips for dinner. At Woebley Primary School in Herfordshire, they use chips to heat the school. The heating system burns wood to meet the school's heating needs, as well as those of the seconndary school next door. The wood is grown nearby specially for the school.