Solid biofuels emit gaseous products in the air during their storage. These gases can be dangerous for health and the environment. The composition and quantity of the gaseous products is dependent on many factors. Temperature belongs among the most important factors. This article deals with the qualitative and quantitative analysis of gaseous products released during heating of forest wood chips. It was assessed usage gaseous products for indication of state of stored materials. Samples of wood chips were heated in a furnace in the temperature range 50–150 °C in increments of 50 °C for one hour. Analysis of the gases was performed by using an infrared spectrometer with Fourier transformation.
These findings can be used for correct selection of safety precaution.

Usage of solid biofuels increases due to substitution of fossil fuels. This fact contributes to increasing of danger of fire due to spontaneous combustion. Spontaneous combustion of these materials occurs during their storage in large piles. This tendency to spontaneous combustion is not the same, but is influenced by various factors. This article deals with the determination of tend to spontaneous combustion and evaluation of effect of moisture on self – ignition temperature of four kinds of wood chips. Evaluation of tendency to spontaneous combustion was performed according to standard EN 15188, in an isothermal furnace. The results have implications for the specification of safe conditions of storage of coal and wood substances and the selection of safety measures.

The aim of electricity distributor is that customers may be sourced if a constant amount of energy. When properly appliances division into groups according to how they can be turned off, it is possible to reduce the agreed value of the load shedding and save on fixed fees. The regulator load shedding so in the short term applies.

The article guides us through wind turbines history from first experiments over new rotor designs and power enlargements to first wind turbines in the Czech republic, in the USA, Denmark and other "pioneer instalations" in Europeans countries.

In the presented article is analyzed aging of the photovoltaic power plant panels located in Dukovany. Photovoltaic power plant in Dukovany (identified also as PV power plant) is the oldest PV power plants built in the Czech Republic. PV power plant was put into service in 1998. After 17 years of working is slowly ending its life. This work compared an electricity production in individual years, decreasing of produce energy from the values given by the manufacturer and also describing visible defects on selected modules.

The paper deals with complex solution of heating and economy measures regarding ecology of heat sources and preservation of architectural values of the Volyně college-complex. This solution also includes padding warm and exchange of windows in all complexes. New technology in boiled room was installed with application of boiler for fytomass-burning, gas condensation boilers, thermal pump in system air/water and cogeneration unit for supply electric energy.

The article presents a new condensing boiler with an automatic feeding system and a burner designed for combustion of biomass with high water content. The boiler has a modular layout allowing great variability in arrangement and performance. Heat output of the boiler can vary within the range from 10 to 500 kW. A stand-alone condensation heat exchanger which is essential part of the boiler is designed as self-cleaning without fouling of heat transfer surfaces. The exchanger’s contribution to overall heat output is about 10 % when combusting wood chips with moisture exceeding 40 %.

Coppice is a traditional type of forest management with short harvest period. It has all but disappeared from Czech countryside, but there has been renewed interest in coppicing in recent years. Coppice forests may become a substantial source of energy biomass in rural areas. Two approaches are most relevant: (i) Conversion of some current broadleaved high forests into coppice forests. Coppicing shows worse long term financial returns but higher biomass production and faster yield than conventional high forest. It is interesting for private and municipal owners of small forest properties. (ii) Minor changes in law would make government’s afforestation subsidies available for establishment of new coppice forests in farmland. Nevertheless, they will probably remain a minor counterpart to better yielding short rotation coppice.

Third part of serial focuses on solar system components. The fact, that there is a tendency for undersizing the component to reduce the system price, is expectable. But cases, in which the basic safety guidelines are broken, are just a demonstration of incompetency of installation company not only in the field of solar thermal systems but in the heating branch in general.

Visit and familiarization with the Engineering Test Institute. The process of certification of automatic boilers for solid fuels – for wood pellets. Description of the activities thermal and environmental testing equipment.

Second part of serial focuses on solar collectors. Basic axioms of solar thermal engineering are lost if designer or installation company wants to supply the a solar system at all „costs“. It is not easy to recognize the quality of solar collector at first sight. But i tis simpler and less expensive to make a cross-check of the solar collector than to replace one after another by new ones because of low heat output.

First part of serial aims at general quality of suppliers and above all at purpose of the solar system installation. It is very difficult to identify the purpose of solar system supply for installations without any planning and energy yields calculations.

This report includes data on molded fuels (briquettes and pellets) made from biomass (wood and plant), peat, coal and paper. The report is the result of processing all the available statistical sources and contains evaluation of statistical data for years 2013 and 2014.