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Heating Stove Articles

Browse news and information articles based on relevance to the home heating industry and stove technologies and accessories. New developments in the industry are included for updates about new products, fuels, and stove accessories as well as educational tips and documents.

Removing Ashes from Your Stove and Rekindling a Fire

Tips for how to handle the ash that accumulates in the firebox and how to rekindle a fire from hot coals.

List of EPA Certified Non-Catalytic and Catalytic Wood Stoves from March 2008

If you’re wondering which stoves in use or on the market in the United States are certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), download the agency’s most recent update to its List of EPA Certified Wood Stoves.

Biomass 2008 Workshop Dates Set

This year's Biomass '08 Technical Workshop: Power, Fuels, and Chemicals is set for July 15-16, 2008 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

New Heating Fuel Price Comparison Calculator

Use this new fuel comparison calculator, provided by the U.S. Engergy Information Administration, to calculate costs for different stove fuels.

Fahrenheit Technologies Introduces Endurance Biomass Furnace

Holland, MI - Fahrenheit Technologies Inc. recently released its newest biomass furnace - The Endurance 50F.

Burning Pelletized Grass in a Pellet Stove

There has yet to be a serious attempt by pellet stove manufacturers to design stoves better adapted to high ash fuels such as pelletized grass.

Tax Credit for Wood Stove Buyers in Oregon

A new law in Oregon went into effect Dec. 1, 2007, offering up to a $300 tax credit for buyers of clean burning certified wood and pellet stoves.

Heated Air Circulation and Freestanding Stoves

Reducing the amount of heat you rely on from your standard forced air furnace requires moving heated air from your solitary wood, pellet or corn stove to circulate to as many areas of the home as possible.

Heating Stove Collection is Growing at Wise Heat

Wise Heat is a new review and comment site for freestanding biofuel stoves (wood, pellet, corn, multifuel, and oil/ biodiesel).

Time to Clean Your Wood Stove Catalytic Converter

If your stove is showing signs of poor draft when the damper is closed, it may be time to clean your stove's catalytic converter.

Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Wood Stoves

Catalytic and Non-Catalytic refers to the two methods employed in new stoves to keep them running clean and efficiently.

Fiber By-Products Releases New Wood Pellets

White Pigeon, MI - Fiber By-Products Corp., a green processor of waste wood, has released its new ProPellet pellets for wood stoves.

Making Intense Heat

Mark Freeman started Kuma Stoves Inc. in the back of his pickup. A quarter-century later, Freeman says he expects the Hayden, Idaho-based wood- and oil-stove manufacturing company to continue to grow at a "slow, but comfortable" pace, with revenue this year projected at about $1 million.