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Wood-burning stoves could account for 10% of the UK Government’s carbon reduction targets by 2020, according to a UK-based trade body.

The Stove Industry Alliance (SIA) said that wood-burning stoves also have the potential to produce 25% of the government’s domestic renewable heat energy target by 2020.

According to the trade body, wood-burning stoves have experienced a huge upsurge in popularity over the past decade.

More than one million UK homes are already using wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, and annual UK sales of more than 200,000 units.

Between this predicted demand and the expected supply of fuel, it is estimated that wood-burning stoves offer a potential reduction in UK carbon emissions of more than two million tonnes per year.

The news comes as a new industry-led environmental standard has been unveiled, which commits the wood burning stove industry to start meeting stringent new green laws six years ahead of schedule.

According to the SIA, this new standard will ensure that all newly-designed wood-burning stove models will meet European environmental standards for particulate emissions, which are not due to be enforced until 2022.

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