Where our systems run
200+ SCW biomass systems heat greenhouses, colonies, barns, sawmills and plants across North America. Here are some of them, with the size, the fuel and what changed.
Project stories
14 jobs so far. Pick what you heat to see jobs like yours.
Pépinière Janelle
- System
- 5 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Propane
- Installed
- 2026
Heating cost about half what it was on propane.
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Zyromski Greenhouse
- System
- 18 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Installed
- 2024
One of our larger systems. Two Quebec winters in, at about half the old heating cost.
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Vanderveens Greenhouse
- System
- Four boilers, one building
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Natural gas
Four systems side by side heat a big greenhouse range. Heating cost about half.
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Sturgeon Creek Colony
- System
- 15 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Natural gas
- Installed
- 2025
One plant heats hog barns, poultry barns, a greenhouse, shops and homes. The colony owns SCW.
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Willow Creek Colony
- System
- 13 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Coal
Off coal and onto wood chips. Heating cost about half.
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Hog barns on a Manitoba farm
- System
- 13 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Propane
Barns warm all winter, at about half the cost of propane.
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Lebel Sawmill
- System
- 10 million BTU
- Fuel
- Sawmill waste
- Installed
- 2026
The mill's own wood waste now heats its buildings. Numbers after a full winter.
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Grain dryer on an Ontario farm
- System
- 10 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood pellets
- Replaced
- Propane
- Installed
- 2021
Same dryer, no propane. Drying fuel cost about half.
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Barn heat and grain drying, one fuel floor
- System
- Two units, 13 million BTU each
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Propane
- Installed
- 2024
One walking floor feeds the barns and the grain dryer. Fuel cost about half.
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Process steam from oat hulls
- System
- 300–500 BHP steam
- Fuel
- Oat hulls, own mill
- Replaced
- Natural gas
- Installed
- 2019–2022
The plant burns its own hulls for high-pressure process steam.
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Clean hot air for a belt dryer
- System
- 18 million BTU
- Heat
- Clean air, heat exchanger
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Installed
- 2025
Same belt dryer. The heat now comes from wood chips.
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A tower dryer on wood pellets
- Fuel
- Wood pellets
- Replaced
- Propane
- Installed
- 2024
Kept the dryer, dropped propane. Drying fuel cost about half.
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A colony boiler on wood chips
- System
- 10 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Propane
Heats the barns, homes and shops at about half the cost of propane.
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Greenhouse heat on wood chips
- System
- Over 15 million BTU
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Natural gas
- Installed
- 2022
One of our larger systems, with a multi-cyclone dust collector.
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From your fuel bill to heat
Most systems arrive 1 to 3 months after the order, depending on size. Here's what happens along the way.
Tell us what you heat
Send a year of fuel bills, the buildings and the fuel you can get nearby.
We size it and quote
Model, fuel handling and what you'd save. About half our systems get a grant, so apply before you order.
Built in our shop
Firebox, chain grate stoker and controls, built and wired in Headingley.
Shipped and set in
By our crew, or your local contractor with our support.
Started and tuned
We fire it up, tune it to your fuel and train your people.
Watched from our shop
Remote monitoring, text alerts, and parts on our shelf.
200+ systems running
Most of our systems run on the Prairies, in Ontario and in Quebec, with more than 40 in the United States.
Wherever yours is, the controls report back to our shop in Headingley, Manitoba, and parts ship from our shelf.
From our shop to your site
Real jobs, real photos. Built in Headingley, shipped on a flatbed and set in by our crew or yours.
In their words
“Our heating bill is about half what we paid for propane, and the install went fast. SCW built it, and they still keep an eye on it.”
“The crane day went smooth, and it has run two winters without fuss. Our heating cost is about half what it was.”
“We switched from coal to wood chips, and our heating cost is about half what it was. The walking floor keeps it fed.”
Want to see a system like yours? Tell us what you heat and where you are, and we'll point you to a similar install. Get a quote →