As part of its ongoing commitment to the environment, Aga has developed biofuel-ready cookers.

Most of each Aga produced is made from materials previously used for another purpose. £7 million has also been spent on ensuring emissions from the Aga foundry in Coalbrookdale - an original site where Abraham Derby started the industrial revolution - are as clean as the air you breathe.

Now Aga has unveiled a new generation of biofuelready models. But the green customer need not wait until these fuels become available to use these Agas - in the meantime the cookers will run on either oil or diesel.

Once biofuels are readily commercially available, you will only need a minor modification to the burner. This will be necessary until the fuels are mass-produced, it will be impossible to understand their exact make up.

-- Advertisement --

Strictly, biofuel is any fuel that derives from biomass - recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. It is a renewable energy source, unlike fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal and nuclear fuels. One definition of Biofuel is any fuel with an 80 per cent minimum content by volume of materials derived from living organisms harvested within the 10 years preceding its manufacture.

Customers who buy a biofuel-ready Aga can be confident that, as soon as biofuel becomes available, Aga can modify the Aga's burner and make any other minor adjustments, so they can be among the first people to use this new fuel in domestic setting.

Increasingly, Aga is working with customers who wish to generate their own energy. This can be from wind, solar, water power or even earth energy. Aga actively encourages customers to contact them regarding any micro-generation projects they are considering undertaking to power an Aga or Rayburn cooker.

As part of their environmental commitment, they have installed a 5kw wind turbine at Aga in Telford, where it is being used as part of a larger project to research alternative energy sources for their cookers.

(JM)