Wood fuel facts for kids

Wood fuel is a type of energy that is burnt down to create energy, such as heat or light.

Images for kids

A stack of split firewood in Japan
Charcoal, a derivative of wood, was traditionally an important fuel in ironmaking and other processes
Ceramic stoves are traditional in Northern Europe: an 18th-century faience stove at Łańcut Castle, Poland
A woman uses wood in a fireplace for heat. A newspaper headline before her tells of the community's lack of heating oil in 1973.
Campfires have been used for ages: fires are integral to humanity.
Potbelly stove at the Museum of Appalachia
A wood pellet stove
Stapled birch wood
Fireplace and chimney after a wildfire, Witch Fire, California
Wood-burning fireplace with burning log
Sawmills create and burn sawdust: it can be pelletized and used at home.
A pile of firewood logged from the Barmah Forest in Victoria