A COLLEGE aiming to increase its efficiency with renewable energy has managed to cut £25,000 from its yearly costs after the installation of a wood pellet boiler. Okehampton College installed the 199 kilowatt Hargassner wood pellet boiler from biomass specialists Wood Energy Ltd, towards the end of last year. It was placed adjacent to its main school boiler house to supplement the current gas burning boilers. The installation was part of a long campaign by the school to promote environmentally friendly and efficient sources of energy. Keith Webber, community energy manager, said: 'A lot of small schools use oil or electricity to heat their schools. So if we can save a great deal, and we used gas which is cheaper than oil or electricity, the potential savings in those schools is even greater. 'We are very pleased with Wood Energy Ltd and the Hargassner boiler and we plan to use the money saved from the new boiler for ongoing works around the school, including further energy efficiency improve-ments.' Forward thinking Okehampton College has just been graded as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, and over the last few years it has made a concerted effort to reduce its energy bills from £100,000 annually, to almost zero — the result of smarter energy management, energy efficiency improvements and the installation of renewable energy.