Top 15 Biomass Boiler Manufacturers in the World [2026 Buyer’s Guide]

As estimated by Transparency Market Research, the current global biomass boiler market is USD 6.8 billion, 2024, and is forecast to grow 13.3% CAGR through 2035. With industries across the globe shifting from fossil fuel powered systems into renewable combustion technology, selecting the right biomass boiler supplier has traditionally been a daunting yet critically important decision. The rewards is a partner that brings proven efficiency improvements, lower GHG emissions, and total lifecycle support.

This directory lists the Top 15 global biomass boiler manufacturers ranked according totheir background, range of products, global presence, certifications and independent industry recognition. Profiles include founding year, core product range, major strengths and realistic weaknesses, providing procurement engineers and plant managers with the information needed to compare.

Why Your Choice of Biomass Boiler Manufacturer Matters

A biomass boiler system is not a commodity purchase. Unlike fossil-fired boilers, for which the fuel characteristics are well agreed beforehand (standardized specifications if pre-heated, or consistent properties of the delivered fuel), the boiler needs to be designed around the type of energy biomass which will be burned – wood chip, sawdust, rice husk, bagasse, agricultural waste. A company that works very well with pellet-fired systems may not have the appropriate level of engineering within its systems for agricultural biomass fuels with 70+% moisture.

Similarly a company established at the top end of the European residential wood pellet market may lack the industrial boiler engineering skills involved in 20 t/h of steam for food processing or chemical production.

Currently, biomass contributes around 55% of renewable heat worldwide, with industrial/utility boilers providing the majority of this capacity. When taking an investment decision, the choice of burner manufacturer: established biomass boiler technology, accredited emission control, or reliable aftersales infrastructure will underpin your investment.

Top 15 Biomass Boiler Manufacturers at a Glance

Use these quick-reference tables to start: Comparison of Top Five Major Industrial Biomass Boiler Suppliers in the World before going to the profiles immediately below.

#1. Taiguo Boiler — China’s Premier Biomass Boiler Manufacturer Since 1976

Henan Taiguo Boiler Products Co., Ltd. design and build industrial biomass boilers for over 50 years. As a supplier of China’s sole Grade A, the highest categories of pressure vessel and boiler factories published by Chinese government, Taiguo is based in 65,000 m with independent physical and chemical laboratories. Taiguo biomass boiler products are applied in 12 big industrial fields and exported to over 100 countries worldwide.

Taiguo biomass fired boiler series — See our 4 main series designed for various fuels includes wood chips, wood pallets, rice husks, bagasse and palm kernel shells wood, with 85-92% thermal efficiency at new Conditions for all our runs. Each standard boiler is undergone an 8 layers quality assurance procedures, all boilers has documentation of ASME S & U Stamp, CE and ISO 9001:2015 until delivery.

Official Website: taiguo-steamboiler.com

#2. ANDRITZ AG- The First Fluidized Bed Combustion Manufacturer from Austria (Est. 1852)

Established in 1852, ANDRITZ AG is an international engineering group with market leading position in bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) and circulating fluidized bed (CFB) biomass combustion technology. ANDRITZ biomass boilers are making a substantial contribution to proof-of-concept throughout pulp and paper mills, power utilities, municipal plants on six continents. In March 2025 the company commissioned at Hungrana (Hungary)—one of the leading sugar pan bakery in Hungary—the world’s first 32 t/h biomass power plant—that further demonstrates the depth of its EPC plant solutions.

Later in 2025 the company bolstered its boiler service portfolio with the purchase of Allen-Sherman-Hoff from Babcock & Wilcox.

Main Products:

• BFB, CFB biomass steam boilers for utility and industrial use.
• Biomass gasifiers and recovery boilers
• Complete biomass power plant islands (boiler + turbine + emission control)

Official Website: andritz.com

#3. Babcock & Wilcox 157 Years of Industrial Boiler Experience (Est. 1867)

B&W, based in Providence, Rhode Island, was established in 1867 by Stephen Wilcox and George Babcock. The B&W name is century old, and recognized around the world as one of the leading manufacturer’s of industrial boilers. B&W was a precursor of the water-tube boiler, which dominates the power generation market today.

B&W now has a renewables division, producing stoker-fired biomass boilers, bubbling fluidized bed, and waste-to-energy F.L. Boilers for sale. B&W biomass boiler systems will take a selection of different fuels including wood chips, prpellets, agricultural residue, bark etc.

Their advanced combustion technology aims to reduce formation of NOx and CO and reduce their greenhouse gases by 80% compared with equivalent fossil fuel system.

Main Products:

• Traveling grate and stoker-fired biomass steam boilers
• Bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) biomass boilers
• Municipal solid waste-to-energy boiler systems (B&W Vølund)

Official Website: babcock.com

#4. Vyncke — Belgium’s Century-Old Biomass Energy Expert (Est. 1912)

Founded in 1912 by Louis Vyncke in Harelbeke, Flanders, Vyncke is a fourth-generation family business with over 110 years of continuous focus on biomass combustion and clean energy technology. With more than 4,400 energy projects realised worldwide, Vyncke is one of Europe’s most experienced manufacturers of steam, hot water and thermal oil boiler plants fired by solid biomass, recovered fuels (RDF) and industrial waste. Its capacity range – from 100 kW to 200 MW – makes it effective for light commercial applications through full utility-scale power generation.

Main Products:

• Biomass steam and hot water boilers (100 kW–200 MW)
• Thermal oil boiler plants for high-temperature industrial process heat
• Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and industrial waste-fired energy systems

Official Website: vyncke.com

#5. Viessmann – German Engineering Meets Biomass Heating (Est. 1917)

Founded in 1917 by Johann Viessmann, Viessmann is a global leader in heating systems, industrial equipment, and cooling solutions with a deep heritage in renewable biomass heating solutions. Its Vitoligno range of wood pellet and wood chip boilers is widely regarded as benchmark equipment for high-efficiency automated biomass heating in commercial and light industrial applications. Viessmann boiler systems integrate smart IoT controls with fully automated fuel feeding, combustion tuning, and emission monitoring. The company was acquired by Carrier Global in 2023, bringing additional resources for global distribution and digital heating infrastructure.

Main Products:

• Vitoligno pellet-fired boilers (fully automated, residential through commercial scale)
• Wood chip and log wood biomass heating boilers
• Combined heat and power (CHP) biomass systems

Official Website: viessmann.com

#6. Valmet – Finland’s BFB & BioGrate Combustion Authority (Est. 1951)

Valmet is a Scandinavian technology leader in processes for the pulp, paper, and energy industries, with a dedicated focus on biomass-based power and heat generation. Its BFB and BioGrate combustion technologies serve district heating plants, combined heat and power facilities, and industrial energy users across Europe and beyond. In 2023, Valmet delivered the complete boiler island for the Mets Fibre Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland – one of the world’s most modern wood-processing facilities – demonstrating its strength in high-demand biomass energy environments.

Main Products:

• BFB (Bubbling Fluidized Bed) biomass power boilers
• BioGrate moving grate boilers for wet biomass fuels
• Biomass gasification systems
• Complete CHP plant islands for district heating

Official Website: valmet.com

#7. Dongfang Electric – China’s Utility-Scale Biomass Boiler Giant (Est. 1958)

Established in 1958, Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) is one of China’s largest state-owned power equipment manufacturers, responsible for supplying approximately one-third of China’s total installed power generation capacity. Its boiler division – Dongfang Boiler Group Co., Ltd. – produces multiple combustion system types including biomass-fired boilers, circulating fluidized bed boilers capable of co-firing biomass with coal, and dedicated biomass power plant boilers. DEC products are deployed in major power stations across Asia, Africa, and beyond.

Main Products:

• CFB (Circulating Fluidized Bed) biomass boilers – 50 MW to 660 MW
• Dedicated biomass and co-firing power plant boilers
• Waste incineration and special fuel boilers
• Supercritical and ultra-supercritical boilers (350 MW–1,300 MW)

Official Website: dongfang.com.cn

#8. Doosan Enerbility – South Korea’s Power Plant EPC Leader (Est. 1962)

Started in 1962 as a trading company, Doosan has grown to one of the world’s largest producers of power plant equipment. In 2022 they renamed Doosan Enerbility and develop a range of Steam Turbines, Generators, Boilers and complete Power Plant Systems for Thermal, Nuclear and Renewable energies. Part of their biomass boiler portfolio, they offer dedicated biomass fired boiler solutions as well as co-firing systems enabling facilities to converter coal fired power plants to biomass, a fast growing market segment as utilities seek to wean themselves off of fossil fuels.

Main Products:

• Biomass-fired and co-firing power boilers
• Steam turbines paired with biomass boiler systems
• Turnkey renewable energy power plant EPC

Official Website: doosanenerbility.com

#9. Thermax – the south-Asian multi-fuel biomass boiler authority (est. 1966)

Thermax – ‘a INR 6,123 Crore ($876 million) industrial energy and environment solutions company’ (www.thermaxindia.com) based out of Pune, India. Its boiler and steam business unit – TBWES – has tested and validated more than 150 different solid fuels including various biomass fuel types from a broad range of agricultural, forestry and industrial waste streams. As among the most widely implemented industrial boiler suppliers across the world with over 265 biomass boilers installed in over 87+ countries and in excess of 2,500 global installations, it is undoubtedly one of the most versatile biomass boiler manufacturers today.

Main Products:

• Traveling grate stoker biomass boilers (single-drum and bi-drum variants)
• Fluidized bed biomass and multi-fuel boilers
• Cogeneration systems for agro-processing industries
• Modular biomass boilers for smaller agro-processing applications (launched 2023)

Official Website: thermaxglobal.com

#10. Hurst Boilers & Welding – America’s Family-Owned Biomass Experts (established 1967)

Hurst Boiler & Welding was started in 1967 by Gene and Fern Hurst in Coolidge Georgia. It has been family owned during its 57 years manufacturing solid fuel, biomass, gas, oil, and hybrid fire tube and watertube steam and hot water boiler systems. Its Hurst Boilers has very good roots in the Wood Processing (sawmill) and Forestry markets, where the biomass boiler systems convert Wood sawdust, Wood chips, residual wood and bark into high-efficiency steam and power from biomass which can then be used in that sawmill operation—round wood and other wood processing mills.

The biomass boiler systems are ASME-coded with manufacturing taking places in the United States through all of its work including the compacted ash.

Main Products:

• Solid fuel and biomass firetube steam boilers
• Wood chip, sawdust, and bark-fired watertube boilers
• Hybrid biomass/gas fuel flexible boiler systems
• A complete line of boiler parts and boiler room peripherals for full lifecycle support

Official Website: hurstboiler.com

#11. Forbes Vyncke (Forbes Marshall)—India’s Indian Joint Venture for Biomass Boilers (year est. 1926/2009)

Forbes Marshall (India) was founded in1976by J.N. Marshall in Ahmedabad, India selling textile hardware, it soon became one of India’s most highly regarded industrial steam engineering firms. In 2009, to enable the use of biomass and industrial waste-fired boilers to be manufactured for South Asian fuel characteristics and customers, forbes Marshall started with a Belgian company called Vynke to establish Vynke-BF.

The union combined Marketplace understanding and Vynke’s knowledge of combustion providing a greenfield manufacturer better located and far better equipped to serve Indian and regional buyers.

Main Products:

• Biomass and industrial waste-fired boilers (Vyncke technology)
• Electric steam boilers and oil/gas-fired boilers
• Exhaust gas and heat recovery boilers
• Power boilers for process steam and cogeneration

Official Website: forbesmarshall.com

#12. Schmid AG – Sistemas de combustión de biomasa de precisión: suizos (Fundado en 1936)

Since 1936, Schmid AG has designed and manufacture matured biomass combustion technologies. The company is founded by Albert Schmid in 1936 by setting up a locksmith business in Grningen, Switzerland. Developed a first heat delivery boiler for log wood and wood chips in 1965, this was the first hot water boiler in European history. Now this Swiss family-business employs around 520 people and is a leading high-efficiency biomass combustion technology provider. The company provides technology that’s 20-40% more efficient than old generation boiler designs by deriving more thermal energy out of the same amount of biomass. The company’s presence has grown to North America and the company provides small scale-CHP solutions with the help of ORC specialists.

Main Products:

• Wood chip / pellets fired boilers for commercial/industrial heat
• Log wood hot water boilers
• Biomass steam boilers for industrial process heat
• Small-scale CHP systems (via ORC partnership)

Official Website: schmid-energy.ch

#13. Hargassner – Austria’s ultra low emissions specialist (est. 1984)

Founded in 1984 in Upper Austria, Hargassner is today one of Austria’s best known biomass heating brands with over 185,000 installations throughout 40+ countries. Headquartered in Upper Austria, the company produces in a 110,000 m manufacturing site and has led the way on ultra low emission biomass boilers, boasting the lowest dust and particle emissions levels in the industry. The company’s focus is to create smart control solutions that are automated, comfortable and efficient to use; “comfort meets precision,” and can be monitored remotely. The Hargassner system can be featured as a commuter heating system with smart control systems that automatically adjust system operation by season.

Main Products:

• Pellet boilers (5 kW to 500 kW) – automatic biomass feeding and ash extraction
• Wood chip boilers (up to 1,500 kW) – agricultural and light commercial
• Log wood boilers (firewood grade) — manual-feed with high thermal storage
• Heating container systems — fully automated, plug-and-play installation

Official Website: hargassner.com

#14. ZOZEN Boiler – China’s versatile industrial biomass boiler manufacturer (est. 1988)

Wuxi Zozen Boilers Co., Ltd., was founded in 1988 in Wuxi, Jiangsu in China – one of the country’s most active industrial manufacturing centers. In operation since the company has an extensive product portfolio made up of biomass chain grate boilers, gas and oil-fired boilers and waste heat recovery systems. The company is registered with ASME, LEibilin gtin Wapenjang and CE certifications and exports to 100+ countries. ZOZEN’s biogas boilers are designed to use various solid fuels including agricultural wastes and residue products, rice husks, bagasse, wood chips and fuel from sustainable cultivation. ZOZEN is targeted at producing a reliable, cost efficient steam for industries requiring medium scale (small than 40t/h) industrial process steam production.

Main Products:

• DZL single-drum chain grate biomass steam boiler
• DZH hand-fired biomass steam boiler
• SZL water-tube biomass steam and hot water boiler
• WNS gas/oil-fired fire-tube steam boiler

Official Website: zozen.com

#15. Bosch thermotechnik (Buderus) – European archive classic of the oldest boiler heritage (est. 1731)

The heritage of heating technology from the Bosch Thermotechnik group goes back to Buderus, one of the world’s oldest industrial enterprises, founded in 1731 in Wetzlar, Germany. Bosch acquired Buderus in 2003, and in 2004 the Bosch and Buderus heating businesses merged to form the global market leader, Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH. This Group trades under numerous brand names, including the old and well-respected names of Bulgar and Junkers, as well as the Bosch name. The Bosch Group includes a specialised division of industrial and commercial steam boiler manufacturers, Bosch Industriekessel, established in 1865, that manufactures biomass compatible industrial steam boilers targeted at the manufacturing, food processing and pharmaceutical industries.

Main Products:

• Buderus log wood gasification boilers and pellet boilers for commercial applications
• Bosch Industriekessel biomass-compatible industrial steam boilers
• Combined heat and power (CHP) systems
• Integrated energy systems (biomass + heat pump + solar thermal)

Official Website: buderus.com

How to find the best biomass boiler manufacturer for you and your project

Industry statistics show time and time again that the three main trip-ups in buying an industrial biomass boiler are: (1) Buy based on the lowest initial cost rather than total lifecycle cost, (2) Buy a boiler rated for the wrong moisture content fuel, and (3) Purchase from a supplier without verifiable after-sales support in your location. Use the five-factor framework below before signing any purchase agreement.

1. Match the boiler to your actual fuel supply — Don’t specify based on a “best case” fuel. If your biomass fuel sources have variable moisture (15–45%) such as agricultural residue or fresh wood chips, you need a chain grate or fluidized bed system designed for wet biomass — not a pellet-spec unit. Request fuel combustion test data from the manufacturer before committing.
2. Verify certifications for your target market — Exporting to Europe? Require CE marking and EN 303-5 compliance. Selling steam to a food-grade facility in North America? ASME S Stamp is non-negotiable. Renewable energy incentive programs often require ISO 9001 as a baseline. Confirm certification scope, not just a logo.
3. Evaluate total lifecycle cost, not only capital cost — A boiler system with lower purchase price but only 80% thermal efficiency will cost significantly more in fuel over its 15–25 year operational lifespan. Factor in annual fuel savings, energy production efficiency, maintenance intervals, and availability of replacement parts from local distributors.
4. Assess after-sales infrastructure in your region — Large-scale boiler failures cost thousands per hour in lost production. Verify that your chosen manufacturer has trained service engineers within your country or region, and that replacement parts can be shipped within 48–72 hours of a breakdown call.
5. Request references from similar applications — A manufacturer who has commissioned 20+ biomass boilers in your industry vertical (food processing, chemical, textile, wood products) can demonstrate real-world combustion performance data — not just specification sheet promises. Ask for verifiable case references with contact details.

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