Company type | Private |
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Industry | Sustainable Energy |
Founded | 1984 |
Founder | Martin Lunde |
Headquarters | Minneapolis, MN, U.S. |
Area served | US and Canada |
Key people | Martin R. Lunde ( President) |
Products | Wood-fired hydronic boilers, alternative energy products |
Website | GARN.com |
GARN is an American alternative energy company and manufacturer of smokeless wood-burning furnaces with integrated hydronic thermal storage.
GARN pioneered wood gasification in conjunction with thermal storage in 1984, after GARN founder Martin Lunde developed the technology under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy in the late 1970s, along with researchers Richard Snyder and James Buesing. [1] [2] [3] Lunde was awarded patents in wood-fired hydronic storage in the early 1980s. [4] [5]
In April 2015, the GARN WHS-2000 was the first ever hydronic wood heater to pass the EPA's Phase II "white tag" certification using cord wood as fuel. [6]