I’m delighted to be presenting at the Energy Now Expo in February. This annual two day event is the only UK renewable energy event organised exclusively for the agricultural and rural sectors. My talk is titled: Biomass fuel options – making the right choice for your pocket, your boiler and the environment Talk synopsis: Crops for Energy help clients […]
Every month or so there seems to be another “new” article stating that cutting down trees and burning them for bioenergy is bad. The latest instalment of this long running story was in the Guardian yesterday and signed by 15 academics from across Europe. Many people will read this article, look at the roll of […]
The long awaited Irish “RHI” has been formally announced. The Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) is designed to financially support the replacement of fossil fuel heating systems with renewable energy for large heat demand non-domestic users. This covers commercial, industrial, agricultural, district heating, public sector and other non-domestic businesses. It is widely hoped that […]
If you want to see an award winning plantation of Eucalyptus grown as Short Rotation Forestry (SRF) then you should head down to Cornwall in January. Bryan Elliott of Eucalyptus Renewables is hosting the event. Location: Treworder Barton PL27 6HX, near Wadebridge in Cornwall Date: 9 January 2018 The plantation consists of around 12 hectares […]
Kevin Lindegaard of C4E co-authored the bioenergy chapter in this updated authoritative Open University text book. The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today. Renewable Energy examines both the practical and economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge. The […]
Changes are afoot with regards using waste wood in RHI accredited biomass boilers. The Environment Agency (EA) has just released a Regulatory Position Statement affecting anyone who produces, transports, stores, processes, trades, uses (including burning it in boiler) or disposes of waste wood. The crucial change for traders and users of waste wood for biomass […]
If you are thinking of planting a woodland then you should get ready to apply for the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation Grant in 2018. The scheme is very generous ans pays up to a maximum of £6,800 per planted hectare! The grant is competitive and applications need to score sufficient points relating to the schemes priorities on biodiversity, water […]
The Conference for Biomass Energy Professionals The date: 13 – 14 March 2018 The venue: Burford Bridge Hotel, Dorking, Surrey Conference progamme can be viewed here Organised by the Wood Heat Association and the Renewable Energy Association, Wood Heat 2017 brings together all parts of the UK biomass heat and CHP industry in a unique event […]
It’s been talked about for several years now but it appears that there will be a firm announcement about the launch of a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in Ireland – soon. That’s the news from this weeks Energy in Agriculture conference and trade fair that took place at Gurteen College in Tipperary. We were there […]
A new report summarising over 5 years of work commissioned by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has concluded that the UK should be capable of growing around 1.4 million hectares of second generation bioenergy crops by 2050. This would mean planting 7.5% of UK agricultural land with Miscanthus, Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow and Short […]