We have changed our trading name to Willow Solutions. What’s in a name For a number of years Crops for Energy as a business has been looking Beyond Bioenergy. Many…
We are delighted to have a stand and be presenting at this year’s hotly anticipated Agroforestry Show at Woodoaks Farm in Hertfordshire. The big reveal is that by invitation from…
History has given us some big rivalries. Think Borg versus McEnroe, Messi versus Ronaldo and Ali versus Frazier. To this you can add another heavyweight rivalry that has been going…
Over the last three years, Jamie has been creating some amazing machines that could transform the willow sector. New cutting edge innovations have been developed with tracked and robotic technologies…
Our very own Kevin Lindegaard was the instigator of Envirocrops, the web app that provides the “consultant in your pocket” enabling users to find out all the logistical and economical…
We are partners in the very exciting project led by NIAB called the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping also known as CHCx3. We will be helping look at…
We were a partner in the EU Unterreg BioWill project which looked at trying to harness the biorefinery potential of willow: Utilising the bark wood for producing pharmaceutical products particularly…
We’re thrilled to announce the official launch of Net Zero Willow! For the past year, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes on this exciting project, and now we’re ready…
Over the years I have been trying very hard to get policy makers and representatives of environmental NGOs to appreciate the many biodiversity benefits of biomass crops. For me, it…
Background Climate change is progressing at an alarming pace. Every day there are new facts emerging: Hottest June (in the UK) on record, hottest year on record, wettest July (in…
There has never been a better time to find out all there is to know about biomass crops such as Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow, Short Rotation Forestry poplar and…
Back in November 2020, the Government announced that they would be gathering evidence for a Biomass Strategy that would be published in 2022. Considering we are trying to fend off…