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At the Biomass Connect Demonstrator Hub at NIAB Headley Hall you can compare 11 different types of biomass crops including willow, miscanthus, poplar and eucalyptus.

Join me and Will at the CHCx3 Biomass Crops Open Day at NIAB Headley Hall – 14 April 2026

Kevin Lindegaard 16 March 2026

If you are serious about planting a biomass crop then you really need to see them side by side so you can compare and contrast the runners and riders. Together…

Planting small buffer strips of willow in urban parks with slopes can prevent soil erosion and pollution whilst also introducing biodiversity benefits.

A Willow Solution for Urban Parks

Kevin Lindegaard 4 February 2026

Are you fed up with the wet weather yet? I know I am. In parts of the UK, we’ve just had the rainiest January for over 100 years! That makes…

SRC willlow can produce incredible growth. 7-10 metres from a 20cm cutting in just 2.5 years. Now that's productive agroforestry!

The Fastest Sprinting Tree – Short Rotation Coppice Willow

Kevin Lindegaard 3 February 2026

Are you interested in productivce agroforestry? If so, then you need to consider Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow – The Fastest Sprinting Tree. Take a look at this film which…

The Biomass Connect project has enabled the planting of eight demonstrator hub sites across the UK. These exhibit 11 different biomass types set side by side - it's a world leading platform for demonstration and knowledge dissemination.

70 days left to save Biomass Connect

Kevin Lindegaard 23 January 2026

The Biomass Connect project concludes on 31st March 2026. That’s less than 70 days or just under 10 weeks. At the time of writing there is no funding secured to…

The DESNZ Biomass Research Programme – You cannot be serious!

Kevin Lindegaard 13 January 2026

At my age I really don’t want to be pulling out my hair and doing things that make my blood pressure go off the charts. I have just left an…

Ramial woodchip produced from willow grown as Short Rotation Coppice is packed full of amazing chemicals such as salicins, phenolic glucosides, tannins and growth hormones.

Ramial Woodchips – Buy from us or DIY

Kevin Lindegaard 8 January 2026

Last night I saw on the BBC News a piece about Google’s new quantum super computer and the Willow Chip that could “change the world”. I have to say that…

Kevin Lindegaard has been a professional in the willow industry for 30 years.

30 Years of Hurt Never Stopped Me Dreaming

Kevin Lindegaard 5 December 2025

30 years ago this week, I would have been completing my job application for the post of Willow Breeder at Long Ashton Research Station. I was fresh out of Aberystwyth…

Short Rotation Coppice willow buffer strips have been demonstrated to reduce diffuse water pollution considerably. Trials at AFBI in Northern indicate a reduction in 35% phosphate run off into watercourses when using willow compared to grass controls.

Willow buffer strips – A Willow Solution for the River Wye?

Kevin Lindegaard 27 November 2025

Last month there was a court action brought by 4,000 people against Avara Foods Limited, Freemans of Newent Limited and Welsh Water based on allegations of “extensive and widespread pollution”…

WillowSolutions.info – the new name for Crops for Energy

Kevin Lindegaard 8 September 2025

We have changed our trading name to WillowSolutions.info. What’s in a name For a number of years Crops for Energy as a business has been looking Beyond Bioenergy. Many of…

Willow buffer strip trial at Woodoaks Farm

Kevin Lindegaard 7 September 2025

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…

William Macalpine and and Kevin Lindegaard standing next to each other in a field of short rotation coppice in Novenmber 2023. Both are wearing field works clothes including safety glasses, welly boots and Kevin has a high viz vest.

A breeding rivalry – Kevin and Will

Kevin Lindegaard 3 September 2025

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…

Jamie Rickerby of Willow Energy standing next to the cabin of his Tracked Harvester and Bunker Unloading System designed and built as part of the Nat Zero Willow project.

How Net Zero Willow innovations will contribute to increasing sustainable UK biomass supply

Kevin Lindegaard 21 May 2025

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…

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