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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…

Watch the Envirocrops promotional film

Kevin Lindegaard 7 April 2025

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…

Willows and Carbon Farming – 30 years on, it still motivates me!

Kevin Lindegaard 7 February 2025

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…

Watch the BioWill project film and find out about the biorefinery potential of Willow

Kevin Lindegaard 7 June 2024

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…

Maximising biodiversity in your Biomass crop plantation

Kevin Lindegaard 10 January 2024

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…

A Way Forward for Biomass Crops – Industry Response to the UK Biomass Strategy

Kevin Lindegaard 12 August 2023

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…

Biomass Connect – everything you ever wanted to know about Biomass crops, and more!

Kevin Lindegaard 22 February 2023

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…

Biomass Strategy and ELMS review delayed – comment by Kevin Lindegaard

Kevin Lindegaard 3 December 2022

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…

Conceptual design of the Willow Bot and Rod Harvesting Attachment devised by Willow Energy

Net Zero Willow – funding achieved for project that will transform the home-grown biomass supply industry

Kevin Lindegaard 10 August 2022

A ground-breaking new project that could help the UK meet its Net Zero targets, has been awarded £3.99 million of funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy…

I’m Chairing the Energy Crops Seminar at Low Carbon Agriculture 2021

Kevin Lindegaard 5 March 2021

The current situation for perennial energy crops (PECs) is looking rosier than it has done for a long time. The Government it seems are finally on side – they have…

If you really want Super Willow Salix viminalis hybrid – buy from us!

Kevin Lindegaard 25 January 2021

Look Out For Vague Details There are an increasing number of online retailers offering “Super Willow” Salix viminalis hybrid for sale. This always looks a bit fishy to me as…

Environmental Land Management: policy discussion – C4E’s response

Kevin Lindegaard 28 July 2020

Below is our response to the ongoing DEFRA consultation on Environment Land Management. The consultation closes on 31st July 2020. Do you have any comments on the design principles on…

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