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Following the letter printed on the Crops for Energy website last week another group of 13 scientists have also signed an open letter on this subject. The letter is printed…

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…

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…

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…

A new report by the Royal Academy of Engineering has called for more planting of perennial energy crops such as Short Rotation Coppice (SRC), Miscanthus and Switchgrass for second generation…

This short ( 1 minute) video produced by the Wood Heat Association (WHA) and the UK Pellet Council (UKPC) simply shows the sustainability credentials of woodfuel. Most woodfuel comes from…

Organised by the Wood Heat Association and the Renewable Energy Association, Wood Heat 2016 brings together all parts of the UK biomass heat and CHP industry in a unique event…

BGI & Barclays invite you to a farm diversification event on Wednesday 5th October – 2-5 pm Demonstrations include: Managing hedgerow cuttings to produce energy Multi-fuel biomass boilers Biomass drying…

Kevin Lindegaard of Crops for Energy has written a blog about the things you need to think about if you are considering burning straw, miscanthus and other non-wood fuels such as…

We have just responded to this European Commission consultation which closes on 10th May. Our response can be seen here: EUSurvey – C4E It’s really important that the perennial energy crops sector responds…

Kevin Lindegaard of Crops for Energy who is a board member of the Wood Heat Association (WHA) contributed to the response to the Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) consultation. The…

Energy crop supplies Crops for Energy can supply various energy crops including Short rotation coppice (SRC) willow  and poplar cuttings, miscanthus rhizomes and tree seedlings for broadleaved coppice and short rotation…