Wood Fuelled Heating Systems
Are the business, environmental and cost issues of woodfuel of interest to you?
Following study tours to Austria and Finland, and technical site visits in the UK, we are offering FREE training seminars highlighting the lessons learnt and technical knowledge gained.
Training will cover -
- The Wood Fuel Resource – how much is available?
- Modern day conversion of wood to heat
- Woodfuel processing techniques
- How you can benefit from Wood Fuel Standards
- How to develop suitable business models
| Buyers |
| September 16th |
Guildford, Surrey |
| October 7th |
Nr Newbury, Berkshire |
| October 14th |
Flimwell, East Sussex |
| Sellers |
| September 28th |
Lower Basildon, Essex |
| October 6th |
Lyndhurst, Hampshire |
| October 12th |
Nr Ashford, Kent |
The content is similar so please book the most convenient for you.
To book your FREE place, please contact:
Jeanette Hawkins, Forestry Commission jeanette.hawkins@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Website – www.woodheatsolutions.eu and www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk
Thinking about using wood as a fuel?
Find out:
- How wood has been used as a fuel in Austria and Finland for decades;
- What we can learn from their experience;
- Where woodfuel is already being used in South East England, Slovenia and Croatia;
- How much woodfuel is available;
- What questions to ask when considering using wood as a fuel;
- What are the business opportunities in selling woodfuel or heat; and
- How to meet your customers needs
Project sponsors - Aiming to increase the use of renewable energy in Europe
The benefits of using wood as a fuel
- Before the industrial revolution wood was the main source of fuel for heating and industry.
- Since then fossil fuels have offered a cheap and convenient alternative.
- Reserves of fossil fuels are finite, becoming more difficult to access and more expensive.
- Use of fossil fuels is affecting our climate. See The world is hot enough.
- Trees are natures solar panels using the suns energy to create wood from carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. See A convenient truth.
- Using wood as a fuel releases the suns stored energy and carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere.
- Well managed woods absorb tonnes of carbon per hectare (100 metres square) per year and this can be harvested sustainably.
- Well managed woods also provide homes for native plants and animals, enhance the landscape, and jobs for local people.
- Most of us want to know how we can use less fossil fuel, Governments have agreed targets and are considering how they can help us use alternatives. See Renewable Heat Incentive consultation document.
Background to the project (PDF-25K)