Hidden resource for Biomass fuel
DEFRA has announced this week that despite the growth in recycling and energy markets for clean wood, the material is still being overlooked as a resource for Biomass fuel and at present up to 10 million tonnes of waste wood is being sent to landfill each year.
One of the many problems facing the sector is that there are limited wood-burning biomass plants in the UK and consequently alternative outlets for the lower grade waste wood are being sourced abroad to avoid the waste being sent to landfill.
DEFRA is now calling for more wood combustion facilities in the UK and has launched a £4 million fund to support the installation of biomass-fuelled heating and combined heat & power projects, including anaerobic digesters.
As evidence, DEFRA published a study that outlines the substantial and largely untapped biomass resource available in municipal, construction & demolition and commercial & industrial waste streams.
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