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Tuesday, 24 April 2018
by Jon Swain
How can we help you?
At FEC Energy, we provide services in a whole range of different topic areas and describe our capabilities as ‘anything to do with energy in agriculture’. However, this doesn’t really describe in simple terms how we may be able to help NFU members or others looking to solve their energy-related Thursday, 05 April 2018
by Jon Swain
Is your biomass boiler ash a resource or a waste?
The Wood Heat Association (WHA) Conference often tackles interesting and sometimes overlooked aspects of the use of biomass. This year was no different, as one of the sessions explored whether the ash from biomass combustion was a valuable resource or simply a waste. Tuesday, 03 April 2018
by Jon Swain
How important is waste wood to the UK heat industry?
One of the more debated topics at this year’s Wood Heat Association (WHA) Conference was the use of waste wood, along with the requirements to remain legal and Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) compliant. There have been an estimated 250,000 tonnes used in RHI accredited systems in the last 12 months Tuesday, 20 March 2018
by Jon Swain
Sharing good practise for biomass heating
Last week, I attended the Wood Heat Association’s annual conference, which this year was held at the base of Box Hill in Surrey. Thursday, 08 March 2018
by Jon Swain
The UK’s most important bioenergy conference
After a year of uncertainty for the bioenergy industry, including further consultation on the second phase of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and rules governing drying, the Wood Heat Association and Renewable Energy Association are holding a conference next week on the 13 and 14 March in Surrey. Thursday, 01 March 2018
by Jon Swain
How effective has the RHI scheme been?
Hot on the heels of the Government response to the Renewable Heat Incentives (RHI) consultation on drying of materials and the release of the long-awaited draft legislation for the reformed and refocussed scheme, comes a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on the success and operation of Tuesday, 27 February 2018
by Jon Swain
Stay ahead of an RHI Audit by making sure you keep biomass fuel records
Together, with Sustainable Fuel Register (SFR) co-founder, Kevin Lindegaard of Crops for Energy, I recently attended the inaugural meeting of the RHI Industry Forum. This is a new initiative, coordinated by Ofgem, enabling industry bodies to provide feedback on procedures and documents associated Wednesday, 31 January 2018
by Jon Swain
UK wood pellet supply – shortage of fibre leads to restricted supplies and price hikes
If you own a wood pellet boiler, you are likely to have run into problems finding an adequate supply of wood pellets at a decent price this winter. The reason for this is that the unseasonably warm winter across Europe has restricted timber harvesting. This has had a knock-on effect, causing the Tuesday, 16 January 2018
by Jon Swain
Government launches 25-year environment plan
Last week, the Government launched their 25 Year Environment Plan. Although the plan does mainly focus on reducing plastic waste, it also promises to deal with issues such as land use, forestry, waste and air pollution. Thursday, 14 December 2017
by Jon Swain
