Where is Herefordshire?

Herefordshire

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WHAT ARE RENEWABLEENERGY CROPS?

Crops grown on agricultural land for energy production.

Energy Grasses ~ e.g., MISCANTHUS

Energy Wood ~

e.g., WILLOW COPPICE.

Diversification for Farmers

HOW DO THEY PRODUCE ENERGY?

• Produces heat, or steam to drive turbines.

• Conversion units fire the biomass.

• Available from 1 mw to

35 mw• British manufacturers

(Talbotts of Stafford)

HOW DOES AN ENERGY CROP GROW?

MISCANTHUS

• Planted in Spring as a rhizome.

• Produces a dense population of cane ~ about 12 feet high.

• Harvested March with mower and baler.

• No fertiliser, or sprays

• CO 2 efficient ~ environmentally friendly.

• Ecologically friendly.

PROJECTS ON LINE

HEREFORDSHIRE BIOMASS PROJECT

• 20 mw Green Energy Station

• 70,000 tonnes of renewable biomass per annum

• 3,500 plus hectares and 400 plus farmers

• £1.5 million crop value per annum

STAFFORDSHIRE PROJECT

• 2 mw Green heat project – Talbotts Unit

• 1,000 hectares © 100 farmers.

NEW PROJECTS?

• Heat and power on a local basis

• Schools

• Hospitals/Care Homes

• Local Projects easily driven forward

WHAT DOES THE INDUSTRY NEED?

• Planning Support

• Funding Support

• Quality Projects

• People to Make Things Happen!

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