Neliels raksts par diskusijām par bioenerģiju Lielbritānijā

"Organised by the Renewable Energy Association the conference brought together Britain’s leading clean energy specialists, who said a fragmentation of the renewable energy strategy in the UK was holding back the industry.
Three broad areas of energy use were discussed – for power generation, transport fuel and renewable heat. But while delegates agreed the first two are beginning to move in the right direction it was the poor progress in the development of renewable heat that attracted the most criticism.
According to Government figures, UK renewable heat from biomass is currently less than 1 per cent. It is argued this figure could grow to 6 per cent but only with appropriate Government backing and a change in public perception on things like wood-fuelled boilers.
Sir Ben Gill, former NFU president and now director at Countrywide Farmers, told delegates that using wood as a heat source is both efficient and effective and should be pursued as part of an integrated approach to reach national energy targets.
“People don’t recognise that using solid biomass technologies have moved on dramatically. Biomass use in residential and industrial heating with wood-fuelled boilers is simple and cheap.”
Modern wood boilers – using wood pellets, chips or logs – can produce heat on demand, similar to oil or gas systems and will reduce carbon emissions by about 90 percent compared to fossil fuels.
Notwithstanding imports, the coming years could provide an opportunity for farmers to supply fuel for these boilers which Mr Gill hopes will become commonplace.
He mentioned two fuels that could become a greater part of farmers’ armoury where diversification has become today’s farming watchword.
Typically, a short rotation coppice – densely planted and high-yielding willow or poplar – can be harvested on a two to five year cycle and can yield over 15 tonnes per hectare.
Miscanthus – a woody grass (pictured above) – can harvest as much as 20 tonnes per hectare. As climate change targets loom ever closer, it is expected that the agriculture industry will be further encouraged by the Government to grow such crops to aid renewable heat."

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